tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372876175025657447.post4248432458677249687..comments2018-01-07T06:25:29.427-08:00Comments on In the Loop: Parents, Teens, and Social MediaLaurie Kimbrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07131995946086006390noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372876175025657447.post-13158324621525582402013-10-02T10:17:54.083-07:002013-10-02T10:17:54.083-07:00Your advice to "learn about social media firs...Your advice to "learn about social media first-hand by creating and using our own accounts" is sound, I think. Being online is part of our children's culture, and in order to understand it better, we need to take part rather than resist it. Thanks for the reminder.liz@literarymasters.nethttp://www.literarymasters.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372876175025657447.post-61916724159052730152013-10-02T09:22:00.744-07:002013-10-02T09:22:00.744-07:00I wonder if you are familiar with a website called...I wonder if you are familiar with a website called Ask.Fm? People can ask anonymous<br />questions that are then posted on the site. The user answers the questions, and is supposed to act responsibly. For instance, the user is not supposed to post anything that can destroy a person's reputation, any mean comments and obscenities. Unfortunately, because of the anonymity, teens are posting mean comments and damaging reputations without having any accountability. It is anonymous bullying. The website started in Europe in 2010. Since then, there have been at least six teen suicides as a result of messages posted on Ask.Fm. The only way to find out who has an account is to know the users account name. I know that there are kids at Marin and San Francisco high schools that have these accounts. Some of the kids advertise their account names, and provide links on Instagram and Facebook. Many parents, as you stated, have no idea what their kids are doing online, let alone knowing about Ask.Fm. If they did, they would likely prevent their kids from posting mean questions and damaging answers. It would be great if there was some kind of school intervention where there are consequences for those bringing harm to others through the internet. Also, a protocol for what kids can and should do who are being bullied on the internet.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372876175025657447.post-59314793865460491232013-10-01T15:52:51.562-07:002013-10-01T15:52:51.562-07:00Great article - and thank you for the resources. I...Great article - and thank you for the resources. I'll be reading them carefully. My high school alma mater is Saratoga High, where a girl recently committed suicide after being sexually assaulted and then cyber bullied. The stakes are too high to not pay attention to this.CurlyQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05814537355873289691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372876175025657447.post-59482480481446824992013-10-01T15:43:52.751-07:002013-10-01T15:43:52.751-07:00Great resources. PEW Internet and American Life pr...Great resources. PEW Internet and American Life project offers many important studies (freely available) on the habits of youth and online use. They are easy to read and can quickly get everyone on the same page on how youth are using the internet.<br /><br />In my experience as a parent and technology professional, many kids and adults fundamentally do not understand how viral and permanent internet content is. When we post or text something to social media sites, we no longer control it, period. It will be stored, likely for years even after we think we have deleted it. It will spread - social media sites base their business on knowing who knows who, and what our content can reveal to their advertisers. <br /><br />We should not allow "monitoring" to be cast off as "spying", instead we should use many tools to help our kids, including "trust but verify" strategies for keeping them on strong paths.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com