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http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/week-6-save-the-children-save-the-world/ Coming of Age Online Wed, 19 Oct 2016 13:07:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.26 http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/week-6-save-the-children-save-the-world/#comment-231 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 19:25:38 +0000 http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/?p=755#comment-231 This conversation more so has to do with subjective thoughts on parenting. Yes, the internet should be regulated, to some degree, for the sake of younger children. As younger and younger kids are given technological devices with access to the internet, some parental guidance or restrictions should be enforced to make sure that children don’t encounter inappropriate content. However, this line of supervision shouldn’t be overstepped. Children should be given some freedom when it comes to the internet, as to not prevent the natural process of maturation from occurring.

]]> http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/week-6-save-the-children-save-the-world/#comment-229 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 18:12:48 +0000 http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/?p=755#comment-229 Totally agree that eleentary school is too young for the internet!! And also agree with the debatable ethics of tracking childrens internet usage. It seems that with these blocking apps, we’re almost blaming the victim, by shielding a victimized child from profane content, instead of stopping people from posting profane content in the first place.

]]> http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/week-6-save-the-children-save-the-world/#comment-227 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 18:00:02 +0000 http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/?p=755#comment-227 Although when I was first checking out these apps all I could think about was how it felt like an invasion of privacy, after reflecting on it I realized that you are right, the kids whose parents should be using these apps are probably young and therefore shouldn’t really be on social media. You know, this piece had me thinking, I didn’t get my first cell phone until I was 17 and now at work I sell phones to 5 year olds even. I have on various occasions had parents ask me about parental control on our devices or apps to keep their children safe. I’ll admit I was ignorant on the topic but after reading this I feel like I can share this with my clients if they inquire. Even though many social media outlets have “legal age requirements”, I believe we are probably all guilty of having lied about our age online before. Realistically even though these kids may be too young for social media, they are on it and will continue to seek mediums of it. Thanks for sharing these tools, I enjoyed your piece.

]]> http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/week-6-save-the-children-save-the-world/#comment-210 Wed, 11 Feb 2015 19:30:29 +0000 http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/?p=755#comment-210 I worry about kids being on the internet too much. I recently went to eat at a restaurant and there was a dinner party there. The adults all sat in one table and the children in the other. The children were aged 5-15ish and they were all sitting and on their phones/ipads. I know some children who have iphones and they are 6 years old. I think this is diminishing childhood and if you decide to give your 6 y/o a iphone then you should definitely download one of those timed apps to limit your child’s usage. I love my iphone and the internet, but there are limitations ALWAYS. There should be, at least!

]]> http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/week-6-save-the-children-save-the-world/#comment-201 Wed, 11 Feb 2015 01:28:33 +0000 http://miriamposner.com/dh150w15/?p=755#comment-201 I don’t like the idea of these apps because I believe if a child isn’t old enough to be trusted by their parent on the social media, they aren’t old enough to be on social media. There should be a certain level of trust that accompanies parents letting their children go on social media and these apps seem to be for nosy parents that are only pretending to trust their children’s use of social media. It doesn’t seem like these apps would protect from cyber-bullying, but would only satisfy nosy parents’ curiosity.

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