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Do your parents know you're on here?

Yes, because when I was eleven I had to get my parents' approval for just about everything. v.v They don't (or well, didn't) want me giving out much personal information about myself, so I guess they want to make sure the forums I joined didn't have some registration questions like "where do you live" (not that any would, but just in case, I suppose). They're cooler about that now, though. I actually met one of my internet friends on the other forum in real life back in October. I sometimes talk to my parents about some things that go on here (quotes I like, for example), too. I don't think they know yet about the amount of cussing that goes on here, though.
 
I don't think so, and other than that, I don't think they'd really care. I recall a conversation like 4 years ago when I got out of 6th grade (11 years old) that my dad was a *little* protective about me being on websites talking to people. Now that I'm older, he probably wouldn't really care.

Hell, if I told my parents where I go: my mom plainly doesn't know how to use a computer, and my dad may only read a few pages, but move on and lurk around Craigslist and Myspace like he usually does =_=
 
My mom and dad know about most of the stuff I do in the internet (I say most because I haven't bothered to tell them about some stuff that they wouldn't care about anyway) and they don't seem to mind. They trust me enough, especially my mom. They know I go to a Pokemon forum, but that's it. They know nothing about the swearing and stuff (and my mom probably wouldn't care if it's just swear words, she's cool like that.)
 
My parents don't really know, nor do they care. I'm old enough to go on forums and that without parental permission, and they don't really mind if I go on any, as long as there's no porn or anything. x3
Or, if there IS porn, just to...not look at it. xD
 
If I told my parents I visit a Pokemon forum, they'd tell me to grow up. So no, they don't know, and they wouldn't care that much, either.
 
My parents know and don't really care. They're fine with the idea of me meeting people iff I'm with a friend or something and it's in a sensible area, although my dad doesn't want me sharing my address or phone number or full name or anything like that. My mom and stepdad don't care though: as such, Midnight knows my address because the possibility of receiving random mail is cool.

I don't think anyone here I don't know IRL knows my last name. Not that that means much: if I do a google search for my name, I get no results.
 
Butterfree said:
My parents know all about my website. I believe my dad even visits the main site from time to time for the heck of it. (And I know he's been to the forums at least once; he was very amused at finding somebody asking "What the hell is this viljhlmuar thing???")
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Heh, I wish I were you so badly.

I can already give you the heads up that they wouldn't mind me being on here but they sure as heck wouldn't help me buy V Bulliten. I have to wait until I can get a bank account. ;-;
 
Mirry said:
Yeahh, my parents find Pokémon a bit childish too. They'd probably think it was funny if they knew I visited a forum dedicated to it. D:
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Mine just dispair at the posters all over my walls and the plushies all over, uh, everywhere. X3
 
Uh, they must, I think I've talked about this place before. Don't think they really care much, either, although I think they might not be too impressed that I've given one person my address, but still I think they wouldn't *really* care.
 
My mom doesn't know. I wouldn't get in trouble if she did, she'd probably just never shut up about how I talk to robots about Pokemon. That's what she did when she found out about a chat room I used to frequent - "So, what are you doing on the computer? Talking to those robots again?"

Not that it'd be hard for her to find out. She knows my web name because I showed her an award I won on a singing site, and once I realized she knew, I put a few pictures with my name on them on my wall. Heck, sometimes when drunk she actually calls me Irk Splee. It's... awkward, to say the least. Point is, if she wanted to Google me, she'd find me pretty easily. Not that I have anything to worry about regarding that.
 
My parents know that I'm here but only in a sort of vague way. They don't know where or even what here is and they don't particularly care either way. It's enough for them to know that I do stuff involving people on the Internet.

I don't think they'd care if I wanted to meet up with anyone, anyway. About two years ago I was planning to go meet up with some people I'd known online [but it fell through] so I think I'm okay on that point.
 
No. My mom still disapproves of me being around anything that swears for some reason (But does nothing about it), even when it's with her own friends. Hell, I heard her swear when she had a few too many beers. She also thought I would be shocked at seeing my brother smoke last month, which I've known about for about four years now.

She wins Overreacter of the Year.
 
Yeah, Mom knows about my accounts on forums and such. I even let her watch what I was doing when we were asking about a WiFi router, while we waited for a reply. She's even asked me about my RPing and poked through my profile.

Of course, it really bugged me when she found out about my dA a couple weeks ago, but she was going through my email and I don't like it when she does that. It's illegal to do that anyway so.
 
My parents *know* I'm on forums, but they don't really know which ones. They don't particularly care either. My dad showed disapproval at one stage of me giving out my photo, but when I asked my mum where the digital camera was, she obviously guessed what it was for and she didn't seem to mind.

Of course, they joke about 40 year old paedos, but they don't seriously want to watch over my shoulder. They have far better things to be doing with their time. Basically, they trust me not to do anything stupid (invite two hundred people round for a party, give out my telephone number on a public forum, strip on the webcam, etc.) and in return they give me quite a bit of autonomy and privacy.

I might've mentioned you guys once or twice, but I doubt they remember what I said. :P
 
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