Would you allow your children to use MySpace.com with the recent reported risks?
155549
I am sixteen years of age, and I won't let my sister on there, I think myspace needs to be destroyed
142940
Thank you for the warning. However, much talk has been going on about MySpace and it hasn't effected many users thoughts on the site. Sickos are everywhere, not only on MySpace, and honestly if someone was to say something like Heyy i'm Mary I live at 123 Chesnut Ave NY then there is something very wrong with them. Thanks for the warning though!
1043062
I think that people are over-reacting. I know there are a lot of sickos out there, but I'd say 98% of the people using the Internet nowadays are normal, everyday people who don't want to hurt anyone. And I wish people would just let up on MySpace - I've reconnected with people I haven't talked to in years because of MySpace and have been able to keep in better touch with others.\n\nIf parents would teach their kids to be responsible and smart there would be fewer problems with kids being hunted and successfully trapped. Monitoring what they are doing on the Internet could do wonders as well.
347008
Absoultely nothing. If parents are afraid their children are being exposed to something questionable, then the parents should make a point of supervising their children whenever possible. It might not be a perfect plan, but it's better than censorship.
1061563
an empolyer would have a right to this invasion to prevent abuses of their systems. Also, if you had a minor child and were worrying about what they were doing on myspace, or who knows what on your computer, you could invade their privacy.
666163
no. it can be a bit dangerous, tho. even though you think theyre you friends, do not take risks. dont give out your adress or phone or screen name. because they can jsut be random pedophiles posing as friendly myspacers. \nbe careful! i'd go with eharmony or something. or just go to clubs, or concerts, or movies and meet people.
1072752
Youre right.  Most parents do not really know what myspace is.  It is very dangerous...so parents assume that if they change the age everything will be okay, because they do not realize how easy it is for a child to change their age on the computer.  A lot of parents are computer illiterate.  The girl above me who says parents should watch what their kids are doing...cmon.  Yeah its a nice saying...thats about it.  My parents thought they were watching everything I put online when I was a kid, as soon as they turn around you just minimize whatever.  Parents are trying to control basically the uncontrolable, pretty much out of ignorance...Hopeing kids will do what they are told and be honest about their age.  I think that is the opposite of what I did as a kid.  That was the only thing that saved me.  I lied about everything to everyone.  I was never the same age, lived in the same town, went to the same school, or anything else I said online.  I think that is what  I would educate my children to to as well.
1177409
Other than becomming their friend, no.\nAt least, Ethically, No\nBut, having a myspace account in the first place would deffinatly help your cause.
175804
I'd blame it on parents but unfortunately kids can go to any internet cafe or friends house and get on myspace...and they're going to if you don't let them. \n\nJust as well let them use it if they want and talk to them about the dangers of meeting strangers on there.\n\nThat's something you should be teaching your kid anyway.\n\nThe media likes to oversensationalize this kind of thing. Last year it was shark attacks this year it's myspace. Girls get raped on college campuses too it doesn't mean you shouldn't send your kid off to college.
237095
Its like your diary online. Things you write on it, you can let other people see it and read it or make it to no one can, or just your friends... They are not safe to have if you are young, .... \n\nwww.myspace.com is all over the news with a lot of preves out there, and thats not good.  If you are a parent then you shouldnt let your child make a blog....
161818
Both are safe if you don't give your personal info to these people, I've had problems on Myspace because I wasn't so smart and put my personal details on my page and I've had alot of women stalk me saying they love me, it's scary.
583038
Yea, I would just stay away from that..\nI would really just stay away from Myspace all together.
495157
As safe as anywhere else on earth. Sure, if you give away personal information on it, that's not safe, but that doesn't have anything to do with the site itself now does it? Running down the street yelling "I'M 12 AND LIVE AT BLAH BLAH BLAH STREET AND MY PHONE NUMBER IS BLAH BLAH BLAH" is just as unsafe.
202855
I'm not a big fan of myspace because of the perverts.  I had an account there and I got rid of it because I was tired of people sending me vulgar messages.    \n\nI really don't like the idea of kids using the site to hook up, but it's really the parents' job to keep them away.  I think MySpace should help the parents by not allowing young kids to post sexually explicit material or comments.  But, the parents should be paying attention to what their kids are doing.  Too few do this.\n\nI don't like to be an alarmist, but MySpace has got to be a child molesters dream come true.  To me, it's mostly about "Oh, look at me, aren't I hot" type stuff.  Half of the people saying that are kids.  It's a scary world sometimes.
1053086
It is the responsibility of the parents to monitor and control their children's use of this site, or any other, in my opinion.\n\nSome of the younger members of this site are valuable contributors, and should not be banned.\n\nIf you don't want your children here, keep them out.\n\nIf you see abuse here, report it, regardless of what age you think the poster might be.\n\nIf you want to keep children away from anything related to sex, drug-use, foul language, etc, you'd better keep them home from school, away from TV, and off the streets, too. Sad but true.
422488
You should educate her about net safety rather than try to prevent her from using unsafe sites.\nTeach her not to trust people she meets online, rather than cut them off altogether.\n\nIt's best that the child understands why she is not allowed to see things that she shouldn't, and talk to people she doesn't know in the offline world.\n\nYou're doing the wrong thing by trying to prevent it. Children are much smarter that you think they are, and given time will break all your protection schemes if they really want to. And you wouldn't know a thing.
801788
There are different ways to handle it. if you know a specific site, then you can add it as restricted site in the internet options of your browser. But it is not at all effective because someone can get to site which you don'y know and get from search engines.\n\nThe best solution is to get parental control software. there are many of them if you search in www.download.com.\n\nThe best one and probably the free one, it "Naomi internet filter". it is an excellent software to protect your kids against online unsafe content.\nGet it from: http://www.radiance.m6.net/\nHope it helps.\n\nJust as side note, not only software can  protect your kids but you also need to be watchful about internet habit. Also warn them about bad things in the internet.