Should you allow your child to blog?

[Guardian Angel]

Hi everyone,
I made a post entitled Why you should allow your child to Blog around 2 months ago and it had an almost equal number of pros and cons comments. However, some negative comments were quite personal since I mentioned that a 12-year old girl has been my "friend" when she started viewing my posts about effective parenting. When I say "friend", it only means she frequently posts some comments on my posts and I gladly reply on them, no more and no less.
Being a father of a girl with the same age as hers, I find her blog interesting to read in which my wife and daughter read too.
Although I have posted the same question on some other discussion forums like Blogcatalog, I would like to hear some comments here and hopefully to receive decent ones. Again, my question is, should you allow your child to blog?
Thanks.

[sonicpunk32]

I am so sick of this child safety hysteria. I am so sick that people are so uncomfortable with sex that they force their fears on others to the point that an adult being friends with a child is creepy and offensive to people. What the hell, just what the hell?

What I am about to say will not be easy for most of you. But I feel it is high time I said it. I am only trying to cause you to think deeply about what you are doing.

You need a wake up call badly. What parents really need to know is that there is a 41 yr old male trying to befriend their 12 yr old daughter. An adult male has no business associating with girls that young.

I have been online since I was 12 years old. Nobody has abducted me, nobody has raped me, nobody has chatted me up for sex (unless I wanted it), nobody killed me, nobody has tortured me. You people create these monsters from the television with your news of children being seduced online and then sexualized for an adult's pleasure, then allow your own creation of this monster to generate hatred in yourselves for innocent people who appreciate the young with love and not hatred.

The Law of Attraction is heavily at work here on a grand scale. You create children as unable to think for themselves, unable to feel love, when faced with the contrary they can and do. But you do not accept this. Somewhere along history a monster was created out of sex, somewhere somehow you became uncomfortable with your own sexual desires and began to hate those who are. Probably the catholic church which told you how your lustful thoughts are sins to be ashamed of. Your own sexual repression has caused you to force others to this same agony and you wonder why there are so many "pedophiles" and "child molesters" and "rapists" and "online predators" out there that you are so scared to death of. Your fear of these monsters has created more of them to the point where you are unable to distinguish between sex/love and abuse/hatred. Have your souls forgotten that sex is the physical manifestation of love? And now children are afraid of being near adults, adults are afraid of being near children because of this irrational fear. What is it that offends you about an older person being with a younger person that you just cannot accept if both people love each other. It has to be the sexual aspect of it. You are uncomfortable with your own sexuality, and so it has taken the universe to bring about an age generation gap to bring it to your attention. What you hate in others is what you hate in yourself.

The time will come when you will realize how irrational your fears are. The time will come when you realize the enemies YOU HAVE CREATED when they could have been your friends. The time will come when you realize the "unsafe" "predatory" world you have CREATED. The time will come when you realize that love and sex of the youth is not related to abuse, control, and hatred of this youth you so blatantly "protect".

Rapists and abusers have been created because of one reason only. Their sexual desires have been denied to them. This didnt make their desires go away. Suppression of energy only makes it stronger and destructive. Had their desires been allowed to flow they would have experienced love and acceptance. You have been faced with rape, child abuse, childhood trauma, murder, child abductions and many other acts of negative energy that is related to sexual matters. You have focused on these for so long and have ignored the sexual acts that are generated from love. You are hurting innocent people with your child abuse hysteria and creating more of the monsters you so seek to destroy. We live in a diverse modern time where sexual energy expresses itself in many ways (tons of paraphilias), but please do not let your discomfort or dislike of these many bizarre forms of sexual energy stop those who are blessed with them from enjoying them.

The energy of youthful sex isnt going to go away. It is a part of the universe and a part of us. Your blocking of it isnt going to make it go away, it is going to make it stronger and stronger and it will be channeled in destructive ways (rape, abuse) if you do not allow it to flourish as it was meant to be (love, intimacy). The time has come for you to make friends with this energy now instead of supressing it.

[Guardian Angel]

Well, I think the above comment is inviting a long thread. While I am happy to agree with the message, it seems to me that you are not in the good mood when you read the comments on my post. But of course, I am also happy that there are still broad-minded people who clearly understand that sex (or on-line rape for that matter) is far away from meeting new friends while blogging. After all, blogging is for all and I mean all responsible people only.
I also remember my previous answer that if parents will not allow their child to blog because of the devils on-line that their daughter might meet, then they should not also allow her to go outside of their house. This is because I truly believe that it is more scary outside rather than just "having friends" with a 41-year old father like me.

Anyways, I would like to make it clear that I also made some posts about "How to Protect our Children from Bad Influences On-line" which means I am fully aware that parents should be responsible enough to guide their child when they blog. If they cannot do it due to whatever circumstances, then they must not allow their child to blog.
Thanks!

[Brutha]

Blogging is a medium that is relativly easy to monitor for a parent.

8.0 They can stay at home regularly which makes them safer.

It's a beautiful world out there.

9.0 They can correct their mistakes without being afraid to be punished.

If that is the goal a private journal works better. Errors that get indexed are findable for a long time in the world wide web.

11.0 They can learn to manage their time and organize heir activities.

I don't think that this has anything to do with blogging.

Anyways, I would like to make it clear that I also made some posts about "How to Protect our Children from Bad Influences On-line" which means I am fully aware that parents should be responsible enough to guide their child when they blog.

I don't think blogging is any more dangerous than crossing the street alone. It's nice to read the blog of your child but for a 12 year old blogging isn't dangerous.

[sonicpunk32]

Originally Posted by Brutha

It's a beautiful world out there.

I don't think blogging is any more dangerous than crossing the street alone. It's nice to read the blog of your child but for a 12 year old blogging isn't dangerous.

Got that right!

[Guardian Angel]

Just to inform you, a 15-year old blogger posted a comment on my post I mentioned in the start of this thread. This is the actual comment:

"A lot of close minded comments here....no offense.

I got redirected to this post form StevePavilina's forums.

Let me tell you something, I am a 15 year old who is a blog addict. I spend more than 3 hrs each day reading blogs. (If I had more time...I would start a blog too)

I agree with Guardian Angel. The rest of you have no logical and original reasoning so might as well shut up.(please excuse the language). Bandwagon isn't the best way to prove your point.Come back and comment when you have past the stage of logical fallacy."

I just hope that overacting adults will understand there are young bloggers who agrees with me. Thanks!