Teens
Another Example of Parents Not Taking Responsibility
New here? You may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!What’s worse than four teen aged girls getting sexually abused by adults they met on MySpace? Their parents suing the site because they think it should have done more to stop it from happening.
Excuse me? These parents are too embarrassed to admit […]
Video Site “Veoh”: What Parents Should Know
Another video site for parents to keep their eye on. Veoh is a way to post video clips to the Web. Anything from your favorite TV clips to your own, home-grown movies. But like any other site that allows hard-to-monitor content from a wide audience (e.g., YouTube and Myspace), some of the content you find […]
“I Wish I Could Disappear”: A Victim of Cyberbullying
She said, “I wish I could disappear”. She was the victim of cyberbullying, and one that was victimized in a way you don’t often hear about. Typically you hear of bullies web sites or instant messaging to harass their victims. Even sending emails to them. But in this situation, someone was pretending to be her […]
The Blog That Keeps on Giving
Does your child blog, and if so, do you know what he or she posts to that blog? It could be that what they post for all the world to see may come back to haunt them.
It could be that they posted about what a wonderful time they had at a school friend’s party. Or […]
MySpace: A Virtual Buffet for Sex Offenders
I’ve mentioned here before the risks involved with such online communities as MySpace and its ilk. Just this week it was reported that an investigation is underway to determine if as many as seven teenaged girls within Middletown, Conn. have been sexually assaulted by men they met at MySpace. There could be more because it’s […]
Toolbox Keepers - Part 4
This round of toolbox keepers includes just one keeper: ContentProtect by ContentWatch. It’s an Internet filter, also known as parental control software. My family and I use it everytime we’re on the Web at home and I highly recommend it.
Of the software and services I’ve included and will include in this series of Toolbox Keepers, […]
How Web Use Differs Between Adults and Teens
When you consider the way a teen uses the Web when compared to an adult, then you can start to realize just how vulernable teens are.
On the whole, adults use the Internet for news, paying bills, e-mails, shopping, and information gathering. These are just some typical areas. Now, look at the way a teen uses […]
