http://blog.pcpandora.com/2007/08/08/a-sad-story-that-could-have-been-prevented/ An open discussion devoted to keeping YOUR kids safe online, brought to you by the folks at PC Pandora... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:41:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.pcpandora.com/2007/08/08/a-sad-story-that-could-have-been-prevented/comment-page-1/#comment-1544 NYgal Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:17:53 +0000 http://blog.pcpandora.com/?p=37#comment-1544 Trevor- I also agree with you. You posted some good tips. I still think my daughter is too young to be a member of MySpace or facebook, but when she is old enough- I will be sure to get her passwords. I think she will be more safe just knowing that I will check out her page, her friends, and anything else that I choose to. I don't think that this is a "breach of trust", not for this age- it's just a check-up to be safe. Trevor- I also agree with you. You posted some good tips. I still think my daughter is too young to be a member of MySpace or facebook, but when she is old enough- I will be sure to get her passwords. I think she will be more safe just knowing that I will check out her page, her friends, and anything else that I choose to. I don’t think that this is a “breach of trust”, not for this age- it’s just a check-up to be safe.

]]> http://blog.pcpandora.com/2007/08/08/a-sad-story-that-could-have-been-prevented/comment-page-1/#comment-1538 Ken Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:39:07 +0000 http://blog.pcpandora.com/?p=37#comment-1538 Trevor: Excatly. It's the old playground analogy. When we were kids, we went to the playground and our parents told us not to talk to stragners. If a guy in a big blue van pulled up offering candy, we were pretty cautious and ran home to tell mom and dad. Well, now those guys don't need the big blue vans and they can talk to today's kids freely. Let the kids play, but talk to them... and put a camera in the "playground." :) Trevor: Excatly. It’s the old playground analogy. When we were kids, we went to the playground and our parents told us not to talk to stragners. If a guy in a big blue van pulled up offering candy, we were pretty cautious and ran home to tell mom and dad. Well, now those guys don’t need the big blue vans and they can talk to today’s kids freely. Let the kids play, but talk to them… and put a camera in the “playground.”

]]> http://blog.pcpandora.com/2007/08/08/a-sad-story-that-could-have-been-prevented/comment-page-1/#comment-1537 Trevor Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:25:11 +0000 http://blog.pcpandora.com/?p=37#comment-1537 I feel that we should give children freedom, but we need to monitor that freedom. While that may be an oxymoron, I still feel children can be free and watched at the same time. A good way to do something like this is let them use MySpace or Facebook, but make them give you the passwords. Then, do random checks twice a week or so. Doing this, along with monitoring software, is giving your child freedom but protecting them at the same time. Just my two cents on this. I feel that we should give children freedom, but we need to monitor that freedom. While that may be an oxymoron, I still feel children can be free and watched at the same time. A good way to do something like this is let them use MySpace or Facebook, but make them give you the passwords. Then, do random checks twice a week or so. Doing this, along with monitoring software, is giving your child freedom but protecting them at the same time. Just my two cents on this.

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