That's not how it works--you don't get to pick and choose which permissions an app gets. It's "this app will access these things, install or cancel"

not to say being able to select what permissions each app gets wouldn't be a nice thing in some respects, but it's not how it works.

Call your state's labor department, with evidence that you were asked to do OT and you let them know such. The state will come down on them and force them to pay. A friend of mine got a very nice (10K+) check from the state for this very same situation.

Talk to your bank - USBank protects debit cards to the same standard that VISA does for credit cards (which, since USBank debit cards usually double as VISA-network cards, works out well). In fact, a lot of banks these days are stepping up to the plate and saying that they will not hold you accountable for fraudulent charges.

The Internet. Harry Potter. People of other or no religious views. Disney.

All of those things have been said by someone or another to be corrupting kids today. You know what? I don't buy it. The major danger, in my opinion, is that those kids will be the ones raised not to be able to think for themselves, to make any sort of decision or to trust in their own moral system without checking with mommy/daddy/church first. Those kids worry me a lot more than the ones who are out there on the internet living and learning, because the overrestricted kids are the ones who will grow up looking for someone to lead them around by the hand, more likely to fall into a cult or an abusive relationship because they want someone to take charge of their lives. They won't know how.

Oh, I'm not saying that there aren't dangers out here on the internet for kids. For adults too, come to that, but hey, life is dangerous. You can't escape danger, not even by shutting yourself in the house with no connection to the outside world, you could still slip and crash your head against a wall. What's important is that people learn what the dangers are and what to do about them.

Several of you have already stated that the best way to deal with kids on the internet is to have their parents know what they are doing online, and talk to them. I definitely agree. I have seen kids who will believe almost anything and who are out there digging for attention because I know someone who seems to attract those kids. Some of them are trying to find too adult relationships for themselves. This speaks not only for the need for parental supervision on the internet, but for the need of some sort of intervention or supervision in the rest of their lives--they wouldn't be looking for something so inappropriate for them if they didn't know it existed somehow. These kids scare me too.

I am freshly through with a Juvenile Delinquency class in college (I graduate on Saturday with a BA in Psychology! yay!) and so I've seen too much that has me absolutely convinced of two things...

• One huge major answer for problems with kids rests with the parents, not the whole answer but a lot of it, and
• There is no way to legislate parental love and concern or to license parenting. The best we can do is remove kids from some of the bad situations they're living in, and we're overswamped with those so we can't get them all.

It's definitely a scary world out there, no matter who you are...and what's happening to kids these days scares me more than most things.

Kris