Comments on: Internet More Dangerous than School Violence, Sexually Transmitted Diseases for Children: survey

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It’s not the network — it’s the people — Shooting at Bubbles — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:58:23 +0000

[...] in and why isn’t the government doing anything about it. This attitude was illustrated in a post today by Duncan Riley on TechCrunch in his relating a new survey that found that people think the Internet is more dangerous than [...]

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By: Keep Schools Safe

Keep Schools Safe — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:24:19 +0000

Is the Internet more dangerous to our children than school violence?…

Or sexually transmitted diseases, neglect, and abuse?
According to the National Poll on Children’s Health many people think so -
The survey found that Internet safety is a relatively new health concern amongst parents. Women were more likely to r…

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By: Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life

Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life — Mon, 14 May 2007 14:47:54 +0000

Continuing Interest in Pro Anorexia Controversy, But is Anyone Listening?…

I wonder whether the folks over at TechCrunch actually read our 2004 article on pro anorexia sites before citing it last week as an example of media hype over internet safety? We appreciate the link love, but do they seriously think we’re partly …

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By: Gwen

Gwen — Fri, 11 May 2007 13:26:35 +0000

Yes, I do know that there are predators online, but THE ONLY REASON you hear about them is because they DON’T happen often. If that sort of thing happened all the time, we wouldn’t be having this conversation. I am 12 years old, and already I have 3 wikis, accounts on several things, and I have NOT been threatened.
Parents should ease up. I think what they meant by “children” in the poll are MINORS. Otherwise, they probably wouldn’t have categories for school violence and STIs. Trying to limit the internet will work about as much as trying to succeed in catching a nuclear bomb with a butterfly net. In other words, IT WON’T HAPPEN.
There is the thing about cyberbullying, but there are laws about that, and it’s like what I said before. IT DOESN’T HAPPEN OFTEN, or else it wouldn’t be worth discussing.

By: Parents think internet is dangerous for children | Software

Parents think internet is dangerous for children | Software — Tue, 08 May 2007 16:49:45 +0000

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By: masha ziva

masha ziva — Mon, 07 May 2007 18:20:27 +0000

Amy, I agree that a 6 year old doesnt need a web phone, or any cell phone and that it is easy to turn the web off at this age. Wait till middle school when they must use the web for school and you cant always be around. Schools try to educate parents about having a computer in a busy room of the house and the more tech savvy try to put in filters but it is a daunting task. What is easy at age 6 gets difficult at 10, 12 or 14 and we tend to forget that these are still kids. This is an issue that needs to be addressed by the tech world, parents and educators for it is too much for parents to handle alone and no one wants government involved. T

By: DCTopHat

DCTopHat — Mon, 07 May 2007 17:02:00 +0000

I have a younger sister who is frequently on the internet and I always worry about what shes doing. I told my parents about this site I found, NetSmartz411.org which is a great resource for parents looking for ways to keep their kids safer. The best part about it is that if parents have questions about keeping their kids safer, they can email this site and real people will respond with answers to specific questions. Hopefully the more people know about the dangers of internet, the safer it can be in the future.

By: sikofusashits

sikofusashits — Mon, 07 May 2007 16:07:38 +0000

and btw parents u cant stop 16 teen by setting password on his browser phone or what ever , if there is a will there is a way / and btw dont talk with your kids about sex , they already know what to do and what to use

By: sikofusashits

sikofusashits — Mon, 07 May 2007 16:01:43 +0000

yaya if the parents really think internet safety its such a big problem .. what they will say bout the TV . Everyday Bulgarian TV’s are showing advertisments where 70% of the women are almost nude .. i am not sure whats really more dangerous what will kids find in Internet ? And bout violence there is much more outside ( may be not in Usa but .. ) better stay infront of the monitors than “hangin” out with friends at midnight , right ?

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 07 May 2007 15:32:10 +0000

As a mother, my son uses the Firefly web browser and can’t “misspell” as I have to allow each website with a password.

Turn your kid’s “web” off, that’s how you monitor it. They don’t need to surf the ‘net on their phones.

I disabled text messages and any unnecessary features on my son’s phone. Granted, he’s 6, but I would do it even if he was 12, 16. I also have a feature where he can’t dial a number I haven’t already preset (other than 911).

The internet isn’t something to worry about unless parents don’t want to respect it and their children by taking the necessary precautions.

By: Stoo

Stoo — Mon, 07 May 2007 14:11:51 +0000

How can you say “whipping up hysteria” when the reality is there ARE sexual predators exploiting children online? As a parent, I do not believe it is possible to exaggerate that alarm. You come across as a heartless analyst.

