Eyes are opening
I stumbled across this article the other day and was happy by what I saw… it seems that slowly, even the teens are realizing the new MySpace deal is just a PR stunt – in a manner of words. More or less, they agree that elements of the agreement will be hard to maintain and that, in the end, “instances where young children or teens get into trouble because of their activity on MySpace is ‘the kid’s fault and the parents’ ignorance.’”
Jennifer Keefe wrote MySpace regulation a must: Students agree federal government not right for task, which is on fosters.com, the online version of Foster’s Daily Democrat. Check it out.
In the piece, they stress that education is the key. It’s the key for both parents and teens. Part of the education is knowing what your child/teen is doing, where they are going, whom they are talking to – and most recently realized – what is being said ABOUT them.
Know what your kids are doing online. Use monitoring software and technology like PC Pandora to help. It can be your best friend, your main asset – or simply the back-up. Don’t be so quick to give them free reign. They are, after all, still kids… and worse – teenagers!!!
