From the ‘air’ of the authority of this 14 year old’s website can only be achieved through life’s experience and I can’t really see how a 14 year old can wisen up that much.

You did the right thing, Yuga. Kudos to you! And true, Carl deserves a better treatment from fellow bloggers. Let’s give the boy a chance.

On another note, however, don’t parent-bloggers exploit their kids in some ways?

Posting photos of their children, for instance – for the purpose of attracting more traffic to their sites – is a form of indirect exploitation, especially when those involved are babies who are still oblivious of the blogosphere. Well, of course, parents have authority over their minor children, but when done for money….????? Now, only our consciences can answer this question.

And I am no exception. One time my teenaged daughter complained to me and called my attention for posting some of her pics without her permission. Imagine how embarrassed I was when she said I was exploiting her! So from then on, before publishing any of her pics in my blog, I have learned to consult her first.

Just saying my piece. And yes, I wish the whole blogosphere – PEACE!

By the way, you blog looks good on my Nokia N800! got this blog bookmarked for easy access.

I dunno if you’ve had your head cut off yet, but if that ever happens I don’t think you’ll be as peace-loving. Go AFP!

@Yuga: “I wasn’t there to size him up. He doesn’t deserve it. I was there to size up the father.” – Kudos to your efforts, kabayan!

Interrogating a minor without the presence of a parent is a form of harrasment whatever the motive maybe.

Even the hardened criminals are entitled to keep their silence without the presence of a lawyer.

Nosey people could not engage the child in an ambush interview for the purpose of pressuring him to squeal on something which they like to find out.

If they feel that the child is being exploited, then the issue should have been thoroughly discussed with some people who are “genuinely concerned about the boy”, write a letter addressed to the father and settle this issue without subjecting the minor to the unfavorable media exposure.

But I do not see this as an exploitation because if it is then, some of the bloggers may be accused of the same case when their minor children are already earning from webhosting business and from blogs which earn from ads . Is there any difference?

Thank the father that he is level headed enough to thresh this out with Yuga who has his way of resolving the conflict instead of engaging the “concerned people” in word war.

It’s no secret that a lot of people have doubts regarding the truth behind the blog. Even before Noemi sounded off, many people have already cited their puzzlement regarding the idea of having a 13 year old boy blog about the materialistic niche of making money online.

Noemi didn’t exactly propose a new idea when it came to challenging the credibility of the people involved. It has always been in people’s collective unconscious.

Here’s where it gets dicey.

No one was exactly talking about the idea of child abuse and slavery (in the kidnapped kids made to beg context that some people would like to paint it). That is why the argument was hard to swallow.

Though the supposed conclusion of “saving the child” from the clutches of his manipulative father sounded like a great idea. The fact that there wasn’t much substance to the argument other than a few short conversations shared between the boy and certain adults, made the allegation quite puzzling.