FROM DR. LARRY ROSEN Professor of Psychology and Internet researcher: When I originally read the press release I had to stifle hysterical laughter. I'm sure that they have finally figured it out!!! An electronic solution! Wow! That is sure to stop those young kids from being online.... Yep .. that's right. Let's provide parents and social networks with more unusable electronic leashes. What happened to providing 'parenting' instruction to these parents so that there is no reason for the kids to do anything bad without being aware of the consequences? I don't know what the task force costs but it is a band aid solution at best (and a leaky one at that). Do they really think that better electronic solutions are going to do anything at all to this generation of techno-savvy kids? You may as well try to hold your hands up to stop a tsunami. Within a few minutes of instituting any electronic barriers, the kids will have a “work-around” posted on their MySpace page and on a variety of websites that already have work-arounds for other electronic “solutions.” Perhaps parents would be better served to read my book: “Me, MySpace, and I: Parenting the Net Generation” for information on “real” solutions that involve no electronic barriers.
I agree here, this is going about it the wrong way. Nothing technical will solve the problem. There is no security solution that will offer stronger protection than that of a parent.
Dr. Larry RosenMar 1st, 2008 - 19:36:37
FROM DR. LARRY ROSEN Professor of Psychology and Internet researcher: When I originally read the press release I had to stifle hysterical laughter. I'm sure that they have finally figured it out!!! An electronic solution! Wow! That is sure to stop those young kids from being online.... Yep .. that's right. Let's provide parents and social networks with more unusable electronic leashes. What happened to providing 'parenting' instruction to these parents so that there is no reason for the kids to do anything bad without being aware of the consequences? I don't know what the task force costs but it is a band aid solution at best (and a leaky one at that). Do they really think that better electronic solutions are going to do anything at all to this generation of techno-savvy kids? You may as well try to hold your hands up to stop a tsunami. Within a few minutes of instituting any electronic barriers, the kids will have a “work-around” posted on their MySpace page and on a variety of websites that already have work-arounds for other electronic “solutions.” Perhaps parents would be better served to read my book: “Me, MySpace, and I: Parenting the Net Generation” for information on “real” solutions that involve no electronic barriers.
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