I'm coming out of the woodwork to ask parents of adolescents and pre-adolescents a couple of questions pertaining an upcoming cover story in Pittsburgh Parent magazine. I figure everyone here has concerns and ideas pertaining to this, so I"d like to hear what you have to say.
The article will be about "cyber snooping", and all feedback will be appreciated.
QUESTIONS (answer as many as apply to you)
1. Do parents need to be cyber snoops?
2. How do we protect kids from the ugly side of the Internet?
3. Have you ever hired a Web spy, or purchased monitoring software?
4. Do you keep an eye on your children's Internet use (especially their personal accounts, such as email, IMs, blogs and MySpace)? If so, how?
If you could leave your first name, city, state, number of kids and their ages in your reply, it'll be helpful. Thanks, all!
-Eliza
|
Eliza
Posts:
2
From:
youngstown, ohio
Registered:
5/2/07
|
|
(3 of 3)
Re: Researching for article
May 3, 2007 11:24 AM
|
|
Anne -- you're right; I forgot to add my contact information.
I can be reached at eliza.osborn@gmail.com
Great advice, too. I feel the same way about keeping an open line of communication between kids and parents, and that parents should be active in their children's online life as well as their "real" life.
Thanks!
Anyone else's input is welcome, too.
-Eliza
|
|
|
Anne
Posts:
507
Registered:
6/26/06
|
|
(2 of 3)
Re: Researching for article
May 3, 2007 6:46 AM
|
Good questions, Eliza. You might provide an email address where people can send you contact info. As for your questions....
I think the obvious answer to Question 1 is "it depends on the child." If this is a child who likes to take risks, isn't very communicative with those who want to protect him/her, and is showing signs of doing something harmful, monitoring may be needed.
2. First decide what your own child needs to be protected from, then talk to him or her about avoiding those downsides and establish some ground rules that fit with your family's ethics. There are many ways to protect them, from parental-controls software (which always has work-arounds) to rules or family policies associated with repercussions to family discussions.
3. We haven't at our house (with a tween and a teen in it).
4. Yes, we keep an eye on their Internet use, but more on the younger one's than the 15-year-old's, who has shown he can be trusted to usej the Net constructively. The 10-year-old uses the Net only when we're in the same room, and we know what sites he's on.
Hope that helps,
Anne
--
Anne Collier
BlogSafety co-director |
|
|
Eliza
Posts:
2
From:
youngstown, ohio
Registered:
5/2/07
|
|
(1 of 3)
May 2, 2007 9:59 PM
|
|
I'm coming out of the woodwork to ask parents of adolescents and pre-adolescents a couple of questions pertaining an upcoming cover story in Pittsburgh Parent magazine. I figure everyone here has concerns and ideas pertaining to this, so I"d like to hear what you have to say.
The article will be about "cyber snooping", and all feedback will be appreciated.
QUESTIONS (answer as many as apply to you)
1. Do parents need to be cyber snoops?
2. How do we protect kids from the ugly side of the Internet?
3. Have you ever hired a Web spy, or purchased monitoring software?
4. Do you keep an eye on your children's Internet use (especially their personal accounts, such as email, IMs, blogs and MySpace)? If so, how?
If you could leave your first name, city, state, number of kids and their ages in your reply, it'll be helpful. Thanks, all!
-Eliza
|
|
|
|
|
