Caution to young people on the site

[k9mania]

I just want to remind our great young people on the site that you should NEVER go to meet or give personal information to anyone you meet on the internet. I was just watching the news and a young girl 12 is missing because she went to meet someone she met on the internet. Please be very careful. All of you parents need to make sure that you have a good enough relationship with your child that you can ask and see what they do on the internet so you can discuss the risks involved. We appreciate your contribution to the site but I know you all are on other sites and you need to be very careful.

[Lola_Joy]

:rolleyes: I get these talks all the time...

I have a book called "Internet Safety"...:rolleyes:

But,thanks for the heads up.

[NoodlezxMama]

Lola, I know it gets annoying, hearing it all the time, but k9 is right. When I was 13, I met a man, who was supposed to be a boy off the internet. Instead of being 15, he was 45. Now, I was lucky and nothing happened to me because my parents had been snooping around on my computer and sent the police to the same spot we were meeting at! But imagine if that hadn't happened? You guys have to be careful on here! There are some sick, sick people out there. We've seen what they can do to innocent puppies, so don't think it won't happen to you guys.

[BichonFowner]

I might be too strict, but I don't allow my kids access to sites such as MySpace, Face Book, etc. I have tight parental controls on their internet access and if I don't allow it, I don't have to worry about it. Many people (adults & kids) have often told me it is pretty safe as long as we are involved in who they allow to be their "friends", but sorry, so many of these things do happen on these so called safe sites. It is too much work for me to try to stay on top of all that stuff. My kids have accepted it and they are surviving with just texting. A few months ago, they lost their e-mail privileges, so now they don't get to e-mail, instant message etc. I feel better about it. There are certain kids I don't allow them to communicate with, and they know if I find out on our cell bill records, they will lose that privilege too. Heaven forbid if they can't text, so they are abiding by the rules we've given them. Not only that, my nephew has a MySpace account and put a virus on my son's PC! I was told the Trojan virus is inbedded in MySpace accounts with the various links, so be cautious even with that.

All the young folks, just be careful and smart.

[Lola_Joy]

Bichon...

Same rules apply with me.....

Plus,my mother is a socialworker (Child Portecter Servicer),so she knows if the people I hang out with are safe or not...So,err,ya I guess you can say my mother controls most of my life.

But,I get lots of freedom,so I'm fine with it.


Oh,god..Lola just up-chucked......Ewww.Better go clean it up..

[starry8740]

I agree with that but I must admit that I have trusted people with my phone number one of them included is here on k9mania. But I have acutally herd him talk on the phone and I can tell by his voice he isnt a creep. Other then about 5 people, I don't trust anyone. I DON'T suggest anyone should do that. It is really scary doing it. I know I am not allowed on myspace because of all the creeps and stuff. I had a friend who was on myspace and she had it set on PRIVITE and someone on there hacked her computer and she lost everything because of the person. My mom has little blocks on myspace so I cannot use it or even look at someones profile. Its just bad news. How many times you hear people on the news say a kid got kidnapped ect by "online dating" or myspace. Its bad enough trusting people you work with and know personally let alone people you can't see.

[Shells_k]

But I have acutally herd him talk on the phone and I can tell my his voice he isnt a creep.

Oooohhh, sweetheart..... that statement just really freaked me out. Not saying AT ALL that whoever you're talking to is bad at all, but as a parent you just about gave me a heart attack with that statement.

[NoodlezxMama]

Same here, Shells. Creeps come in all shapes, sizes, sounds..etc.. You never really know. Even WOMEN are creeps at times.

Also not saying the person from here is a creep, you just cannot be TOO careful.

[starry8740]

I know what I did was scary and bad but I was begging for some friends I talked to outside of the computer because I am not allowed that and I was desprate so I trusted. I was lucky they were not creeps, God is looking out for me. Now I am a little more weary of what I do. I just was so guilty of what I did because for one, my mom had no idea I did that and I had to admit it and get it off my chest. I don't think I will do it again at all.

