Our Children and what the learn on-line
Believe it or not, we’ve talked about this before. Ha, I am a repeat I guess. No, really, we talked about sexting and how dangerous it is. But, I found an article yesterday stating that teens are more safety conscience that we give them credit for. According to this article, 72% of teens have a social-networking profile. That’s myspace, facebook, etc for those of you who are unsure what a social network even is.
And, 73% use cell phones while 91% have an email address. So, this is where it gets tricky. How do you monitor your child’s online personality without invading their privacy?
Does your child have an email account? What about facebook? Do you have control so you can see what they are doing if you need to?
If we break this down, 14% of teens have a blog, 22% have a webcam (and I would think this is where many would get in trouble), 27% have a game system with chat (I don’t even know what this is), 59% have digital cameras (another place I think that would need monitoring closely), 60% have an ID for an instant messaging account of some kind.
But, when a group of teens were polled, 59% believed that posting personal information on a public blog or social network was unsafe. But, at the same time 62% have posted a photo of themselves. So, that could be an issue. Just make sure you are keeping up with the photos that your children are posting and you and your child should be fine. But, insist that even your location remain a secret.
As an adult, someone could easy find me if they tried hard, but in most cases, I still list my hometown as No Where Alabama. It wouldn’t take much to find out where No Where is but, I’m grown…so I guess that’s where you say, do as I say not as I do.
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