Information to protect your children online
Concerned Parents Online
Concerned Parents OnlineWednesday, May 31, 2006Hello everyone-Writing again begging for comments... Please, please, please leave a posting on this page to talk about your relevant experience: anecdotes, advice, anything- working together to keep track of our kids online. What do you think? Saturday, May 27, 2006Stone on the Next Web Bubble - Newsweek Technology - MSNBC.comAnd the networking sites continue to multiply- this is not a craze that's going away. Tuesday, May 23, 2006MiamiHerald.com | 05/21/2006 | My Space. My privacy.Already Internet-savvy kids are getting smart about MySpace... The above link talks about kids who are taking advantage of the privacy filters built in for members under the age of 15, keeping kids online away from MySpace danger. Thursday, May 18, 2006 
Monday, May 15, 2006Pipe Dream on the Web - Facebook info could get you busted - By Kate WelbyThis article has a lot of good stuff- most notably a quote from the Director of Judicial Affairs at Binghamton University, Milton Chester: "There's nothing private about Facebook, and I think a lot of people haven't made that connection." Also, "Chester reminded students that Facebook is a public domain and if students make their profiles open to the World Wide Web, 'nothing is off limits.'" Wednesday, May 10, 2006WXYZ: Local NewsLinked article another MySpace Danger horror story about kids online and the parental responsbility to "police in their own homes [and] what their kids are doing online." I have a three-year-old daughter who is busy and chatty as can be... Always wants to talk to everyone and show of her new knowledge. Which results in moments of beaming pride and utter embarassment. The other day, when I was at the office, she went to the doctor with her babysitter. She walked up to someone in the waiting room and said, "Hi, my name is ******* ******* and my mommy is lost." Here we go... So we began learning about "stranger danger" complete with Winnie the Pooh's "Too Smart for Strangers" video cassette. Which prompted a million toddler questions. It went a little like this: "Mommy, who are the bad people?" "They could be anyone." "Are they boys or girls?" "They could be either." "Are they big or little?" "They could be either." "Do they have long hair or short hair?" "Both I suppose." "What are their names?" And so on and so forth. Which completely terrified me and made realize how many sleepless nights and gray hairs I have to look forward to as a parent. How do you teach someone so innocent, so pure and so good that there are people out there looking for just that? When I was little, the dialogue began and ended with that conversation. Don't talk to strangers. Don't take candy from them. Don't get into their cars. End of story. But today's youth face so much more. I guess as parents our responsibilities need to evolve with the changing times. I know it's been a while since I've posted- I do apologize. My family and my career keep me very busy. I need your input. This site has a lot of potential to unite us, as parents, in an effort to keep our children safe. But without your voices, there is only me- rambling and overworked... Please submit, please make suggestions, please tell your stories, please let me know what you think. We're all in this together.
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