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Lauren Johnson makes the comment, "I personally shudder to think of what regrets I’d have if I’d used Instagram or Facebook at age 12, during a time when my thoughts and ideas were forming, and my mind developing. I think about what I’d never be able to take back." Her solution is to give her child an anonymous name, so their history is hypothetically harder to uncover. This isn't really a solution to the issue of children posting or saying regrettable statements online. If you're concerned about what your twelve year old is going to post, how about monitoring their online activity or *gasp* not letting them have an account. Making it easier for your child to go on the run after they land themselves in trouble does not equate to good parenting.