Comments on: Online Predator Risks Put Into Perspective http://www.softwaretime.com/wp/2009/05/online-predator-risks-put-into-perspective/ How gadgets and modern life affect the human race Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:01:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: ba http://www.softwaretime.com/wp/2009/05/online-predator-risks-put-into-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-34584 ba Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:47:55 +0000 http://www.softwaretime.com/wp/?p=418#comment-34584 I have a 13 year old daughter and last year i just happened to read an online conversation she had with a "person"claiming to be 18 ,red flags appeared all over it and as i read further alarm bells rang,the conversation from his side was so disturbing i called the police,turns out the person was a teacher of secondary school children.When i saw his made up online profile i would never of guessed it wasn't real,so what chance did my daughter have,she just thought it was a good looking teenager paying her attention.It gave me and her a wake up call to the dangers and thankfully he was a first time offender who is now out of the education system and on the sex offenders register,but never underestimate the dangers on there we really need to get our kids to be open about who they are talking too so we can keep them safe. I have a 13 year old daughter and last year i just happened to read an online conversation she had with a “person”claiming to be 18 ,red flags appeared all over it and as i read further alarm bells rang,the conversation from his side was so disturbing i called the police,turns out the person was a teacher of secondary school children.When i saw his made up online profile i would never of guessed it wasn’t real,so what chance did my daughter have,she just thought it was a good looking teenager paying her attention.It gave me and her a wake up call to the dangers and thankfully he was a first time offender who is now out of the education system and on the sex offenders register,but never underestimate the dangers on there we really need to get our kids to be open about who they are talking too so we can keep them safe.

]]> By: mark http://www.softwaretime.com/wp/2009/05/online-predator-risks-put-into-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-32602 mark Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:03:31 +0000 http://www.softwaretime.com/wp/?p=418#comment-32602 I'm all for educating kids on how to be careful. But I think that the overall fear is so ratched up in today's society, largely thanks to the media. Recently, we received an alarming email from our school system, pointing out that in a nearby town, on a very cold, rainy, windy day, a kid walking home from school was offered a ride from some guy in a pickup truck. The kid refused, reported it to his parents, the parents called the police and the police were out looking for the guy. Is it more likely that this guy is a sex offender, or just a good Samaritan? But look at the reaction of the kid, the parents, the police, and the school system. <em>Alert: Likely Sexual Predator on the Loose!</em> There was no mention of the possibility that maybe the guy was just trying to help the kid by saving him a walk home in near freezing rain on a windy day. The message was a warning to parents and meant to strike fear, not promote reason. I’m all for educating kids on how to be careful. But I think that the overall fear is so ratched up in today’s society, largely thanks to the media.

Recently, we received an alarming email from our school system, pointing out that in a nearby town, on a very cold, rainy, windy day, a kid walking home from school was offered a ride from some guy in a pickup truck.

The kid refused, reported it to his parents, the parents called the police and the police were out looking for the guy.

Is it more likely that this guy is a sex offender, or just a good Samaritan?

But look at the reaction of the kid, the parents, the police, and the school system. Alert: Likely Sexual Predator on the Loose!

There was no mention of the possibility that maybe the guy was just trying to help the kid by saving him a walk home in near freezing rain on a windy day. The message was a warning to parents and meant to strike fear, not promote reason.

]]> By: unknowen http://www.softwaretime.com/wp/2009/05/online-predator-risks-put-into-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-32577 unknowen Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:30:53 +0000 http://www.softwaretime.com/wp/?p=418#comment-32577 Look online you'll find a list of net perverts as well as on fbi lists..... And even some in the area you live in even. So be on the lookout write/save information you find on them. Let the kids know don't talk to these people. Most net perverts who has been caught or not yet people's done posted there accounts up etc on sites so others can beware. There are just way many sick people online now days. You gotta be careful. They accuse you of doing wrong sometimes. Sometimes not but they don't do anything wrong. They do. And because of mental illness they find something.... Look online you’ll find a list of net perverts as well as on fbi lists….. And even some in the area you live in even. So be on the lookout write/save information you find on them. Let the kids know don’t talk to these people. Most net perverts who has been caught or not yet people’s done posted there accounts up etc on sites so others can beware. There are just way many sick people online now days. You gotta be careful. They accuse you of doing wrong sometimes. Sometimes not but they don’t do anything wrong. They do. And because of mental illness they find something….

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