My Space
Posted by Richard Kuhlenschmidt Tue, 17 Jan 2006 23:47:00 GMT
The online service Myspace.com and other similar social networking services have become a hot topic of discussion at our school recently. So hot that that our headmaster school has forbidden any of the students to have their own MySpace page.
I had heard about Myspace.com but wasn’t really familiar with it, so I started to investigate Myspace.com for myself.
What I found out is that our school is not alone in raising these concerns. For an idea as to what others are saying take a look at this article from The Seattle Times or this one from USAToday .
All parents are concerned about their child’s safety on the internet and it seems that everyday there are new enticements to lure our young ones into this Pandora’s Box. This isn’t by accident as is evident from this article in Wired .
One website that seems to be a very good resource for internet safety tips is WiredSafety.com . Run by Parry Aftab, cyberspace privacy and security lawyer and children’s advocate, has a wealth of tips and advice on cyber safety, instant messaging and cell phone use by children. One thing that is very important is that each family decide for themselves what their family guidelines should be. Please check it out.
