From the author of The Trenchcoat Chronicles, and News of Doom comes a brand new blog- MyCrimeSpace. A whole blog, with nothing but Myspace crimes, and Myspace crimes waiting to happen. I just have to support that idea.
And to be completely fair, I thought I would mention ways for you to ensure that your loved ones don't end up being named on that site:
1. Monitor your kids online activity
2. Don't let your children have Myspace sites, or Xanga or Facebook, or LiveJournal...
3. If you choose to ignore #2, at least be sure you are following #1
4. Watch, note and discuss what information your child puts online: no last names, no cities, no schools, no emails, no phone numbers, no "proper" names of clubs or organizations they may be in
5. Check the history on their computer- see what sites they are going to, who they are emailing and what their im's contain.
6. Don't be your kids friends- they have enough of those. Be their parent, and protect them
7. Know who their friends are, and check their sites- just because your child doesn't mention their last name doesn't mean that their friend didn't mention it. And since friends lists are linked, it may be easy to find out the information you want hidden
*****This has been a non paid ad for the prevention of MYSPACE crimes. Thank you.
Categories: predators, internet
And to be completely fair, I thought I would mention ways for you to ensure that your loved ones don't end up being named on that site:
1. Monitor your kids online activity
2. Don't let your children have Myspace sites, or Xanga or Facebook, or LiveJournal...
3. If you choose to ignore #2, at least be sure you are following #1
4. Watch, note and discuss what information your child puts online: no last names, no cities, no schools, no emails, no phone numbers, no "proper" names of clubs or organizations they may be in
5. Check the history on their computer- see what sites they are going to, who they are emailing and what their im's contain.
6. Don't be your kids friends- they have enough of those. Be their parent, and protect them
7. Know who their friends are, and check their sites- just because your child doesn't mention their last name doesn't mean that their friend didn't mention it. And since friends lists are linked, it may be easy to find out the information you want hidden
*****This has been a non paid ad for the prevention of MYSPACE crimes. Thank you.
Categories: predators, internet
Comments
Parents, insist on knowing your kids passwords. Make that a condition of your kids computer usage. That way you can monitor their email (and don't forget to check what they are sending as well as recieving) and you can check to see if there is anything going on behind the scenes.