http://internet-safety.yoursphere.com/2010/09/facebook-enables-manboy-love-relationships/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=facebook-enables-manboy-love-relationships Thu, 16 May 2013 10:13:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://internet-safety.yoursphere.com/2010/09/facebook-enables-manboy-love-relationships/#comment-196 Jason Koeppe Thu, 30 Sep 2010 07:38:39 +0000 http://yoursphereforparents-test.com/facebook-enables-manboy-love-relationships/#comment-196 I think a lot of parents fall into 2 categories of intentional, blissful ignorance:
1. Thinking most people are probably good.
Thinking this way is the same thing that makes people say, “I never thought it could happen to me”. They impose their own morals onto the rest of the world without knowing they are doing it and think generally (despite the news on the contrary) people are good and while there are a lot of weirdos out there, my kid wont be a target.
2. Not knowing anything about technology.
A lot of parents just accept that their kids know more about the internet and technology in general than they do and do not work to educate themselves as vigorously as they possibly should.
Both of these are dangerous traps for parents to fall into. If it helps, we put out a video series on social networking for parents that we’re working on finishing up now to help educate parents and help them monitor their kids online activity to keep them safe. Let us know in the comments if there is any other information that would help you in keeping your kids safe.
http://www.intellicorpintouch.com/social-networking-for-parents.aspx

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