Comments on: MySpace PSAs on YouTube

By: Karen is Thrifty

Karen is Thrifty — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:09:58 +0000

Char – You wouldn’t believe the stuff I hear. Today a teenager told me that she went to the movies yesterday with some friends and they left the movie earlier. They went outside and one of the guys peed on someone’s car and then went running down the alley with his pants pulled down. Hearing this kind of stuff really makes me dread the teenage years.

By: char

char — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:30:11 +0000

Josh – part of the challenge is educating the parents as well as the teens.

Steve – that is a scary story. The kids (and parents) are lucky to have nice neighbors like you who are willing to guide them in the right direction.

Karen – your insight is always helpful as you work with this age group a lot. Thanks for your view point.

By: Karen is Thrifty

Karen is Thrifty — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:35:44 +0000

Josh: A lot of the myspace profiles aren’t set to private. Myspace does automatically set some to private if the person is a certain age, but there are so many kids that lie about their age and their profiles are in public view. They have specific comments on there from their friends about where they went, their school activities, etc. It would not be hard for a predator to make contact with them.

By: Steve James

Steve James — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:08:47 +0000

Our former next door neighbors (twins) have Myspace pages. They are in 4th grade. You should have seen some of the language posted on their profiles, and the comments others were leaving. Of course, they had to lie about their age to sign up. They also have non-english speaking parents, so no one was their to tell them how inappropriate some of the things posted were, at least until we stepped in. They had some of the surveys they were sent and filled out posted, full of sexual terms. We talked with them, and they had no idea what they meant, and after hearing how bad the terms were, they took them down.

Of course, they keep asking to by my Myspace “friend”, which I decline every time. Not that I use Myspace much, but still, they last thing I need is a 4th grader in my friends list.

By: Babblz.com

Babblz.com — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:24:54 +0000

MySpace PSAs on YouTube…

The AdCouncil is running a series of PSAs on the dangers and permanency of stuff posted online – the aim is at educating teens on MySpace….

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:07:03 +0000

The fact is as long as they set their profiles to ‘private’ or ‘friends only’, they really don’t have too much to worry about. They approve the people they want to see their page and they control who views their MySpace. These PSA’s might appeal to parents, but the kids will laugh at them. They know what’s up.

By: MyCrimeSpace

MyCrimeSpace — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:55:23 +0000

PSA #2…

Thanks to Char at Weary Parent we have another PSA from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about kids posting too much information online.

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By: Karen is Thrifty

Karen is Thrifty — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:40:44 +0000

We work with teens too and they spend hours a day on myspace. I’ve tried talking to them and I will post this on my myspace page.

By: kellys

kellys — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:46:46 +0000

This is such a scary thing for me to see as I have both a daughter and work with teenagers at church. I hope it will reach our kids and teach them to think twice.