How To Negotiate Social Skills and Sexual Predators
A professor of communications skills in Northwestern University has been quoted by foxnews.com as saying that your teenager's access to the chat rooms and message boards of the internet may actually be beneficial.
Apparently, some studies have shown that online communities are simply replacing the mall or youth clubs as places to socialize with one's peers. So surfing chat rooms may be teaching teenagers to develop their personalities and get more social involvement.
But what should parents do about the dangers of the internet? The Courierpostonline posted an article the very next day that says that allowing kids uncontrolled access to these chat rooms is like inviting a pedophile to target your child. It may be true that kids will encounter dangerous people anywhere, but the anonymous nature of the internet makes the sexual predator even more dangerous.
Once again we see the benefits of good parental control software. By running such a tool parents can know with whom their kids are chatting and when. Ours is also completely invisble, so revealing its presence is a decision for the parents to make. Adults can optionally choose to block web pages based on content the family wants to be on the lookout for.
Kids today are high-tech; parents need high-tech solutions to keep them safe.
Apparently, some studies have shown that online communities are simply replacing the mall or youth clubs as places to socialize with one's peers. So surfing chat rooms may be teaching teenagers to develop their personalities and get more social involvement.
But what should parents do about the dangers of the internet? The Courierpostonline posted an article the very next day that says that allowing kids uncontrolled access to these chat rooms is like inviting a pedophile to target your child. It may be true that kids will encounter dangerous people anywhere, but the anonymous nature of the internet makes the sexual predator even more dangerous.
Once again we see the benefits of good parental control software. By running such a tool parents can know with whom their kids are chatting and when. Ours is also completely invisble, so revealing its presence is a decision for the parents to make. Adults can optionally choose to block web pages based on content the family wants to be on the lookout for.
Kids today are high-tech; parents need high-tech solutions to keep them safe.
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