A Word of Warning: Cyberspace Deception
I have said before that I was scared of the world our children will be living in. I really didn't mean in a technological sense..... Technology and the modern life are wonderful. I am a huge computer geek- all things "techie" and I agree that it makes our life more productive and fun. I know there are many dark sides to the Internet, but have recently witnessed some things first hand that really have disturbed me. They were such serious situations involving the inter-tangling of technology and feelings and lives... So I wanted to put out a few words of caution to the parents out there whose children spend hours on the Internet- not looking at porn, just doing the normal my space, instant messaging thing. We know not to let our children out of our sight in public places. We feel that they are safe in our homes, we walk by and look over their shoulder, see no profanity or nudity and assume all is OK. But they are out of our sight and in a world full of people, just as it we...