Thursday, May 26, 2011

Teens' Bold Blogs Alarm Area Schools

I was very excited to read this article, because I am very against the whole idea of online blogging (specifically facebook, myspace, Twitter).  When used by adolescents or immature people, these websites can be very dangerous since people are posting personal information and pictures of themselves on the internet for the entire world to view.  In the article, it states that private schools have begun to take action against online blogging, but the reality of the situation is that children are only in a school setting for a portion if the day.  When that child goes home or to any setting with a computer or online access, the school has no control over what that child does online.  Although the effort is appreciated, it really becomes the job of the parents/guardians to monitor what their children are doing.  If a child or teenager has a facebook or any other kind of blog, the parents should have full access to it and view what it is their child is posting, and judge whether or not it is appropriate for the public to see.  If more monitoring and boundaries are set, this can possibly prevent potential dangers to young people worldwide.