Of Course not! But too often we confuse the issue of privacy and the real dangers that are inherent to social networking and chat rooms. No, you should not pick up the extension line on the telephone to eavesdrop on your son/daughter while they talk with their friends—this is a privacy and respect issue. Yes, you should often look over your son/daughters shoulder to see who they are chatting with and what they are chatting about—this is a life and death issue! What’s the difference? The difference is identity, too often teens and tweens are chatting with strangers that they have added to their “friends list”, and this screams “DANGER”! On any given day your kid could be chatting with a 16 year old jock/cheerleader who can easily turn out to be a 45 year old pervert, thus—the dark alley.
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