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My two sons had social media, the accounts before me. So it was really my children, who taught me a lot in the media social, it was me who made recommendations over the years about how to better utilize resources to provide the platforms of social media.
Most if not all applications of social media comes with privacy settings. The parameters can be adjusted so that only friends can see what teens to their profile. It is my suggestion that this parameter is set to the maximum privacy available. Profiles contain names, addresses, phone, email addresses and other personal data.
Some experts suggest that a phone number on systems like Facebook. No I'm sure it's a realistic proposition for today's teens. I know that my daughters look at their caller ID. If you do not know who's calling, no answer the phone. Therefore, a stranger whose phone number is not a threat.
Depending on the age of your youth, you may want to restrict how their teens can be found. In thirteen years should be a little harder to find than a year and a half.
Just recently, my daughter found an old friend who is now a film producer. He himself well hidden. She was found after she and I remembered him and she knew what she attended college.
It is very easy to hide in most systems of social media. I've seen written comments on the pages of my friends in a member not clickable. They are locked to anyone who is not your friend.
Spending time with your child through the privacy settings and discuss how to define each of the proposed parameters.
Another way to help your child are reminded that what I write is public. If you publish something in your profile is public. Please comment on a friend's page, which is public. This means that other friends can read what you wrote and can also teachers, Scout leaders, etc. Your Teen need to think about what they want the public to know of them. I saw the teenagers after they do, who and where they go.
Life does not always go perfectly. When things go a bit astray, "Your son wants the public to know that there was a fight, got so bad qualification? Although some of these details could be shared with close friends, your child will want to know each network of friends these facts?
An additional factor to consider is that friends are not always alone. This means that if a friend of her son is in line with a given person, if the person is in the house of a mutual friend which could be either read the words of his son. I saw my two daughters on Facebook while in the company of others.
Continue to remind their children that what I write and what they say is private and not know of these things that do not want public.
Audrey Okaneko is mom to two girls. She can be reached at audreyoka@cox.net or visited at http://www.todays-parent.com
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