[KiranRao0]

> Each failure, including one of his accounts getting "hacked", is an opportunity for learning.

I do not have a child but I completely agree. Some of my best learning experiences have been from being manipulate when I was younger. The loss was nothing of consequence in the grand scheme of my life, but the lessons had tremendous value.

[paulryanrogers]

Learning the hard way can be stickier. But it can also be devastating. STDs are a very permanent reminder to learn from the mistakes of others. (Not advocating sheltering kids unnecessarily.)

[wvenable]

If they must learn the hard way, better it be on smaller problems than big ones. Better to lose your Roblox account to a scammer as kid than your bank account when you're an adult.

[wvenable]

We always drilled into him basic cybersecurity -- don't give out your password, it's too good to be true it probably is, etc. But for whatever reason he pressed on this one, and even socially engineered me in the process, I think just to see what would happen.

Much worrying and crying ultimately ensued. We were eventually able to recover the account and nothing really terrible happened. But I believe this was a more valuable lesson than all our previous talks about it. And he's now slightly more insulated from this kind of thing in the future.