Teens Post Shocking Data On Social Networking Sites
At Newshousenews.com, Tim Warsinskey relays the stories of athletic coaches who have found shocking information posted by their athletes at popular social networking sites. This kind of information included scandalous photos, bragging about inappropriate or even illegal behavior, hate language, and even home addresses and cell phone numbers.
If their coaches are shocked, imagine their parents.
Posting this kind of data on social networking sites like Facebook or Myspace has been well-documented as dangerous; it leaves these kids vulnerable to online predators or cyber stalkers who can use the photos and information to track down the young person in question.
Most of the parents who come away "horrified" by what their kids are posting simply didn't know what was going on. After all, how can they know what their kids do online?
Well, they can install parental control software like WebWatcher on their home PC or their kid's laptop. WebWatcher allows parents to do everything they can to monitor online activity, including website blocking, website recording, email recording, chat recording, etc. And, it's completely invisible while running, all of which contributes to its high rating among all parental control software programs.
And while many parents may feel that they are trespassing on their child's privacy, when it comes to dangerous behavior online, that privacy isn't as important as the safety of an unsuspecting or naive kid.
If their coaches are shocked, imagine their parents.
Posting this kind of data on social networking sites like Facebook or Myspace has been well-documented as dangerous; it leaves these kids vulnerable to online predators or cyber stalkers who can use the photos and information to track down the young person in question.
Most of the parents who come away "horrified" by what their kids are posting simply didn't know what was going on. After all, how can they know what their kids do online?
Well, they can install parental control software like WebWatcher on their home PC or their kid's laptop. WebWatcher allows parents to do everything they can to monitor online activity, including website blocking, website recording, email recording, chat recording, etc. And, it's completely invisible while running, all of which contributes to its high rating among all parental control software programs.
And while many parents may feel that they are trespassing on their child's privacy, when it comes to dangerous behavior online, that privacy isn't as important as the safety of an unsuspecting or naive kid.
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