Comments on: Your Teens Life Made Public

By: Kim McMullin

Kim McMullin — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 21:50:30 +0000

My daughter, now almost 16 has been blogging for a few years. Since she first began using the Net, we have and still do enforced very strict rules. I read her blogs, and have only had to ask her to edit one of the hundreds she has written. I read the blogs of other teens, and am frightened for their safety. Don’t parents remotely monitor the activites of their children? I am seeing that many don’t. Scary thought. Thanks for raising awareness.

By: Deanna

Deanna — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:03:22 +0000

The only thing I would disagree with would be in asking for their permission to read their website! It isn’t the same personal space issue as a diary, which I would also read if I thought there was a reason to. A personal journal or dairy is not open access for anyone in the world to read.
That feeling of anonymity can be a dangerous thing for any teenager currently under the influence of insane hormones and out of control emotions.

By: Bill Lee

Bill Lee — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:20:42 +0000

Thanks for bringing this up! I, too, think that this is an excellent topic to raise awareness about. I read youth’s blogs and I wonder if they would write some of this stuff if they thought that they would be read by their youth minister or their parents! As I wrote in another comment, I think that the sense of anonimity (whether real or perceived) is a dangerous thing. If I had my way, probably a good thing that I don’t on most topics, I would make every parent read their children’s blogs. If nothing else, it would open their eyes to what they are dealing with and who they are under the mask.

By: David Russell

David Russell — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 21:52:09 +0000

This is an excellent topic to raise awareness about.