Comments on: Helping Kids Stay Safe Online. Is SocialShield the Answer?

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Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:51:36 +0000

[...] into the world of social media, reviewed SocialShield – as a parent – for Almost Savvy. Her conclusion was “While the concept may be solid, SocialShield’s execution needs quite a bit of [...]

By: Irene Koehler

Irene Koehler — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:36:00 +0000

Excellent point! Thanks for sharing.

By: TriedIt

TriedIt — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:27:28 +0000

I tried the service as well. Another note is that even if your child enters their password(s) or gives them to you, there’s no alert to tell you if they just change the password(s) later — you just stop getting data from the account(s). you’ll only notice if you happen to check your settings for the child and see that SocialShield is requesting access again.

By: judy

judy — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:52:27 +0000

….and you’re thinking I’ll tell you?

By: Irene Koehler

Irene Koehler — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:32:31 +0000

Yay for my mom! You read my blog — and you commented on it! You are not aged at all. You are a great role model and show what is possible when one is always open to learning and trying new things.

Now, with regard to those secret identities, maybe you’re trying more “new” things that I know about. Hmm…maybe we’ll have to take this conversation offline.

By: judy aka your Mother

judy aka your Mother — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:26:43 +0000

Just read this. Whew! Guess my multiple secret identities are still safely hidden from you. Double whew. your aged ....but happy....Mother

By: Irene Koehler

Irene Koehler — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:30:37 +0000

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, June. I absolutely agree that, while there are tools which may help parents, we should not rely on them to track or teach our children.

By: June Sockol

June Sockol — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:17:47 +0000

I explained to my 18yr old that I have the right to know his Facebook password and the right to check it at anytime (as long as he lives at home). We’ve sat together and looked at his Facebook posts. I’ve explained to him why he should remove certain things.

If I’m not sure I can trust him on-line when I’m not home, I will turn off the internet to the entire house and locked the room so he can’t turn it back on.

If we’re not very computer savvy, then we need to learn to keep up with our kids, its the world they are growing up in. We shouldn’t rely on things like SocialShield to track what our children are doing, that’s our responsibility.

It’s a great article Irene.