I watched all of the netsmarts videos. Although I had seen something very similar to this video before, the video that tracked Teresa was very impressive and hit home. A person can track anyone in a few minutes and find out a lot of very important information about them even if they do not post it in their information.
I also watched the cartoon by BYU students about internet safety.
The most important take-always I have from this reading and watching adventures was how different parents are from children now, and it can be very easy for parents to try to take control of their children's internet life, and it not work. If parents do not go about helping their children in their internet decisions with the utmost discretion and consideration, it can be very easy to hurt and even lose vital relationships with family. I already knew of the dangers and had seen many videos very similar if not the same about the young girls who ran away with or were kidnapped by a person they met online. I had thought that of course the parents should be involved, but I hadn't thought of the dangers of control and forcing. There is so much positive involvement that parents can do to help their children to make positive choices.
I shared the video about finding information about teresa, as well as discussed how the parents control hurt her family from the video of the students at Chatham High.My friend was shocked. My friend already knew that chat rooms need to be avoided and that you should not give personal information out online. I wasn't surprised that they were surprised because I was initially surprised (as ridicules as that sentence sounds, I am writing it). I think my friend was reconsider how they are going to deal with internet safety with their family.
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