Myspace
For Parents
MySpace is a great
place to talk to and meet new friends. It is
an extension of you. You can post pictures,
write blogs, and express your thoughts. People
of all ages enjoy sharing general and sometimes
personal information about their lives. In the
majority of cases, this information is shared
with people you know. Unfortunately, there are
questionable people out there who use this information
to strike up a conversation with you and/or
your family.
Generally, young children and teenagers tend
to be more trusting. MySpace is a public forum.
That means even when your profile is set to
private, potential stalkers/predators are able
to e-mail or send you a notification. This web
site requires that you be at least fourteen
years of age to join. There requirement is built
on trust, though you can easily lie. The site
does all they can to detect misleading members,
but when they are misled they can only do so
much. Essentially, younger people can lie about
being older. That also means the older people
can lie about being younger.
Younger children need to be weary of whom they
talk to and what they say. Any questionable
speech can prompt harassment, inappropriate
innuendos and/or suggestive content. Keeping
with that, children should not post anything
that could humiliate, embarrass, or expose them
to danger.
Safety
Tips For Myspace
Words are essentially one threat, but a picture
may also be possibly hazardous. Young teens
should not add any risqué or provocative pictures
of them whatsoever. Never include your address,
phone number, or what school you attend. Potential
predators/stalkers will use this to find you.
Most importantly, if you feel harassed always
report it to the web site. Save any pornographic
literature, E-mails, screen names or photographs,
especially if the harassment persists. This
can assist local authorities when you report
it.
Parents should review what their children are
doing and who they are talking to. Making friends
is great, but making potential danger by not
taking proper measures to protect you and yours
could be life threatening.
Young people feel the need for privacy. They
crave the attention of new people and feel they
are adult enough to handle conversations with
everyone. This is usually not the case! Luckily,
in an effort to protect our irreplaceable children,
this new monitoring spy ware web site has been
created to give you the ability to look into
your child’s computer activity. Whenever you
want and there is no time like the present!
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Online Predators
.......You are
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Myspace Safety
Tips
.......MySpace
is a great place to talk to and meet new friends
on the worldwide web.
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