just being protective

Joey,
I would think (not sure) that you could set her up a profile but use your email address so that any private communications would come to you. Sounds harsh but tell her it's that way or no way.

hey Joey, I agree with Zurf and Deadstring.  For the most part, I think you'd be fine... it's the few "members" here and there that don't quite know how to converse on the forums (or don't want to) that might email her ... everything else of course is open for you to see.  For the most part, she could easily access everything she wants and NEEDS to access right here, and just use your email.  That way anything that happens behind closed doors, is actually open to you!  If you think she'll be using the forums and posting often as well, you may want to introduce her to us with her new profile (using your email... so any lurker that might hear she's 13 still can't reach her directly) so we can be vigilant about knowing who she is, and that she's a teen, and remember to treat her appropriately (although, I think everyone gets treated pretty appropriate anyhow... as you know, almost all Chordian's are respectful and friendly!).  OR you could simply email me, and I can give the mods a heads up privately if you don't want to introduce her to the general public.  Give her the reminder that this forum IS open to the public... so even non-members can read it, no posting too much personal information... she need NOT put her location in her profile... especially not putting too much personal info (pictures, age, sex, address, name of the school she goes to, etc... )  But of course, you already knew that. 

My son is on chordie, a few years older than your daughter... he doesn't post very often.  He reads the forums though, and mostly just looks up songs and saves them to his own songbooks.

If there were ever anything that you were concerned about, being parents ourselves, the mods would happily help you out.  Feel free to email any of us, or you could report a post and there is plenty of space to put your reason for reporting it.  I can think of a lot LESS safe places for teens to hang out online.    Ultimately, it is your decision if you'd like to allow her to have her own profile... or hers if she decides to get online somewhere that you aren't watching.  IMHO, they will find a way ... I think it's better to allow it with supervision, than to wait for them to figure out how to do it themselves without supervision. 

Amy

I'd go with Deadstring's recommendation.
Safety first.

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Dm

Hi Joe,

All good advice above. There are already a few younger Member on Chordie so I do not see any real problem in the public forum.

Roger

I tried to do it on my email and it wouldnt go through with her name and password.As I said before,she is my little girl and always will be.So I am extremely protective of her.I hate the thought of some perv or nut job(sorry for the terminology) trying to contact her.Especially if it is due to something that was my doing.Call me an overprotective dad but I cant help it.

I myself have rarely seen anything offensive on here. Most people are very respectful no matter the age. I don't blame you for being protective as I have a Daughter to so I understand your concerns. But in reality she'll most likely see things much worse on TV, School or just in public in general. If she's interested in music it's a great idea to encourage it of course, and as a good Father, as you apparently are she'll be much safer here than most with the good people we have here on Chordie.

Cam

YAY!  I'm glad you got it figured out.