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Parents know their underage children are using Facebook and many help set up accounts

article published on 2 November, 2011

The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) is a US law intended to prevent the collection and use of personal information from children under the age of 13. A new report from the University of Illinois At Chicago finds that the measures taken by services like Facebook to comply with the law have resulted in it being largely ineffective. The report, based on a survey of US ... [ read the full article ]

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Mez
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_ 		5. November 2011 @ 10:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yes, you wouldn't think intelligent parents would do such a thing. I have not one, but 2 Sister-in-laws that have done just that. Both are professionals and one is extremely high powered. Because I am FB friends to all my nieces, I get to see what they post. I am now positive IQ and common sense are not linked at all. I also get to see what all their permissiveness bought them. I figure one of my nieces will get knocked up before she gets out of High School. At 15 she is in love with someone out of high school. I do not think he graduated. She will probably need to go to a special school for problem children and is at risk for running away from home.
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phobet
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_ 		26. February 2012 @ 23:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I think that, because the computer is in the house, the parents have a false sense of security. They fail to realize that just as they wouldn't allow anyone they're not familiar with to call their children on the phone and speak with them, it should be the same, or even more so, with a computer. There's definitely a disconnect. Parents need to become more computer literate before they allow their children access to a computer, themselves. And children need to be educated on the perils of the internet, and the possible consequences of sharing too much personal information.
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Mez
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_ 		28. February 2012 @ 18:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well with my sister-in-laws that is not the case. They feel their should do what they want on the computer. They can't get hurt from the computer directly. They want to trust their kids and are very permissive. I think my nieces are educated about the internet. The problem with the young is they figure nothing bad will happen to them. At least that is how I thought till I was in my 30s.
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phobet
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_ 		2. March 2012 @ 17:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Mez:
 Well with my sister-in-laws that is not the case. They feel their should do what they want on the computer. They can't get hurt from the computer directly. They want to trust their kids and are very permissive. I think my nieces are educated about the internet. The problem with the young is they figure nothing bad will happen to them. At least that is how I thought till I was in my 30s.
That is so true about young people. Even though they cannot be hurt directly through a computer, they can be hurt indirectly through the computer. Whether it be done via non-appropriate messages, or messages are meant to manipulate the person. That's something parents should always be on the alert for.
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