Social Networking in Real Time
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I am new to this forum, so point me in the right direction if this point has already been touched upon.
I am happy to see a lot of posts about keeping children safe online. All of the articles offer sound best practices for online safety. But what happens when the phenomenon of social-networking spills over into the real world?
Inevitably, our children will meet people offline--coaches, teachers, day-care providers, friends and many others. Our kids may start even meeting people and recognizing them by their screen names. How is it possible to make sure that these people they come in contact with offline are good mentors or friends for our children?
Recent media events have put the focus squarely on the shoulders of teachers, but I believe a more holistic approach should be considered. Just because a teacher is allegedly responsible for an act against a child 10 years ago does not mean that only the backgrounds of teachers should be considered. Conversely, parents should not solely focus their attention to online venues when trying to protect their children from predators, bullies or reputation harm.
A recent article in the New York Times http:/
shows the schemes pedophiles and others concoct to gain access to children.
In your opinions, do you think recent media attention has made parents more sensitive to Web predators whilst becoming more lax to those in "real time?"
I am happy to see a lot of posts about keeping children safe online. All of the articles offer sound best practices for online safety. But what happens when the phenomenon of social-networking spills over into the real world?
Inevitably, our children will meet people offline--coaches, teachers, day-care providers, friends and many others. Our kids may start even meeting people and recognizing them by their screen names. How is it possible to make sure that these people they come in contact with offline are good mentors or friends for our children?
Recent media events have put the focus squarely on the shoulders of teachers, but I believe a more holistic approach should be considered. Just because a teacher is allegedly responsible for an act against a child 10 years ago does not mean that only the backgrounds of teachers should be considered. Conversely, parents should not solely focus their attention to online venues when trying to protect their children from predators, bullies or reputation harm.
A recent article in the New York Times http:/
shows the schemes pedophiles and others concoct to gain access to children.
In your opinions, do you think recent media attention has made parents more sensitive to Web predators whilst becoming more lax to those in "real time?"
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