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<blockquote data-quote="OpenWindow" data-source="post: 176067" data-attributes="member: 45"><p>You can get a program that tracks everything done on a computer, even down to every letter typed. Your son wouldn't know it was there unless he's very computer savvy. But that's not foolproof because they can use a friend's computer. Even not allowing them to have a myspace isn't foolproof, because they can set it up using a friends computer and maybe even the library. The best way to check their myspace action is to have their username and password and be a snoop. I check their friends' pages too. If I see something questionable I talk to difficult child or easy child about it and see what they say. Depending on how bad the friends' stuff is and my kids' reactions, they have been told to delete some friends and they have (with difficult child, I'm more likely to make him delete the friend than with easy child). They've also warned friends who have sent questionable messages to stop or they'd have to delete them. </p><p></p><p>My easy child 1 has helped friends set up a Myspace page, but only after he has told me and I have asked their parents if it was OK to do. At least as far as I know... he may be doing it behind my back but he is pretty trustworthy and he understands the potential danger, unlike my difficult child. I've even heard him and difficult child giving his friends the same safety lectures I gave him.</p><p></p><p>They have both done and said things they shouldn't have on Myspace but like everything, they are testing boundaries. As the months go on those things happen less and less because they know I would be right on top of them, and <em>maybe</em> they are learning from all my safety, respect, and maturity lectures. (Well, easy child is, difficult child simply knows I won't allow him on Myspace anymore!) I can tell you, they have rejected many friend requests and have never accepted a friend they didn't know in real life.</p><p></p><p>It is really easy to set up a myspace page. My page is definitely not as elaborate as most, but I just use it to check up on the kids. Just go to the website, click on Sign Up and follow the instructions. About as easy as registering at this site, if memory serves.</p><p></p><p>Linda</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OpenWindow, post: 176067, member: 45"] You can get a program that tracks everything done on a computer, even down to every letter typed. Your son wouldn't know it was there unless he's very computer savvy. But that's not foolproof because they can use a friend's computer. Even not allowing them to have a myspace isn't foolproof, because they can set it up using a friends computer and maybe even the library. The best way to check their myspace action is to have their username and password and be a snoop. I check their friends' pages too. If I see something questionable I talk to difficult child or easy child about it and see what they say. Depending on how bad the friends' stuff is and my kids' reactions, they have been told to delete some friends and they have (with difficult child, I'm more likely to make him delete the friend than with easy child). They've also warned friends who have sent questionable messages to stop or they'd have to delete them. My easy child 1 has helped friends set up a Myspace page, but only after he has told me and I have asked their parents if it was OK to do. At least as far as I know... he may be doing it behind my back but he is pretty trustworthy and he understands the potential danger, unlike my difficult child. I've even heard him and difficult child giving his friends the same safety lectures I gave him. They have both done and said things they shouldn't have on Myspace but like everything, they are testing boundaries. As the months go on those things happen less and less because they know I would be right on top of them, and [I]maybe[/I] they are learning from all my safety, respect, and maturity lectures. (Well, easy child is, difficult child simply knows I won't allow him on Myspace anymore!) I can tell you, they have rejected many friend requests and have never accepted a friend they didn't know in real life. It is really easy to set up a myspace page. My page is definitely not as elaborate as most, but I just use it to check up on the kids. Just go to the website, click on Sign Up and follow the instructions. About as easy as registering at this site, if memory serves. Linda [/QUOTE]
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