aterrell on 1/3/2007 4:21:00 PM wrote:
AND.....Parents should be monitoring everthing their child does on the computer!!!! Is there really a need to let your kids on the computer for anything other than school work??????? HELLO!!!! Anyone see my point at all??????
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aterrell on 1/3/2007 4:19:10 PM wrote:
I am one of the very few people in this country who still does not own a computer and I don't see me owning one any time soon. This is just one of the many reasons I don't want a computer. On-line predators should be eliminated and there are ways to help do that but most law officials won't do it. In some states law enforcemnet agencies are breaking down hard on these predators. Law enforcemant officers will pose as underage kids and enter chatrooms just to find these disturbed individuals and catch them. Why can't all states do this??? Am I the only one that see's this as a very big problem? We have the ways to help with this problem but we just won't do it! WHY???
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Italianboy921 on 12/21/2006 1:34:58 AM wrote:
Come on people these are predators we are talking about. Most internet companies allow you to have up to 7 email addys. These sick individuals will find a way to get to our children unless we as parents put our foot down and monitor our kids online activity. I agree with all the folks who lay responsibility on the parents for their own kids safety.
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jarrett622 on 12/12/2006 12:34:38 PM wrote:
Having offenders register their email address is not going to make much difference. Unless that's the only email addy they use and they're honest about it. It's so very easy to go to google or yahoo or hotmail, etc,etc, and get as many email addys as they want.
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old_curmudgeon on 11/29/2006 8:23:09 AM wrote:
From today's Roanoke Times:
"Ex-church employee pleads guilty to sex abuse"
Another "off-line" predator who worked with children. What a surprise! Parents, your children can come into contact with these monsters even if you don't own a computer. Don't let your guard down.
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old_curmudgeon on 11/27/2006 8:56:13 AM wrote:
"Off-line" predators are a much larger problem. The simple fact is most child molesters don't sit behind computers trying to entice children. Instead they take jobs that will put them in daily contact with children. Recently, in this area, we have had church youth group leaders, teachers, a School Resource Officer, and most recently a PRE-SCHOOL teacher arrested on child molestation charges. Don't let all the fear of on-line predators distract you from the real problem. Most molesters want daily, face-to-face contact with children. Many of them figure out ways to have it. That's the REAL danger.
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1950bing on 11/21/2006 5:28:05 PM wrote:
The problem is much much bigger than either you or I could even think. We only know of the ones that get caught. We know the number not caught has to be huge. The internet is wonderful and awful at the same time. Due to free speech it must be open to everyone. People with sex issues need help but will not seek help because they actually enjoy their sickness. The real problem with that is that the desire will never go away. There is always just one more need. Parents really need to talk with their kids about the danger of the internet. Kids with bodies maturing faster than their brains has always been with us. Sickos with harmful ideas have always been with us. Education is the key to putting a block between the two. Talk and love your kids.
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sharose2005 on 11/21/2006 1:09:23 PM wrote:
A computer seems to be the new baby sitter for some parents, prior it was television and of course video games. Children need to focus on activities that are creative with their peers using the imagination. They also need physically challenging activities, sports for instance These are what build confidence.
( Too many adolescents today are over weight)
Online friends are virtual friends...who may or or may not be who they say they are.
It is up to parents to monitor and, even get involved with their children's interests.
I see nothing wrong with adults peering over a shoulder to see what is transpiring in underage conversations. The point is they are children, vunerably, trusting, and needing approval. The internet is not for this.
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Walker on 11/21/2006 12:39:06 PM wrote:
Triple-
I agree completely with your last statement. The honus is on the parents. If your kid is going in chat rooms, you'd better be monitoring.
Some families ARE open enough to be able to discuss these things. Thats fine.
However, I don't think its best for our culture to make sex such a commonplace topic that it loses its importance and seriousness.
It seems to me that this may be a goal of a lot of secular progressives out there. Look what has happened over the past 50 years, the more sex is injected in our society, the less value it has and the more abuse/degradation you see.
I, for one, don't want to live in Amsterdam.
Anyway, I got off point, I agree with you Trip about parents being the main one's responsible, we don't need teachers trying to elicit responses from our kids in regards to sex.
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TripleActionJones on 11/21/2006 10:55:02 AM wrote:
My parents talked about sex/sex education with my sister and I.We are a pretty open family though.I think that's one problem - sex is such an uneasy subject in many families and it shouldn't be.
Better to make it an approachable, unawkward subject so anything is fair game to discuss,rather than have everyone feel too embarrassed to discuss it and the kid ends up learning on their own,from whoever WILL talk to them about it.
Bottom line - a good portion of the responsibility lies on the parents.
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Walker on 11/20/2006 5:58:37 PM wrote:
These types of people have been around a LONG time, forever, in fact. I agree with Mommysongbird, enforce the law and let them rot.
I am not sure sex education is going to cure this particular problem. Kids dont want to talk to their parents about sex, they never will.
Like someone else said before, keep the government out. We dont need any more sex ed than they get now.
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mommysongbird on 11/20/2006 4:53:09 PM wrote:
Parents now days do well to make ends meet. They don't need the extra burden of having to worry about who their child(ren) are talking to online or anywhere else for that matter.
I mean really, look in your own back yard! Who is your neighbor? Who are your children's friends parents?? Who are they with at school, church, the ball games? These creeps are everywhere.
Look at the State Police web site and take notice of the men and women on there. Look at where they are living, HELLO!!!
