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We all know children can be cruel to one another, but for adults to participate takes it to a whole new level.
The single mother, for this story, requested that her name not be used. She said her daughter, who had carpooled with the family that was involved in creating the phony MySpace account, had the password to the Josh Evans account and had sent one message - the one Megan received (and later retrieved off the hard drive) the night before she took her life.
"She had been encouraged to join in the joke," the single mother said.
The single mother said her daughter feels the guilt of not saying something sooner and for writing that message. Her daughter didn't speak out sooner because she'd known the other family for years and thought that what they were doing must be OK because, after all, they were trusted adults.
On the night the ambulance came for Megan, the single mother said, before it left the Meiers' house her daughter received a call. It was the woman behind the creation of the Josh Evans account. She had called to tell the girl that something had happened to Megan and advised the girl not to mention the MySpace account.
Read the entire article here. HT: O'Donnell Web Myspace, a fake homeschooler, and a dead teenager
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The Dangers of MySpace
We all know children can be cruel to one another, but for adults to participate takes it to a whole new level.
The single mother, for this story, requested that her name not be used. She said her daughter, who had carpooled with the family that was involved in creating the phony MySpace account, had the password to the Josh Evans account and had sent one message - the one Megan received (and later retrieved off the hard drive) the night before she took her life.
"She had been encouraged to join in the joke," the single mother said.
The single mother said her daughter feels the guilt of not saying something sooner and for writing that message. Her daughter didn't speak out sooner because she'd known the other family for years and thought that what they were doing must be OK because, after all, they were trusted adults.
On the night the ambulance came for Megan, the single mother said, before it left the Meiers' house her daughter received a call. It was the woman behind the creation of the Josh Evans account. She had called to tell the girl that something had happened to Megan and advised the girl not to mention the MySpace account.
Read the entire article here. HT: O'Donnell Web Myspace, a fake homeschooler, and a dead teenager
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Before Amy Huffman pulled her daughter out of public school in Hagerstown 11 years ago, she was the primary wage-earner in her family, working as a mortgage account executive. Disillusioned with the education her child had been receiving, she pondered...
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by alasand I had a nice time visiting with all the kin folk, I just wish my husband had chosen to spend Thanksgiving with me instead of with his Mother and Sister. And here is my number one tip for not being a horrible Mother-in-law.DO NOT INSIST YOUR...
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