By: masha ziva

masha ziva — Mon, 07 May 2007 14:03:01 +0000

As a mother and a grandmother who works in the Web 2.0 environment (yes we do exist), you are underestimating the impact that the very technology you write about has on kids of all ages. Well supervised kids with attentive and loving families will misspell an address, tweens will use all these phone aps you all love so much- how do you expect parents to monitor web enabled phones?
Government will step in to regulate unless the tech community does it first. The next great YouTube- develop parental controls for the web and phone that work. Dont blame the parents- that is a cop out. You want a free web for adults than help us protect our kids. We dont than government will.

By: Ian Hayward

Ian Hayward — Mon, 07 May 2007 07:51:29 +0000

@ patrica – You are right you should not let 9 year olds go unsupervised on the web

@ robert , how could federal legislators enforce such a law to make parents provide more supervision to children using the internet

What I think is that society should wake up and smell the coffee, all we need to do is “teach our kids” that the Internet is a “grown up” place, this is why its called the “World
Wide Web” and young kids under 12 should not use it unsupervised.

Then they are 16 or so they will pick it up and learn it in 5 mins flat, just like they do a VCR now

@Paul – you say, “In reality, parents are the ones who need to be watching where their kids are going on the internet – it is not that difficult.” – but tell me are you a “parent” Paul? I’m sure many parents like me will tell you its simply not that easy to “watch” what they are doing because it takes just a fraction of a second for them to click on the wrong link in search results and the damage can already be done once the screen image appears with pictures their young eyes should not be seeing.

@ Gal – well said, “the Internet is only dangerous IF you neglect your Kids”, you are right of course BUT the problem is that parents are not taught this, if we had a clear, concise and simple social understanding that the Internet is not, nor never will be “safe for kids” then all parents could understand that its their responsibility not to let them go on line alone like Ali here in this discussion has already said.

So to summarise, the truth is, we as a society need to turn the focus of this problem around, instead of shouting at the void that the “Internet is not safe for Kids, what are we going to do about it” we should simply say, “OK, enough already, listen up, lets accept the Internet will never be safe or Kids so what are we as Families going to do to change the way we permit our kids to interact with it”?

We also (and this is a bigger and more important point that his one liner would suggest) need to clearly define what is a Kid? What age group does this mean for Internet exposure?

To me, the most “at risk” kids are under 12, the ones who are not yet fully able to “learn the facts of On-Line! Life” Its the under 12’s that need the most help and I do not think that this help should depend on just parents I think the whole family should be involved.

The solution is certainly not a top down, censorship, rubbish-filter or legislative job

The solution will be found by Families supporting their youngest Family members on line, lets be honest folks, the family network is supposed to be the strongest social network on earth, surely that social network can do something about this problem and take ownership of the solution?

- Ian Hayward, Glaxstar

By: BS

BS — Mon, 07 May 2007 06:39:26 +0000

It’s very much true at this point of time. School kids are ruined by high internet penetration.Every good cause has a bad effect , one being this.

By: thesubjective

thesubjective — Mon, 07 May 2007 04:07:42 +0000

Regardless, all the social networks, who deall with teen safety on a daily basis, and have real insight into the actual threats need to come together and start sculpting a best practice document before some out of touch legislator forces an ill drafted law down everyones throat.

The process currently underway in the UK needs to be applied to the US.

By: Gal Josefsberg

Gal Josefsberg — Mon, 07 May 2007 03:54:47 +0000

This is ridiculous. The internet is not more dangerous than neglect, the internet is only dangerous IF you neglect your kids. Like any other information source, it’s only a problem if you never interact with your kids and become a part of their life. Let’s blame video games next instead of the parents who lets their kids play these games for hours without ever talking to them.

GJ
http://www.60in3.com

By: WinExtra

WinExtra — Mon, 07 May 2007 03:46:35 +0000

It’s not the network — it’s the people…

Just a bit of a disclaimer at the start of this post. I have had a lousy day trying to rebuild my wife’s media machine and having nothing but problems doing it – so if I seem a tad crusty in my tone – tough – I am and the subject matter just beg…

By: TechCrunch Japanese

TechCrunch Japanese — Mon, 07 May 2007 00:50:04 +0000

インターネットは校内暴力や性感染症より危険である、という調査結果…

C.S. Mott小児病院が最近行った子どもの健康に関する全国調査の結果、米国の親たちは「インターネットの危険」に対して、校内暴力や、性感染症、児童虐待や放置以上に健康に害があると…

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 06 May 2007 23:59:57 +0000

Those poor kids.
Being abused by the internet..

Why don’t people ever poll me?