What would you do if you found out your young teen had a YouTube channel?

Where they did or talked about bad things...
My nieces and nephews are so secretive. I typed in one of their names to pull up social media accounts.

I found a video of my niece. Apparently it was her first video. She said she was gonna share so juicy stories..I will be monitoring.🤨

And yes I have tried talking to them. They are teens, they aren't gonna talk to adults. I can already see them falling into the same traps their parents did.
Their parents don't even talk to me so..oh well?

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curiosi · 61-69, F

Once they get to be teens you don't have a lot of control over them. This is the culmination of the previous years. I remember way back, there was a question posted on here a mother was having a problem with her two year old. Most of the answers were..... Walk away and let them scream their head off. My heart broke. That is teaching the child that it is not valued, eventually they get the message and just don't care any longer leading up to troubled teens. When a young child is having trouble coping such as two year old temper tantrums you soothe them and help them navigate back to sanity. This builds up a trust that they feel they can always lean on you.

iamnikki · 31-35, F

@curiosi I don't want control over them. they just need help. I want to help but as I stated on other posts, myself and my siblings have no relationship, so there's no telling what my siblings have told their children about me...lies I'm sure.

curiosi · 61-69, F

@iamnikki I know, just thought you might like to hear my opinion for when you have your own.

iamnikki · 31-35, F

@curiosi thank you