Parents Worry About Their Kids' Safety on the Internet

The bottom line is that if parents REALLY want to keep their kids safe online, they need to know what said kids are doing on the computer, and what is happening in their online lives. Blocks and filters are easy to get around, and talking alone will get you nowhere… (if you think your kids are going to tell you, honestly, everything they are doing online – you are a fool). Education is a great thing, and very necessary, but how can you consider yourself educated if you don’t know the simplest information – like what your kids are really doing. If you have monitoring software, like our PC Pandora (www.pcpandora.com), you will know everything they do and will be able to talk to them about it. If you aren’t monitoring and don’t know what they are really doing, how can you be sure they are safe? It’s not an issue of privacy (I have no idea where and when kids were granted endless privacy because they exist – in my day privacy was earned through trust and an established good behavior record), nor is it an issue of trust – it’s called being a 21st century parent. If you don’t know what your kids are doing online, you aren’t doing your job as a parent. If you aren’t monitoring what your kids do online and watch them, someone else will…

KenS of NY 1:05PM November 25, 2009

Thanks for this article! Parents today need to know about technology and how their children are using it in order to keep them safe. "Cyber Safety" is a book that can help parents learn about the dangers and, more importantly, what to do about them. Find it at Amazon.com today! http://www.amazon.com/Cyber-Safety-Maintaining-Morality-Digital/dp/1599553163/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259156681&sr=8-1

Ken Knapton of UT 8:46AM November 25, 2009