Privacy followup

From comments made here and on Facebook, I have realized that the mom I referred to in my last post may have been concerned that the adults befriending her daughter were potential predators. I confess, this possibility didn't even occur to me, perhaps partly because I'm female and not subject to the same level of suspicion that men unfortunately are.

But it's also because I left unspoken the context of my online friendships. So, let me be more clear: All of my online friends, of any age, know I am who I say I am. They've met me in real life, or they know someone I know, or they've been reading my contributions to the unschooling community for years.