I am on this one fourm and this new person joined and she wouldnt post photos of this dog she claimed she owned. Well she pmed me and gave me her cell phone number saying to "call her" and I thought that was very strange. I didnt call her and if it is really a teenage girl, she is lucky that I am not some creep. She was just giving it out to anyone. That is just soo stupid. I never called her and I never will. I just hope that nothing happens to her.

[2dogscrzy4ball]

My daughter will be 5 next month and I'm already dreading the whole computer thing. No matter how strict you are at home they will always have at least one friend that is allowed to do more things then they are. I heard on Nancy Grace last night that kids can access the internet at school:eek: . If it wasn't for the kids I wouldn't have even gotten a computer. I'm sure she will know more than me by the end of the year. I can only hope that the talks we have with the kids will help them with the peer pressures they encounter at school. Afterall I only snuck out once at a friends house, I didn't smoke or drink in school (I was way too afraid of my parents)!:D SERIOUSLY!

[dobetaztic]

it certainly can be very dangerous on the net and that silly girl if she was a girl that could just of been a ploy to get the numbers of the callers, the problem with the net is that every one is annomynous so i agree with k9 becareful out there:)

[BichonFowner]

All we can do is educate our children. I always give them the extreme case in hopes to put fear in them. We can only hope our kids will make the right decisions. 6dogmom is right, you try to control what they do at home, but at a friends house who might have full internet access, that is where it can start. Again, educate your kids, and it is up to them to make the right decision.

[BichonFowner]

Even though this forum seems to be very friendly and safe, I still take caution on my identity, where I live, and my name as well as my pet's name. That is just the way I am and I instill the same practice with my kids. It is better to be overly protective and cautious than not enough.

[Simbalvr]

My dad always every website i go to and i'm not allowed to visit any websites like Myspace or Hi5. I've only shown my pic to 2 people here but thats cuz i really trusted them.I'm lucky enough to have freinds who have the same kind of parents and believe what i believe, just that they don't love dogs as much as me but other than that they're awsome.:D

[eskies4ever]

My daughter will be 5 next month and I'm already dreading the whole computer thing. No matter how strict you are at home they will always have at least one friend that is allowed to do more things then they are. I heard on Nancy Grace last night that kids can access the internet at school:eek: . If it wasn't for the kids I wouldn't have even gotten a computer. I'm sure she will know more than me by the end of the year. I can only hope that the talks we have with the kids will help them with the peer pressures they encounter at school. Afterall I only snuck out once at a friends house, I didn't smoke or drink in school (I was way too afraid of my parents)!:D SERIOUSLY!

They can get on the net at school, but the schools put a blockage on the sites. Im in school, and they dont allow things like myspace, youtube, anything thats not educational related. And games ONLY if there good games, educational, not bad. If they find you on something bad, they block the site and usually expell you. I know this because im in school, and some others i go to school with did this and got expelled. Hope I Helped with the net at school thing. And they dont let 5 year olds get acess to the net . Its usually from 3rd grade up. Usually only for reports , info on projects, ect.

[Lola_Joy]

They can get on the net at school, but the schools put a blockage on the sites. Im in school, and they dont allow things like myspace, youtube, anything thats not educational related. And games ONLY if there good games, educational, not bad. If they find you on something bad, they block the site and usually expell you. I know this because im in school, and some others i go to school with did this and got expelled. Hope I Helped with the net at school thing. And they dont let 5 year olds get acess to the net . Its usually from 3rd grade up. Usually only for reports , info on projects, ect.

Yes,she is right. When I wanted to gain access to K9mania, I had to send in a forum and talk to the computer master or whatnot,and show that this site is not harmful.

But,anyways,there is ALWAYS a way,and teaching a child rules and putting up boundries,and creating a safety zone,so no harm is done...

Oh,sheesh,what am I doing?