13-Year-Old Developes Phone Relationship with 33-Year-Old MySpace “Friend”
You want more reasons that parents should be cautious of their online teen’s activity? 
Check out this article from last week about a 13-year-old girl who had developed a relationship with a 33-year old man online, which had escalated to phone calls. That is the step before a face-to-face meeting, FYI. [Hawkins teen calls 33-year-old man she met on MySpace]
Thankfully, the girl had only spoken to the man over the phone after communicating with him in a teenage chat room on MySpace. (Don’t even get me started)… The girl stated that she had been speaking to a 33-year-old man on MySpace who said he was a truck driver. He gave his phone number to the girl via e-mail. The girl’s father found out about the phone calls, called the man, and told him not to speak to his daughter again. There were multiple calls made, but for the communications to be a criminal act, 
the man would have had to proposition the girl or send her illicit materials.
Even if this incident doesn’t result in criminal charges, this should serve as a wake-up call to parents – MONITOR YOUR CHILDREN’S INTERNET ACTIVITIES!
There has never been a great need for monitoring software like PC Pandora 5.0… Do you know what your kids are doing online?
February 27th, 2008 at 4:33 PM
Good that the issue was nipped at the bud itself. Still things like these do present a strong case for better monitoring of a child’s online activities. Btw..great smilies there..really apt.