Thursday, February 3, 2011

How Much Do Your Parents Know About Your Life Online?

In response to:
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/06/how-much-do-your-parents-know-about-your-life-online/

It has been a growing problem that bullying can be done anonymously and straight to your home. This is because of the internet and the growing number of websites that allow anonymous conversation between users. Although it has become a fad to "troll" on these various websites, it also has created detrimental effects. Countless times cyber-bullying has led to suicidal cases.

An arising question is what parents should do about these cyber bullies. Should they observe everything their child does on the internet? Should they somehow control it? Or should they continue to live in ignorance to the torture endured by their offspring?

Obviously there needs to be some sort of action, but non stop supervision may not be the right answer. In fact, it could lead to rebellion. Therefore parents should limit their child's access to the computer and warn them of possible offenses. There should be a relationship of trust and understanding between the parents and the children.

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