tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747068139694401376.post6205647033241208587..comments2023-04-11T04:36:56.099-04:00Comments on Keeping Kids Safe Online: What Is The Answer?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747068139694401376.post-88946508998375047742010-09-30T13:50:13.680-04:002010-09-30T13:50:13.680-04:00I hear you. I know many people who are working on ...I hear you. I know many people who are working on the things you have mentioned. Hopefully sometime soon, those things will be in place!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08030832698403303735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747068139694401376.post-49227383682169641912010-09-29T16:06:20.162-04:002010-09-29T16:06:20.162-04:00Tracy, you are inspiring, what can I say? :-). Yo...Tracy, you are inspiring, what can I say? :-). You are right, there are good tools out there, but parents like you seem to be rare. I still maintain that we need to do something to protect the children of parents who are doing nothing. The existence of the tools do nothing. The application is everything.Michael Dermody, MEd.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13410593158345197287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747068139694401376.post-15658124906810066552010-09-29T16:02:37.568-04:002010-09-29T16:02:37.568-04:00I had no idea a simple question would spur a blog ...I had no idea a simple question would spur a blog post. A great idea, but I think in this country the current laws and freedoms can stop ideas such as yours from becoming a reality.<br /><br />As for your comments to Anonymous, I wish to chime in...A group creating a page on facebook has nothing to do the tools anonymous is talking about. I use McAfee Family Protection (for obvious reasons) and it protects my teen from seeing content I deem inappropriate and also stops him from sharing personal information such as phone and address. That is what I feel is my job as a parent to use to protect my kids in addition to teaching them the skills they need to know when they are not on the home computer.<br /><br />Unfortunately, NAMBLA is going to keep doing all that they do because their are sick people in the world who want to believe that what they do is okay. Facebook has 500 million users creating pages everyday that they have to police. If you think that they were using facebook as the "primary means" of anything, I have some people for you to talk to that will tell you what they really use. The NAMBLA page is down, but that doesn't mean that my kids are safe from pedophiles. I have a sex offender living six blocks from my daughters school.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08030832698403303735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747068139694401376.post-65865701236664885242010-09-29T15:54:36.322-04:002010-09-29T15:54:36.322-04:00Oh and by the way Anonymous, if the "tools to...Oh and by the way Anonymous, if the "tools to keep kids safe online exist" then why was the North American Man/Boy Love Association able to maintain a public Facebook page that allowed members to trade child pornography and arrange meetings between adults and minors?Michael Dermody, MEd.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13410593158345197287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747068139694401376.post-46221910034252546552010-09-29T15:20:14.982-04:002010-09-29T15:20:14.982-04:00Anonymous, I agree with you and I never said anyth...Anonymous, I agree with you and I never said anything about any of this being the government's fault. Answer this question for me: if a parent fails to watch over his/her child and the child wanders into a bad part of town and is attacked, should the police step in to protect the child? There comes a time when a civilized society has to step up to protect those who cannot protect themselves, ESPECIALLY when those whose job it is to protect them aren't doing it. We are, after all, talking about kids here. Should we just ignore their safety because their parents are neglectful? Really?Michael Dermody, MEd.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13410593158345197287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747068139694401376.post-35130601539685203682010-09-29T15:10:02.503-04:002010-09-29T15:10:02.503-04:00Michael,
It's my right to voluntarily give aw...Michael,<br /><br />It's my right to voluntarily give away my privacy as I see fit. There's a huge difference between a driver's licence and what you are advocating. All of the tools to keep kids safe online exist now. If a parent doesn't avail themselves of them, it's their fault, not the governments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com