Information to protect your children online
Concerned Parents Online
Concerned Parents OnlineTuesday, October 31, 2006Happy Halloween!Before you let the little ones out on a sugar-buzzed trick or treating marathon, check out the following website. A local radio station suggested parents look into this pre-Halloween- it allows you to plug in your address and see a map of all the registered sex offenders living in your vicinity- includes a photo, address, and offense description. In keeping our children safe, we need to tell them where not to go... www.familywatchdog.us Monday, October 30, 2006Contrary to what readers might think, I really don't spend day in and day out searching the Internet for MySpace information. I have Google alerts sent to my inbox so that each time social networking sites make the news, I know about it.Today my inbox was flooded with posts claiming that MySpace's day is done- that Generation My has lost their interest with the social networking site and are on to the next fad. Statistics such as these, courtesy of http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2006/10/some_stats_on_m.html, point in that direction: Teens (users aged 12 to 17) represent only 11.9% of MySpace's audience -- a drop from 24.7% in August 2005. Internet users aged 35 to 54 account for 40.6% of MySpace's visitor base -- up 8.2% in the past year. 68% of MySpace users, 71% of Friendster users, and 43.7% of Facebook users are over age 25. 34% of Facebook users, 18.1% of MySpace users, and 15.6% of Friendster users are 18-to 24-year-olds. Only 11.3% of all internet users are 18- to 24-year-olds. So maybe our youth has moved past this fad and onto the next. Parents across the country are collectively letting out a sigh of relief. But the fad happened, the lesson is learned, and our understanding is changed- it's a big virtual world out there and we need to be keenly aware of just what our kids are doing in it. Monday, October 16, 2006AP Wire | 10/13/2006 | California teen questioned over threats to Bush posted on MySpaceIt's not just friends and family checking out MySpace. In this article, a teenager is tracked down through MySpace by the FBI... Friday, October 06, 2006MySpace: Not Just For The Under 30 Crowd: "More than 50% of its users in August were over 35."MySpace- not just for teens and tweens anymore. Looks like more and more parents are logging on. According to the article: More than 50% of its users in August were over 35. Two good reasons to log on to MySpace: 1. Monitor your children's online activity and watch out for personal information posted on their page. 2. Re-connect with old friends! If it's kept the kids' attention this long, then there might be something in it for us too! |
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