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Originally posted by AchtungBaby80
Yeah, I watched it the first time it came on and it really made we worry about my younger sister...she's in high school and she spends a lot of time online, and I'm afraid she's going to run into some psycho freaks. Not that she would ever arrange to meet them or anything because my parents are really strict and she's hardly ever out of their sight, but still. Knowing that she might come into contact with perverts like that is disconcerting.
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I want to echo this because no matter how careful your daughter/son/sister/brother is, they put themselves at risk just by participating in chat rooms/message boards/Myspace, etc.
I started playing on the Internet over 10 years ago when I was still a sophomore in HS (remember BBS?). I belonged to an AOL Hawaii Chat room and despite only revealing my age and name, a sicko somehow found out what school I went to and even my old pager number. How he was able to find that out, we still don't know. After stalking me afterschool my family eventually had to put out a restraining order on him. We never heard from him again. Nevertheless, it was really scary. Back then not too many people were familiar with BBS, chat rooms, etc. so it wasn't a big deal.
I'm glad that brother and sisters are strict with their kids' internet usage. Most of my nieces and nephews have their own laptops, but they can only log on to the Internet in the living room. It's good to know that many middle and high schools have blocked out MySpace at the same time!