MySpace takes steps to help parents and kids

I was originally going to write about this topic of MySpace.com a while back. However, since it was already being done I chose to kind of put it on the back burner.

Mostly because after some consideration I sort of felt that MySpace.com was getting a bad rap due to its success. While I still think this is true, I do feel that MySpace.com is also partly responsible for the welfare of the minors who post on their website.

Apparently though, after I read this Cnet.com article I see that MySpace.com also feels the same way. For this I think that the company deserves to get a large share of the credit. As well as some Kudos for taking the appropriate steps to thwart the problem.

Now, some of you may be asking yourselves, why do they deserve any credit at all?

Well, I will tell you…MySpace.com has taken the initiative and has apparently done so in grand style to inform not just minors posting on their site, but parents as well. They have teamed up with other important entities that already exist to help protect children and they are in the process of hiring key people to help cope with the problems and issues surrounding this.

While some people know this is not a new problem, but a recurring one. Many seem to believe this is a new problem that begins and ends with MySpace.com, this is the main reason why I chose not to write about it several months ago.

This is a recurring theme that has been happening since the birth of the internet. Especially since the home pages, free website spaces, and instant messages became so popular.

Granted most of the publicity has been over young kids posting personal information about themselves for others to readily see on the internet that would allow someone to track them down and possibly do them harm. But, I also think that there are other issues involved as well. For instance, you can go on just about any site on the internet that allows users the freedom to post what they want and find materials that parents would find objectionable for their own kids to see, never mind be placing on the internet for the world to see.

Nothing will ever replace knowledgeable parents who monitor their children’s online activity. While some parents may be against this, I think if most parents could see or view what their own kids or even their kids friends are putting on the internet they would be shocked.

So again, I would like to give a big Kudos out there to MySpace.com for taking the right steps in order to help keep parents in the know and to help protect our kids.

* I do not currently have a MySpace.com account, nor do I intend to get one anytime soon. LOL sorry to all my friends who keep asking me to sign up.