Online social networking…

Millions of people mainly children and teenagers are jumping on the myspace and facebook obsession. While these sites look to be innocent on the outside, it can be a playground  for rapists and child predators.  The problem is serious.

Many kids on facebook and myspace post pictures, full name, addresses, the school they attend and even cell phone numbers. All this information is easily accessible at the click of a button to anyone. These sites are providing child predators with the exact information they need to track down kids right at their own front door.

Most parents are  in the dark about facebook and myspace and often don’t know what their children are up to when they see them sitting at their computers clicking away. On myspace and facebook are young teens posting pictures of themselves practically naked, drinking and doing many other things that would turn on a predator and shock parents.

Parents need to be aware of what is going on in their own homes. There are many programs available for parents to purchase in order to monitor emails, instant messages, and what websites they have visited. While these programs should be put in place in every home, parents need to also open the lines of communication with their children.

Unfortunately the Internet is not innocent by any means, it is an assembly of stalkers, predators and rapists. While there are nice things about myspace and facebook ,they aren’t worth the horrible things that can happen if your child isn’t careful, or we as parents!!

As a Mother I am concerned.

Are you?