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The Internet & children: Still Scary
Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at 10:09AM DuctTape Marketing blogged today asking the question, How do so many children spend so many hours unescorted on the Internet. As readers of GiveitaKiss The Family Blog know this is a topic very close to our hearts. Of course, our children react like it's some form of abuse if you don't allow your child at least double digit hours per day of unbridled time on MySpace. OK, double digits is sarcastic but parents know the reaction from children is not. As parents of ten children, five of them daughters, the Internet is a very scary place. I thank Zane Safrit and Duct Tape Marketing for bringing the issue up to keep Internet safety for children at the forefront. At our home we have installed software on our computers so we know what our children are doing online and they all know and accept it. One Internet stalker-like scare was enough for us when an almost adult male wanted to come to our home and whisk our underage daughter off to a "better life." Of course we don't monitor their every conversation but we watch for warning signs, our kids watch what they do online and we all sleep better at night. We have done extensive reviews of five of the top Internet safety software products on our website and have made them all available on our Interet Safety page. We continue to blog about about the dangers because
Internet Super Heroes
Saturday, September 30, 2006 at 10:52PM Internet Super Heroes Last night I asked readers to watch Dateline NBC's show, To Catch A Predator." The show focused on the very real dangers our kids face online by luring Internet predators in to a home in Petaluma California. Once there they interviewed roughly 10 of a total of 29 men on camera. Afterwards NBC's Dateline let the pedophile's walk right into the hands of the waiting police. While it was eye opening, as well as good to see a few off the Internet for a while we were hoping for more. We feel the show could have taken some time to offer
Sept 30 NBC's Datline NBC: To Catch A Predator
Friday, September 29, 2006 at 06:27PM Have you seen any of DateLine NBc's "To Catch A Predator" programs yet? Part One of another of their programs attracting Internet predators airs TONIGHT! Check your local station in prime time and join us as we watch. They set up an under cover house in Petaluma, California and installed hidden camera's. They attracted predators and pedophiles using chat rooms and 29 men set out to meet their teenaged mystery date only to be caught on camera! If you haven't seen any of these shows yet YOU NEED TO! I had seen
