Reaction to Growing Up Online Video

This video and the notes that accompanied it spoke so many truths. Internet and technology have become a vital part of the lives that children are living right now. I remember reading on FRONTLINE that even if children aren't apart of Myspace or don't have one, their lives still revolve around it or are related to it because thats what happening at school. I also agree with the point of all parents knowing how to navigate to and around sites that are popular for children or just the internet in general. There are so many things going on on the internet that parents dont know about and may never know about. Even one of the students in the video said that she knew if some parents knew what their kids were doing on the internet they would probably cry. Children have the opportunity to become totally different people on the internet which can lead to so much more, and parents really need to be aware of this. Something else that the postings mentioned was children who give wrong advice about things like dieting, etc. I never thought about it but if children are living in a world where they feel like no one understands them and that once person on the internet that does listen to them gives them advice, then they are more than likely to follow it. Parents can slowly start to lose their children if they haven't already and they need to get ''hip to technology'' before it becomes to late. Reality of the situation is that technology is basically built into the lives of the kids of this generation. Alot of parents don't know alot about technology, which is how their kids get away with alot of what they do. Some grandparents are raising kids, and they really may not know much about technology. So to me, my reaction to this video would be to think of ways to present technology to students and use those times to give them internet safety or technology safety tips just in case their parent or guardians can't.
*B.C.*