Myspace- teen safety

[Allifunn]

The worst thing though is when smart alecs post AUBURN FOOTBALL PICS on your page.

wonder who that might be....:rofl: the season has begun....................:clap_1:

 

[Smiling JOe]

Just remember this. My opposition is not due to the safety issues. You guys have all covered that and I am with you on that. Private Profiles...I understand. My opposition is what they are exposed to. You may as well leave a stack of pornos by the dvd player and say "now, don't watch those" because they can see it all on Myspace. The first time my daughter asked me about it, was right after Taylor Behl, the girl from the college in Virginia, had been murdered. During the news coverage of that murder it mentioned her and her murderers Myspace pages. So...when my daughter asked I checked it out. Almost immediately, I was staring right at a guy in his birthday suit with the heading "take a good look girls before tom deletes me again". Next I see animated sex taking place and this was the avatar of a young girl (age 14). And I could go on and on. It is just not appropriate. If you don't think they will look think again. Kids can't help it.

I am on myspace all the time, and only occasionally, I will see a persons page which is slutty -- rarely, but I am not actively searching for it. If you are concerned with that which your child may see on myspace, you may be missing the big picture of the internet. Type in in body part into any search engine, and you are only one click away from hard core porn.

 

[Kurt]

I am on myspace all the time, and only occasionally, I will see a persons page which is slutty -- rarely, but I am not actively searching for it. If you are concerned with that which your child may see on myspace, you may be missing the big picture of the internet. Type in in body part into any search engine, and you are only one click away from hard core porn.

Exactly my point, but well said SJ. If you have a kid then your kid has seen video of things you have never even thought about. Or I hope you haven't.

 

[Ocean Lover]

Exactly my point, but well said SJ. If you have a kid then your kid has seen video of things you have never even thought about. Or I hope you haven't.

That's what parental controls are for. It works for us right now but I realize there are ways around it.

 

[Smiling JOe]

That's what parental controls are for. It works for us right now but I realize there are ways around it.

Good, because I am sure that kids can search "parental controls" and find out ways in and out of the bad sights without you ever knowing.

 

[kathydwells]

I got a good education way back when when someone in my family had a subscription to Playboy and Penthouse. They thought they had them hid, but we were really good about finding them. I say this only to say, teens will look, talk and find things that perhaps we wished they wouldn't, but it is just life. I talk to my son about sex alot, I am not a prude when it comes to things like that. If he has questions, he always comes to me for answers. He have a very open communication about it. I want him to be able to come to me and get straight answers. He is not shy about it and I am glad. Now, I am fully aware that he might also venture to places he shouldn't on the internet, just like I did by finding the magazines and reading them I might add. I am not advocating any child/teen to watch hard core porn I never would be. However, in the same breath I would much rather them see that, than ax murderers, shoot up blood bath movies, and kill everyone in the movie movies. But hey, that is just me.

 

[Smiling JOe]

This is a copy of the AOL Guardian emails you can recieve tracking your child's online activity. We had these controls turned off for a long time. I just turned them back on again.



Dear ----------,

Per your request, this is a summary of ---'s online activity on Monday August 28, 2006.



Top 5 Visited Web Sites

aolsvc.aolr.aol.com 2 visits
vmp.aol.com 1 visit




Top 5 Web Sites successfully blocked

--------------- has not attempted to visit any blocked web sites.




E-mails IMs
Read 0 Received 3
Sent 0 Sent 0
Reported Spam 0


New Instant Messaging Feature: you can now control who your child IMs with. Visit IM Controls to set up an IM Safety List.

Helpful Links:
- View or modify the Parental Control Settings for ------------.
- View the Online Guardian Report to review the last 14 days of your child's online activity.
- Edit your Delivery Settings to change when you receive this e-mail.

I am curious to know if it still tracks the sites if you do not access the web via AO(hel)L.

 

[Ocean Lover]

This is a copy of the AOL Guardian emails you can recieve tracking your child's online activity. We had these controls turned off for a long time. I just turned them back on again.



Dear ----------,

Per your request, this is a summary of ---'s online activity on Monday August 28, 2006.



Top 5 Visited Web Sites

aolsvc.aolr.aol.com 2 visits
vmp.aol.com 1 visit




Top 5 Web Sites successfully blocked

--------------- has not attempted to visit any blocked web sites.




E-mails IMs
Read 0 Received 3
Sent 0 Sent 0
Reported Spam 0


New Instant Messaging Feature: you can now control who your child IMs with. Visit IM Controls to set up an IM Safety List.

Helpful Links:
- View or modify the Parental Control Settings for ------------.
- View the Online Guardian Report to review the last 14 days of your child's online activity.
- Edit your Delivery Settings to change when you receive this e-mail.

 

[Smiling JOe]

I have no idea how my post, quoting you, jumped ahead of your post.

Anywho, OL, did you say that you tell your kids that you are tracking them?

 

[Rudyjohn]

I have no idea how my post, quoting you, jumped ahead of your post.

Anywho, OL, did you say that you tell your kids that you are tracking them?

Freaky - - I thought I was going insane momentarily! Whew.