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Do you know about your kid's online activities? - 6/14/2009 11:14:02 AM
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fiery
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New research out from Trend Micro has shown that over half of the parents that give their kids internet access don't have the faintest idea what they do online.
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The security firm's study revealed that of those parents that do know what their kids get up to online, 55 percent wish they would spend less time on social networks. Three quarters were concerned their children would lose face-to-face communication skills as a result of the amount of time they spend online.
Only three percent of those questioned admitted to monitoring the online behavior of their children with the remaining 97 percent saying they don't want to or don't know how to monitor online activity.
So what is it : they trust them, haven't got the know how or just don't care?
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RE: Do you know about your kid's online activities? - 6/15/2009 6:59:11 PM
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That's scary. I wonder if they just don't know they just don't know. My parents were so naive and out of the loop when I was a kid.....they were strict and I rarely got into trouble...but if I was a troublesome teen it would have gone far differently.
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RE: Do you know about your kid's online activities? - 6/16/2009 4:53:58 PM
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I think it's more an inconvenience for most parents. I see so many people that use electronics as a babysitter for their children. "if he is home and in his room, he is not out getting high or breaking the law" ... sounds reasonable to an extent, right?
I will admit that I do not know EVERYTHING that my oldest daughter is doing online, but I do have access to her myspace page (she friended me - lol) and I do have access to her email accounts if I feel the need to use them (and I have done that). but most importantly, we TALK on a daily basis. I am comfortable with her behavior and habits. She is almost 18 and is soon an adult, she has done nothing to weaken the trust I have in her.
OTOH, my 9 year old is very closely monitored on the internet and only uses it to play webkinz or chat with her cousins. fortunatly for me, her imagination is far greater than anything she has found on the internet and spends a lot of time writing and drawing. I love her mind!
the youngest, I am sure, will test all my beliefs and theories ... as she always has ;)
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RE: Do you know about your kid's online activities? - 6/17/2009 7:47:10 PM
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ORIGINAL: ChristineB
That's scary. I wonder if they just don't know they just don't know. My parents were so naive and out of the loop when I was a kid.....they were strict and I rarely got into trouble...but if I was a troublesome teen it would have gone far differently.
Mine were the same. I wouldn't have dared do something to get me into trouble. Just the thought of my dad's wrath was enough to temper any such thoughts!
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RE: Do you know about your kid's online activities? - 6/17/2009 7:54:14 PM
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ORIGINAL: dianerene
I think it's more an inconvenience for most parents. I see so many people that use electronics as a babysitter for their children. "if he is home and in his room, he is not out getting high or breaking the law" ... sounds reasonable to an extent, right?
I will admit that I do not know EVERYTHING that my oldest daughter is doing online, but I do have access to her myspace page (she friended me - lol) and I do have access to her email accounts if I feel the need to use them (and I have done that). but most importantly, we TALK on a daily basis. I am comfortable with her behavior and habits. She is almost 18 and is soon an adult, she has done nothing to weaken the trust I have in her.
OTOH, my 9 year old is very closely monitored on the internet and only uses it to play webkinz or chat with her cousins. fortunatly for me, her imagination is far greater than anything she has found on the internet and spends a lot of time writing and drawing. I love her mind!
the youngest, I am sure, will test all my beliefs and theories ... as she always has ;)
To an extent, sure. But not to the point where you have no clue who they're talking to or what they're doing. These parents will have no idea what their kids could be and are up to and I think many would be shocked. Maybe ignorance is bliss. 
You have a good balance there. You can get in if you want to and more importantly, she knows that you're trusting that you needn't check up on her and as you say, you guys talk! And the younger one of course should be watched the way you do it.
While I think some of it in these parents could indeed be not knowing, (and if so, wouldn't you learn the basics so you can keep an eye on them??) I think a lot is more that they couldn't care less because the kid's not bugging them.
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RE: Do you know about your kid's online activities? - 6/18/2009 7:45:22 AM
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dianerene
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right - the kids are out of my hair, but in the house, so let them be.
so sad :(
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RE: Do you know about your kid's online activities? - 6/19/2009 3:07:58 PM
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ORIGINAL: dianerene
right - the kids are out of my hair, but in the house, so let them be.
so sad :(
It is. And some will say in their defense it's no different from when they were kids and sat in front of the TV all day while their parents did their own thing. Well, unless The Muppet Show introduced child predators to their cast since I stopped watching thirty years ago and you can talk to them live via the remote, no it is NOT the same!  TV is a passive activity, not an interaction.
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