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The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent anyone else's view in any way, including those of my employer.
© Copyright 2009
I read an article, “Back-to-school advice for safe & ethical social networking“, that picqued my curiosity as a new parent. Even though I really don’t have to worry about Dwight Jr. participating in social networking for at least a few more years, I’m trying to start thinking about those kinds of situations now.
Try to become familiar with the technology your kids use. That doesn’t mean you necessarily have to be their friend on Facebook or MySpace, but before you start trying to control how they use social-networking technology, make sure you understand it.
I think this is great advice, not just for social networking, but for everything kids (or your spouse, for that matter) are into – especially technology. I definitely have fond memories of my parents wanting to be involved in things I was excited about… especially when they would sit down for a game of Pac-Man, Super Mario Bros., Star Wars Battlefront or Axis & Allies. Having a common frame of reference for talking about my hobbies with my parents? Priceless. (Yeah, yeah, I didn’t include a list of things you can buy for $13 on debit Mastercard. Meh.)
Larry Magid, the author of the article quotes some great guidelines from Hemanshu Nigam, the Chief Security Officer at MySpace, for social networking behavior. It’s geared towards kids, but we all need to be reminded of these rules.
not bad, eh?
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Great post. It’s funny when I know the things that the kids are talking about or “can speak their language.” I asked a student this week what the “sup” meant on her notebook. I said it like, “What does that s. u. p. stand for?” She told me and then used it like five times in different sentences. I started laughing and told her that I knew what it meant and that I was just kidding.
On a side note, I can’t wait to play with the awesome stuff our kids are going to have in like ten years. Later.
Glad you enjoyed, Mike. Thanks for the feedback.
I sincerely hope that we’ll be able to keep up with technology our kids will be into for the next 10 years… we’ll see, eh?