instagram

My own daughter was being asked to 'chat' on instagram by someone she did not know very well from a different school.  I monitor her activity on this frequently and right away she told me about this other kid who kept trying to 'chat' with her-it is just like texting back and forth with anyone on instagram.  I was happy she brought this to my attention and after several attempts to 'ignore'-the person kept responding with 'hi' over and over.  I finally tole my daughter to tell her to please stop and take her off her contact list so to speak.  Again, the other kid did not stop.  I then got on and said THIS IS HER MOTHER AND YOU NEED TO PLEASE STOP OR THIS WILL BE REPORTED.  It stopped!  I cannot express the importance to always watch over their shoulder and ideally, just educate them about the safety!