Short on time, as I sometimes am, but did think this might be helpful to some who may read this blog.

Today’s concern – I’m a Permanent Guardian/Auntie/Will be adopting. We got our child an iPad. He has Kids’ Messenger. Mom wants to be added so that she can freely speak to him. He was originally remove due to physical and emotional abuse. I want him to have the ability to communicate with her. However, I do fear not being able to control that communication. Is this me being controlling, or is it warranted given her past with the kids?

A response from a Foster Parent – I keep my biological daughter’s Kid’s Messenger account on my phone too, so I can check it periodically (4th grade girls, man…). She can do everything on her iPad, but it mirrors to my phone. Maybe just let everyone who communicates be aware of that. I’m a media specialist, and I don’t agree with so much unsupervised screen time for kids anyway, but I would think all parties would want to know that you had access to their conversations (and conversations with friends, etc) so it doesn’t look sneaky.