Do parents know what their kids are up to when surfing the web? Apparently not since there is so much talk of children running the risk of meeting on-line predators and worse whilst out there. Parents may not be aware that anyone can pretend to be of any age on a networking site or chat room. It is easy for predator adults to meet unsuspecting kids on-line.
As resported by BBC, a popular on-line networking site has now come up with a partial solution that limits the age of how old people can be and still contact younger surfers. But is this really a solution? If anyone can lie about their age, then the program is good for nothing.
The only solution is parental control and information. To rely on programs is just a part of a wider trend to leave the kids to be the responsibility of their school, their friends or finally to leave the kids to their own devices. That doesn't work. Ultimately a parent is responsible for her/his kids and that includes the web. No program can displace parental responsibility.
posted by Emilia.kk @ 12:12 PM
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