My children don't have a Facebook account. They don't have a cell phone.
This doesn't make my 12 yr. old happy.
She was pleasantly surprised recently when we allowed her to create a site dedicated to a book series that she loves. (WarriorCatFanArt.webs.com) I'm all for it. She plans on sharing her artwork and asks others to contribute their creations. I watch what she posts and what is posted to her. If I feel she's giving too much information I tell her 'that part needs to be changed'. This direction confuses her because she knows I have blogs and share and communicate with "strangers", so why can't she?
Some how the saying "because I'm an adult, that's why" doesn't seem appropriate. I can argue that I understand what information is OK to share with someone I've never met face-to-face but, do any of us really know if our seemingly innocent sharing of day-to-day life isn't being read by someone with ill intentions?
No, no we don't .
I have been the receiver of mean comments on my blog before and it's really thrown me. These comments were left by the infamous "Anonymous". It took me a while to shake it off and realize that the words that this "person" chose to hurl my way should be given as much merit as they have given themselves - breaking their moniker down: A non - a non person. Brush it off, let it go.
But it isn't easy.
Words that are directed at you have such force, it's incredible. Good words, bad words. It's powerful stuff.
This doesn't make my 12 yr. old happy.
She was pleasantly surprised recently when we allowed her to create a site dedicated to a book series that she loves. (WarriorCatFanArt.webs.com) I'm all for it. She plans on sharing her artwork and asks others to contribute their creations. I watch what she posts and what is posted to her. If I feel she's giving too much information I tell her 'that part needs to be changed'. This direction confuses her because she knows I have blogs and share and communicate with "strangers", so why can't she?
Some how the saying "because I'm an adult, that's why" doesn't seem appropriate. I can argue that I understand what information is OK to share with someone I've never met face-to-face but, do any of us really know if our seemingly innocent sharing of day-to-day life isn't being read by someone with ill intentions?
No, no we don't .
I have been the receiver of mean comments on my blog before and it's really thrown me. These comments were left by the infamous "Anonymous". It took me a while to shake it off and realize that the words that this "person" chose to hurl my way should be given as much merit as they have given themselves - breaking their moniker down: A non - a non person. Brush it off, let it go.
But it isn't easy.
Words that are directed at you have such force, it's incredible. Good words, bad words. It's powerful stuff.