 Re: MySpace and Teens | |
The key to internet usage and myspace accounts is supervision. My daughter met an older boy when she was only 13. She lied about her age, put up a picture of herself on a myspace-like page (this was before myspace) and snuck out of the house to meet him. The next thing I knew the police were calliing me because she was out so late at night. They found her and this boy sitting in a car talking at midnight. Fortunately, they were only talking.
I cannot stress enough to monitor your kids activities and friends. I have a friend whose daughter met boys that are gang members and she sneaks out of the house to meet them. In the neighborhood that she lives in, without her myspace account she would have never met these gang members.
Also monitor cell phones, the same girl mentioned about was sending pornographic images of herself over her cell phone.
Watch your kids, they can make poor choices in the blink of an eye. |