What are your thoughts on adults befriending minors online?

if it's just playing games, sharing the same interest/hobbies it's totally fine. Y'all make everything weird. touch some grass   reply

I'm an adult, I've had friends who were almost 10 years my junior and we got along fine, I've had friends who were like 20 years my senior and all was good. It's not weird unless people make it weird. We're not that different from each other. Like, all human relationships have their own set of difficulties, you just need to be mindful and it'll b......   reply

it's a hard NO for me. teenagers are alarmingly frightening, they've no boundaries. I might be inclined to teach them internet safety, but that's as far as I will go. kids shouldn't be mingling in adult spaces, esp online   reply

if they're just acquaintances who game together or they just banter off each other in forums that's not the weirdest, but beyond that it's creeping too close to those ppl who unload all their issues on an unsuspecting 14 year old who has no business acting as their emotional wheelchair;;; like if they're having convos in dms that seems mighty weird......   reply

As long as the adult isn’t trying to groom/date the minor, meet up irl, or asking for inappropriate pictures, I think an adult being friends with a minor is okay. Online it’s also hard to know what age someone is to begin with. So if an adult befriends a minor online or treated a minor like a peer not knowing their age I wouldn’t find it odd.   1 reply

It's a no for me.   reply

can be good in terms of the adults taking them in as lil siblings/kids. can go very badly tho . mixed feelings.   reply

Depends on what type of ppl you’re befriending tbh some may be sketchy but I think it’s normal to be friends of any age group I mean friendship doesn’t really mean it’s smth u have to establish with the same age group as yours. Friendship isn’t bound by age.   reply