A Tennessee elementary principal is warning parents that many children in his school are using Facebook, seemingly to attract a boyfriend or girlfriend. While this is not shocking, it should put internet safety for their kids as paramount in parents' minds.
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Parents understand most children are still learning how to interact socially at that age, but yet the 20-30 hours a week the kids spend on social networking sites are mostly unsupervised. This is a recipe for trouble or worse. Internet predators prey on these unsuspecting and impressionable youngsters looking for attention. Cyber-bullies use social networks to threaten and scare them.
Parents need to protect their children from these unfortunate realities, and YouDiligence (www.youdiligence.com) can help.
Thanks for commenting on my blog. I sent the "thinkyouknow.co.uk" link to my son's school today. Not expecting a reply....
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