Guest guest Posted March 12, 2006 Report Posted March 12, 2006 Amy, Thank you for being responsible and not abdicating your parental obligations. If parents had no rights to snoop on their kids then the kids would be adults living out on their own. Until then, the parents MUST do everything they can to raise their children (temporarily in their care) properly and to protect them from all dangers. I likewise created a dummy account on myspace just to check it out a couple of months ago. Yikes! A quick observation of words and pics would make you think many girls wanted to be a " ho " . <sarcasm>Ah, there's an aspiration for life</sarcasm>. I have a filter on my computer that blocks myspace.com however I know I need stay diligent to keep ahead and as things start to go wireless. Jim Re: myspace.com Hi Casey, I have 6 kids as many of you know and I try very hard to stay on top of the Myspace issue. Myspace has actually been a hot topic at the local high school. Many schools are are blocking Myspace because kids are using it on school time (which I pointed out last year to the school about a different site the kids were using called Xanga. I snoop constantly on the computer and discovered e-mail messages that one of my daughter recieved, which led me to Xanga, where I discovered that kids INCLUDING her were writing messages during school hours. I immediately called the school and told the Prncipal what nasty things were in some of the messages and that this was during school hours. The teacher, whose class this was taking place during, was spoken to and she said it was part of her computer class) long story short, that all ended after I called the school a few more times. Now we have Myspace. I snoop and snoop and the kids believe I have spy software, which I intend to purchase once I find one I like. I have been testing some you can download online for free for a trial. You know what really bugs me is that The school my teens go to has so many inept parents. I have been dealing with these inept parents for years before high school and I trust almost none of them. My kids have few friends because I am strict. Even on myspace. I tell them who they can invite and uninvite. The Principal of the high school and parents can communicate on a school message board and I spoke about the myspace topic recently and I made it clear that I was very disturbed about the things I read on myspace that are written by kids I know and don't much care for and without naming parents and kids I told parents that I think they need to be more aggressive in keeping thier kids safe. The first thing I said was become a snoop, see where they are going online, who they are talking to. Many parents wrote back telling me I have no right to do that. My kids have the right to be online without my nose poking around! When I responded that I also look between mattresses, in pillows, closets, purses, drawers, closet garments pockets, etc... I was blasted by almost every parent accept for 2. My kids have rights!!!!??? Ya, my kids have the right to remain safe and I have the obligation to protect them from others and themselves. BTW, Myspace doesn't varify e-mail addresses before allowing you to join. They are able to bypass nosy parents this way. I registered just to see for myself. My oldest, told me that she used an OLD, inactive email address when registering. I of course said, " But they have to email you a link to click to complete registration " She insisted they did not. So, I registered using an old inactive address and they did not send me a link to click. They just let me on. So, yes they are trying to keep responsible parents out of the loop. Everyone needs to be careful. I am always reading the things on there and I think most of it is garbage nasty mouthed teens, but I have read things written by others I think are not teenagers. My oldest points stuff out to me that does not appear safe. Pics bother me. Scantily clad little girls for the most part. I can say, my oldest daughter only has LP pics of those people she knows from conventions, and those pics are only of people dressed in clothes that don't expose thier whole bodies. Anyways, you can't be too careful. Amy Spencer === Quote
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2006 Report Posted March 12, 2006 Just remember not to blast your daughter for what OTHER kids put on her space! I thought that was a very good piece of information. Take care, Patty >From: " amandajs_mom " <amandajs_mom@...> >dwarfism >Subject: Re: myspace.com >Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:42:32 -0000 > > > > > >Hi Casey, > > > >I have 6 kids as many of you know and I try very hard to stay on top > >of the Myspace issue. Myspace has actually been a hot topic at the > >local high school. Many schools are are blocking Myspace because > >kids are using it on school time (which I pointed out last year to > >the school about a different site the kids were using called Xanga. > >I snoop constantly on the computer and discovered e-mail messages > >that one of my daughter recieved, which led me to Xanga, where I > >discovered that kids INCLUDING her were writing messages during > >school hours. I immediately called the school and told the Prncipal > >what nasty things were in some of the messages and that this was > >during school hours. The teacher, whose class this was taking place > >during, was spoken to and she said it was part of her computer > >class) long story short, that all ended after I called the school a > >few more times. > > > >Now we have Myspace. I snoop and snoop and the kids believe I have > >spy software, which I intend to purchase once I find one I like. I > >have been testing some you can download online for free for a trial. > > > >You know what really bugs me is that The school my teens go to has so > >many inept parents. I have been dealing with these inept parents for > >years before high school and I trust almost none of them. My kids > >have few friends because I am strict. Even on myspace. I tell them > >who they can invite and uninvite. The Principal of the high school > >and parents can communicate on a school message board and I spoke > >about the myspace topic recently and I made it clear that I was very > >disturbed about the things I read on myspace that are written by kids > >I know and don't much care for and without naming parents and kids I > >told parents that I think they need to be more aggressive in keeping > >thier kids safe. The first thing I said was become a snoop, see > >where they are going online, who they are talking to. Many parents > >wrote back telling me I have no right to do that. My kids have the > >right to be online without my nose poking around! When I responded > >that I also look between mattresses, in pillows, closets, purses, > >drawers, closet garments pockets, etc... I was blasted by almost > >every parent accept for 2. > > > >My kids have rights!!!!??? Ya, my kids have the right to remain safe > >and I have the obligation to protect them from others and > >themselves. > > > >BTW, Myspace doesn't varify e-mail addresses before allowing you to > >join. They are able to bypass nosy parents this way. I registered > >just to see for myself. My oldest, told me that she used an > >OLD, inactive email address when registering. I of course said, " But > >they have to email you a link to click to complete registration " She > >insisted they did not. So, I registered using an old inactive > >address and they did not send me a link to click. They just let me > >on. So, yes they are trying to keep responsible parents out of the > >loop. > > > >Everyone needs to be careful. I am always reading the things on > >there and I think most of it is garbage nasty mouthed teens, but I > >have read things written by others I think are not teenagers. My > >oldest points stuff out to me that does not appear safe. Pics bother > >me. Scantily clad little girls for the most part. I can say, my > >oldest daughter only has LP pics of those people she knows from > >conventions, and those pics are only of people dressed in clothes > >that don't expose thier whole bodies. > > > >Anyways, you can't be too careful. > > > >Amy Spencer > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >=== > > Quote
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