Blog on Chapter 3

I think online bullying and sexual predators are very big problems that the internet has created. With Facebook and instagram it makes it so easy for sexual predators to stalk and find out information on people. Instagram and Facebook both have newer additions called “tagging”. This allows for people to tag their exact location of where they are. Some people will even tag their house. I think it is extremely important for parents to explain how dangerous this can be. I think it is the parents job to also make sure their child know to have private accounts, on do not befriend strangers. The more open you are, the more random friends you have, and the more places you tag yourself at can be very dangerous, and i think that kids and teens just don’t realize this. I feel like kids not being private enough an cyber bullying is the lack of parent supervision. I think more parents need more rules. We can not shield children from using twitter, Facebook or Instagram but i think that parents should follow their children on all the sites they use so they can monitor them. That way teens can’t easily get away with cyber bullying, or other inappropriate comments. Although cyber bullying, and sexual predators will never disappear completely, i do think there are ways to better prevent, and making parents be more present and active on their children’s online activities is a good start.