Smartphone pictures pose privacy risks. 4 Effective Tools for Monitoring Your Child's Online Safety. This post originally appeared on My Life Scoop, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about using social media and technology for a more connected life.
If you're concerned about your child's online safety, you aren't unusual. Seventy-eight percent of respondents to a survey conducted by Yahoo had similar worries, and more than 70% of them took some action to manage their children's online and mobile activities. "It’s the Wild West; our children are now armed with six-shooters, and there is trouble that they don’t even realize," explains online monitoring service SocialShield. This might be a bit of an exaggeration, but it is true that cyberbullying, online predators, and your child's reputation warrant some effort toward keeping track of what your child is doing online. 6 Valuable Social Networks for Parents. Rearing, I've heard, is a tough business.
This is probably why Google returns more search results for websites on the topic than there are newborn babies in the United States — and why many of those results are online communities of parents that exchange advice and support. While I'm not a parent myself, I played one on about 20 such communities this week. During my time as an impostor mom, I found some communities that were too focused on marketing a brand to be useful, and others that were functionally more like parenting ghost towns than networks. These six sites, however, impressed me as useful resources and active communities. 1.