The Internet has become an important social network for over 100 million persons through MySpace. Teenagers use this website to communicate with friends and to develop new friendships. However, as recent news stories have revealed, online predators are using this to seek new prey. Also, MySpace can become a major distraction in the life of the user. Internet use as social contact has become a parenting issue, one that needs education and discussion.
Three of us attended a Christian Educators Fellowship meeting in Columbia on Thursday to learn more about safe Internet socializing. The speaker was a technology specialist from the State Dept.of Education and an active member of his local United Methodist Church. We want to share this information with our youth and their parents. The first step will be to discuss this matter at our parent roundtable on Wednesday, September 20. Together, maybe we can offer our youth important guidance.
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