Comments on: The Facebook parent phenomenon http://www.techleader.co.za/samanthaperry/2008/06/02/the-facebook-parent-phenomenon/ Mon, 21 May 2012 18:41:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Samantha Perry http://www.techleader.co.za/samanthaperry/2008/06/02/the-facebook-parent-phenomenon/#comment-24225 Samantha Perry Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:27:23 +0000 http://www.techleader.co.za/samanthaperry/2008/06/02/the-facebook-parent-phenomenon/#comment-24225 @Alan - precisely :-) @Muhammad - I don't envy you parental types, as you say, there are just so many things to monitor and worry about. @Alan - precisely :-)

@Muhammad - I don’t envy you parental types, as you say, there are just so many things to monitor and worry about.

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]]> By: Muhammad http://www.techleader.co.za/samanthaperry/2008/06/02/the-facebook-parent-phenomenon/#comment-24214 Muhammad Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:22:08 +0000 http://www.techleader.co.za/samanthaperry/2008/06/02/the-facebook-parent-phenomenon/#comment-24214 Hey, what else are parents to do? In today's ever-growing communications industry the good are let in with the bad, we now have access to anything from anywhere. Parents, having the natural tendency to worry, have every right to log on and allay or confirm their fears. What's irritating to me is the Gossip that this platform stirs. "Have you heard what so-and-so's daughter is doing??? I just saw her picture on facebook and..." you get the picture. It's the same old culture and ideas... spreading over new media. Welcome to our world :) P.S. Great article Hey, what else are parents to do? In today’s ever-growing communications industry the good are let in with the bad, we now have access to anything from anywhere. Parents, having the natural tendency to worry, have every right to log on and allay or confirm their fears.

What’s irritating to me is the Gossip that this platform stirs. “Have you heard what so-and-so’s daughter is doing??? I just saw her picture on facebook and…” you get the picture.

It’s the same old culture and ideas… spreading over new media. Welcome to our world :)

P.S. Great article

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]]> By: Alan Levin http://www.techleader.co.za/samanthaperry/2008/06/02/the-facebook-parent-phenomenon/#comment-24212 Alan Levin Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:08:48 +0000 http://www.techleader.co.za/samanthaperry/2008/06/02/the-facebook-parent-phenomenon/#comment-24212 Great article Samantha. IMHO it's the parents responsibility to do this. If you're going to let your kids use the Internet you must monitor it. Especially with facebook and the likes (mxit too). Parents need to know the ins and outs, how it works, what happens, what to look for, etc. The other night my wife removed one of the quiz applications my son added to his profile because of the inappropriate content. Great article Samantha. IMHO it’s the parents responsibility to do this. If you’re going to let your kids use the Internet you must monitor it. Especially with facebook and the likes (mxit too). Parents need to know the ins and outs, how it works, what happens, what to look for, etc. The other night my wife removed one of the quiz applications my son added to his profile because of the inappropriate content.

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]]> By: Samantha Perry http://www.techleader.co.za/samanthaperry/2008/06/02/the-facebook-parent-phenomenon/#comment-24206 Samantha Perry Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:09:26 +0000 http://www.techleader.co.za/samanthaperry/2008/06/02/the-facebook-parent-phenomenon/#comment-24206 @Dee - this is why parents need to keep up to date with new tech, so that they can advise children on things like 'privacy settings' to make sure their personal info isn't open to all and sundry, for example. @Adrian - too true. Some people are always quick to blame the technology, without being prepared to take responsibility for what they could or should have done to ensure their children react sensibly to possible threats irrespective of what medium they are delivered via. @Dee - this is why parents need to keep up to date with new tech, so that they can advise children on things like ‘privacy settings’ to make sure their personal info isn’t open to all and sundry, for example.

@Adrian - too true. Some people are always quick to blame the technology, without being prepared to take responsibility for what they could or should have done to ensure their children react sensibly to possible threats irrespective of what medium they are delivered via.

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]]> By: Adrian http://www.techleader.co.za/samanthaperry/2008/06/02/the-facebook-parent-phenomenon/#comment-24205 Adrian Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:06:27 +0000 http://www.techleader.co.za/samanthaperry/2008/06/02/the-facebook-parent-phenomenon/#comment-24205 The generation gap has always existed. Technology does not make it so much easier for bad things to happen - it's parents and teachers who do not instil basic values in youngsters. I was exposed to cigarettes, alcohol, drugs and sex as a young teenager in south east England. The degree to which I succumbed was largely influenced by the inherent level of morality I had acquired by then. And there were no PCs, PDAs, mobile phones - just the same peers at school and the local youth club... The generation gap has always existed. Technology does not make it so much easier for bad things to happen - it’s parents and teachers who do not instil basic values in youngsters.

I was exposed to cigarettes, alcohol, drugs and sex as a young teenager in south east England. The degree to which I succumbed was largely influenced by the inherent level of morality I had acquired by then. And there were no PCs, PDAs, mobile phones - just the same peers at school and the local youth club…

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]]> By: Dee Chetty http://www.techleader.co.za/samanthaperry/2008/06/02/the-facebook-parent-phenomenon/#comment-24202 Dee Chetty Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:53:18 +0000 http://www.techleader.co.za/samanthaperry/2008/06/02/the-facebook-parent-phenomenon/#comment-24202 In the exact same vain that parents can keep track of their kids, this has also developed into a new stalker medium! Unfortunately, we live in a sick society that will always find a way to use these seemingly friendly environments for evil twisted master plans. There is a fine between keeping your facebook profile upto date so that your mom knows what is happening, and keeping your facebook profile upto date and open for stalkers and sickos to access intimate information about you. In the exact same vain that parents can keep track of their kids, this has also developed into a new stalker medium!

Unfortunately, we live in a sick society that will always find a way to use these seemingly friendly environments for evil twisted master plans.

There is a fine between keeping your facebook profile upto date so that your mom knows what is happening, and keeping your facebook profile upto date and open for stalkers and sickos to access intimate information about you.

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