Snapchat. Instagram Message. KIK. These are the major three APP players when it comes to teens contacting people under the radar. If any of the older Dulos kids had these apps, it would be easy to contact a parent without the other knowing. Let’s remember (according to the former teacher who posted several threads back) the kids adored their father. So I can see them having some sort of contact on the down low. It’s life, and despite what we think of FD, the kids don’t necessarily share the same perspective.
For those of you that do not have teenagers these days, you would be shocked to know what kids do share via social media. I know GF released a statement saying they are monitoring the kids internet access, etc. But the bottom line is kids can access all sorts of info, with parents/grandparents/nannies being none the wiser.
I have a specific, quite personal example. Three years ago my husband had three coworkers killed in line of duty deaths in the same incident. The department had never had multiple deaths at the same time and in hindsight delayed too long the notifications to family. Even though that early am I knew who had died, those immediate family members (spouses and children) did not. Because the mayor insisted on going to three separate houses to do the notifications, word got out via social media. The final family notified had three children. Before the mayor could even knock, another first responder’s kid sent a Snapchat with the info. One of the recipients? One of the deceased’s children. That’s how an 11 year old knew her father had been killed in the line of duty....From a Snapchat message.
My point is this. Kids are different today. I don’t think for a minute the Dulos kids were cut off completely (phone wise) from
their dad, despite a court order. Likewise, I don’t think the kids aren’t now hearing things via Snapchat and Instagram. Unless you take away all devices up to and including IPads and computers, you just can’t patrol and prevent everything.