Teens and preteens may be totally naive about the social trickery and manipulation so common on parts of the Internet, yet savvy about computers in general. Parents can't protect their kids from dangers they don't understand.
The fact that postings in a blog or MySpace type web site are very public, not private, never crosses the minds of many youth. An aggravating problem is that their parents are often not well-versed in the dangers and how kids can cope.
A Technology Review article encourages parents and kids to talk more about safe use of the Internet. Parents need to learn much more about their role as guardians when it come to the Internet. They can learn a lot from their own kids!
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