Take their keyboards to work with you. They can live without the mouse, but not the keyboard. |
Teaching kids what to do when the unexpected arises is the most important training, |
Teens are teens for a reason. It's because they aren't yet adults. That's why we have to keep a close watch over them. |
The Internet's too important and fabulous a place for us to screw up. It's like saying that nobody can go New York because some areas are dangerous. |
The kids need to use the filter between their ears. They need to know the Internet is not between them and their computers. ... What they say online for two seconds is permanent, like a tattoo. |
These guys are serious, and they do care. |
These profiles can be a window into their souls. It's a unique opportunity to learn about your kids. You may find out that your kids write poetry or actually enjoyed the vacation you went on. |
They don't know how to exercise judgment. There's no impulse control of kids these age. |
They don't see a real risk because they're sitting in their living rooms or bedrooms where they don't see anyone there to hurt them. |
They want a cell phone to be in the kid's hands, but they want control. |
They're licking their lips and arching their back for the camera because they can, and they have no idea of the consequences. |
This is a rich and upper-middle-class problem. They have too much time, too much technology and their parents aren't around to keep an eye on them. |
This is what teens do. They act out and pretend to be cool. It's not easy for them in real life, but online they just have to change the background of their Web site to be cool. |
Today's plans from the big carriers don't address parental control issues. There are a lot of parents who want their kids to have cell phones so they can get in touch with them when they need them, but many of them have been holding off buying them phones because they don't feel comfortable. |
Unless we 'think outside of the box' in crafting innovative and immediate solutions, these abuses will continue and escalate. |