Mum Makes Fake ‘Official’ Letter After Daughter Confesses To Talking With Strangers Online

A clever mum has issued a fake ‘official’ letter about stranger danger to her seven-year-old daughter after she confessed about breaking the family’s ‘no-chat rule’ with strangers online.

Mum Sue Taher has made a convincing way of grounding her daughter, Amira, after she approached her and admitted to her that she had chatted with a stranger on the Internet, by writing a fake ‘official’ letter.

Mrs Taher then posted a photo of the letter to her Facebook page earlier this week. “It got me thinking, ‘Ok… I ground her, confiscate the iPad but really, no lesson is learnt,” she wrote. “So during my lunchbreak my absolute manic mind came up with this faux letter with letterhead and all and I put it in our mailbox this afternoon.”

In the letter, Mrs Taher used the pen name, “Mr Richard Mitchell” of the “Department of Communications ACT”, and is written in the style of an official government correspondence, which begins by notifying Mrs Taher and her husband of their daughter’s breach of conduct.

“Dear Mr and Mrs Taher, we regret to advise you that your daughter Ms SarahAmira Taher”¦has been found guilty of chatting online with strangers and we have disconnected her Internet for her safety until further notice,” the letter reads.

The letter has cautioned that it will be “keeping an eye out” for Amira from then on, while warning that brother Adam is also “at risk”.

“There are some very nasty and dangerous people out there and they must ensure you protect themselves,” it cautions.

“This does not mean all people are bad, however children need to speak to their parents before trusting and talking to new people.”

Mrs Taher told 9news.com.au that she made the post public to make other parents and carers be aware of the dangers of talking with strangers online. “It’s amazing the lack of awareness parents and carers have when it comes to online chatting in the gaming work,” she said.

She said that since posting the letter, several parents have asked her if they could have a copy to use as a template for messages to their own children.

Mrs Taher said that while the fake letter might serve as a deterrence to talk with strangers online for her children, it still pays for parents to have an open dialogue with children about the issue.

She admits that the letter may have “freaked the crap” out of Amira, but the clever mum says, “it’ll be a great piece to present at her 18^th birthday”.

Love What Matters page has also reposted Mrs Taher’s post and has since received more than a 2,000 reactions.

Source: 9news.com.au