We as parents need to pay attention, but judges and lawyers need to do more and I don't mean by passing laws. We have those alredy. ENFORCE THEM!!!!
KEEP THESE CREEPS IN JAIL! If the jails aren't big enough, go back to the old days, hang 'em high.
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mommysongbird on 11/20/2006 4:34:18 PM wrote:
The biggest problem here is not parents but the judicial system.
If our Judicial sytem would keep these sickos in custody and not let them out on "Good Behavior" then maybe we could be a society again. Our police officers work really hard to catch these creeps, but then the judges set them free after some time served or a fine paid. Why are they giving them a second chance to hurt someone else?
Either keep them in jail, or let the police make good use of their firearms, let these sicko creeps be the targets as soon as they are caught!!
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humbleroots on 11/20/2006 2:43:27 PM wrote:
While I agree that we need to find a way to stop sexual predators from molesting our young people, we also need to take responsibility and provide our young people with comprehensive sex education and a forum to discuss the reality of their sexual urges. If our kids can talk openly to us about sex and their own urges, they’re going to make healthier decisions about how they talk to and what they talk about on the internet.
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humbleroots on 11/20/2006 2:42:54 PM wrote:
I do think that sexual predators are a concern, but the other issue that seems to be coming up is a lack of sexual discussion with our children. If we could communicate freely, honestly, and openly about sexual matters with our children then perhaps they wouldn’t feel they need to have ‘discreet’ ‘sexual’ conversations in the library. The kids are curious, hormonal/horny, and without other healthy outlets to discuss their feelings, I can certainly understand the online appeal where anonymity allows them to ask questions, role play identities, and explore their sexual selves. Perhaps if we acknowledge are kids are sexual beings and talked with them about it, they wouldn’t fall victim to the sexual predators.
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Songbird on 11/20/2006 2:40:45 PM wrote:
Imagine the kind of world we would live in if we all devoted our energies to buillding up one another, supporting and protecting one another, and helping each person to realize his or her potential for greatness. We are at a turning point as a species. We can no longer afford selfishness, hostility, destructiveness, predation.
Anybody that wants those things - let them, but totally isolated and quarantined off from everbody else. And let them live - or die - with the consequences of their own decisions. Perfect freedom!
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Songbird on 11/20/2006 2:25:19 PM wrote:
It seems to me that, as a society, we are seeing more and more people who simply do not want to be a part of what we call "humanity". Not just internet predators, but all sorts of sociopaths.
I say, give then what they want. Find a remote place in our country and wall it in as an impregnable fortress. Nobody gets out unless they are let out from the outside. Inside there, put sufficient resources to provide food, clothing, and shelter for anyone confined inside.
Now put all the predatorial type of people in our society inside this compound and let them have at it. Run it the way they see fit. Eat each other if they want to. I'm sick of having so much human potential squandered on people who just don't want any part of it.
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sharose2005 on 11/20/2006 1:17:53 PM wrote:
It is very sad we have to live in a world where bored adults chase teens on the internet. Parents need to monitor their teens for safety reasons, the library also should be aware of chatting that is inappropriate. Children need to get involved in the community, volunteering, sports, theater arts, painting, any activity that inspires creativity and self esteem, instead of finding their self-worth from a stranger.
It is a community problem, keep the government out of family business it not unecessary!
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Walker on 11/20/2006 9:48:15 AM wrote:
Hey, SOMEONE has to look out for kids when they are online. I don't have ANY problem with library employees monitoring online chat when it involves children.
As far as punishment goes, the harder we come down on these sickos, the less and less you will see. Throw away the key.
It seems that many local law enforcement agencies are already creating programs for this type of thing, posing as children and such. I think its great.
Do I think we need to tax the hell out of ourselves to do it? Not really, I am sure there are other programs (pork) that we could easily cut.
But, back to the point, throw the book at these freaks and let them rot.
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roenoke on 11/19/2006 2:59:50 PM wrote:
ericlashley on 11/19/2006 9:23:07 AM wrote:
"I work in a library and the vast majority of teens using the library's Internet terminals are chatting about sexual issues. When I have spoken to the teens about their chatting..."
Why are you watching what people are chatting about?
Can we not expect a certain amount of privacy at the RVL?
What gives you the authority to counsel teens on their chatting habits?
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Kringles_Helper on 11/19/2006 12:16:34 PM wrote:
Why would a citizen of any government who passes measures to protect themselves from war crimes (why would they NEED to?) trust this government with even more tax money to fix a social problem? Have they ever fixed a problem, or have they just created more for our tax dollars?
3 words:
"Conflict of Interest"
This just sounds like more spin to justify a scheme to line someone's pockets with tax money. Additional Orwellian tactics to try to control a global paradigm shift of increased information flow...
Some problems just don't need government intervention. Its time for parents to get their heads out of this materialistic slavery to take care of what is truly important!
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ericlashley on 11/19/2006 9:23:07 AM wrote:
I know first hand that there is a lot of inappropriate communication taking place between teens and adults via the Internet. I work in a library and the vast majority of teens using the library's Internet terminals are chatting about sexual issues. When I have spoken to the teens about their chatting, they assume they are chatting with adults and some feel they are just playing a joke on the adult. Others actually take it realationship seriously. I had a mother complain to me that her daughter contacted someone via the Internet at the library and the 30 some year old man called the daughter at home. What is most disturbing is that just about any online game that has a chat feature will have inappropriate sexual chat.
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