Hummm this show really hits close to home, where do I begin, first off I am also a member of Myspace and I think it is wonderful for adults and "TEENAGERS" as well, if used properly, Myspace is intended to connect and network with friends, family and people around the world from my understanding if you are 14 years of age or younger you profile and webpage is automatically set to private use meaning that only people who you allow to be added to your page can view your site, pictures, blogs, etc. My question is at 14 years old, do girls and boys alike have the maturity to pick and choose who they allow access to themselves, I dont believe so. I dont even really think I had good enough judgement at 15 to do this. I believe myspace show raise the age of use and also raise the age of unlimited use to 16. I personally think there is no problem with preteen and teenage girls using these sites to connect with their friends but they def. need to be monitored and checked frequently by parents.
As for the teen girl who is dating the 30 year old man!!!! WOW where do I start, When I was 15 I dated a 19 year old boy, with parental consent. And then it was a 24 year old when I was 17 and then at the ripe old age of 18 years old I met a 26 year old that was bad news I knew it my parents knew it and everyone else that knew him knew it also. I smoked drank and was experimenting with drugs, I got a fake id was known by name in all the local bars and by all the local drug dealers, I watched him go into drug rehab, come out and relapse shortly as in the day after he got out. Very soon after on a drug run I wrecked our car going 70 mph OVER the speed limit( I was using drugs and drinking at the time) I almost died I SHOULD HAVE DIED. Luckily my mom was jolted into action she then put me under house arrest and forbid me from seeing him. Being the shameless negotiator that I was guess how long it took me to get out from under House arrest!! 1 Week!!!!!! I then jumped in my car and went straight to my local Bar to meet my "SOULMATE" who the week before hadnt even cared about the fact that I was hurt just that I had wrecked our precious car. I was 3 hours late getting home, very high and so drunk that I blacked out and to this day dont remember half of the night, My mom proceeded to take me to a Local Rehab and checked me in for 28 days of detox and rehabilitation, well what do ya know it took me about a week of being out to meet back up with my "SOULMATE" and start sneaking around I managed to get away with this for about 6 months and then my mom caught me and kicked me out, I had to move in with my grandparents and was under constant lock and key for 1 more year. In the process of this I got a job met a wonderful man and made a life for myself!!!!!! I am now in a wonderful relationship with a great man who i love dearly.
I say all that to say this what this girl is doing is just like a drug it is a gateway to worse and I PROMISE she doesnt want to be where she is heading. I KNOW!! She is searching for something, that she isnt getting elsewhere, love,recognition, assurement, or even just rebellion. what ever it is HE ISNT THE WAy. Turn around and run the other way quick. I am writing this on Jan 20,2006 EXACTLY one month ago the former "SOULMATE" I told you about drank himself to death and Overdosed at the young age of 28 years old his parents and girlfriend had to find him dead in bed because he wouldnt change his ways. It shakes me to my core to know what my life and his and so many others would have been like if they hadnt been dragged into this life that we all led by some one who LOVED US SO MUCH!!!!!!!
(Original Air Date: 01/20/06) Dr. Phil fields questions from teens across the country. Alysia, 17, wants her mom to approve of her 30-year-old boyfriend, Jamie -- who's in jail and has been charged with domestic violence. Her mother, Linda, says she's living a parent's worst nightmare. She says her daughter was working hard and headed toward college until she met this man, and now her future is at stake. Next, Kaylene, 15, is upset that her mother has banned her from using a Web site where she posted pictures of herself in a bikini. Is the Internet a safe place for a 15-year-old girl? Then, Brittany, 14, says her family moved to Nashville to pursue her dream of being a singer. But now that her parents are having marriage problems, she's caught in the middle and thinks it's all her fault. Plus, see the exciting new project The Dr. Phil Foundation is working on to help some wonderful children beat the odds! Talk about the show here.
