http://parentalcontrolcenter.com/social-networking-separating-fact-from-fiction http://parentalcontrolcenter.com/social-networking-separating-fact-from-fiction "96% of students [aged] 9 to 17 with Internet access have used social networking technologies." (Grunwold Associates) "64% of teens post photos or videos of themselves online and 58% post information about where they live." (Teen Research Unlimited) "69% of teens regularly receive messages from people they don’t know. Most do not tell an adult, and 31% say they usually reply and chat." (Teen Research Unlimited) Hanging around the playground, mall or coffee shop these days comprise only a fraction of a young person’s socialization locales. In fact, youth culture has transformed its surroundings into a space where there are no defined boundaries. With the advent of the Internet and beyond, children and teens can gather and communicate virtually almost anywhere and at any time. If it were solely their friends they actually spoke, IM’d, or texted with, parents’ biggest challenge would be enforcing time limits while dealing with the always-enjoyable eye rolls, “aw, c’mon”s and other pleas for time extensions. Alas, it’s not quite as simple as the days when hogging the landline phone every night set the stage for constant battle..... http://parentalcontrolcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/social-networking-image.jpg http://en.blog.wordpress.com Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:53:50 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1