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I think the key is to keep a close eye on your kids while they use the internet. Use parental controls on your computers at home. I know it’s impossible to keep tabs on our children all the time, so we must communicate with them, and let them know what is acceptable and what is not.

To prove my point about the social networks, I actually made a fake profile. I created a fake email address, then found a stock photo of someone and used it as my picture. It’s that easy. And it’s that scary. Everything I posted on this fake profile is all a lie. No one asked for my age. I can be anything I want, and no one would question me. If I can do that, then who’s to say there aren’t people out there, grown people, pretending to be children; just waiting for the perfect moment to abduct an innocent child, or even worse.

I created this profile just to see if it could be done. It was so easy. Someone with excellent computer skills could do all sorts of horrible things, as I’m sure they already do.

It’s important we talk to our children and let them know that if they have a profile on one of these social networks, that they only talk to people they know, and keep their profile private.

Even doing all of these things, it can still be dangerous. You never know what some sick people do to get to children. I know these social networking pages will never be outlawed, but they need some type regulation to keep children safe. The rules they have now are just not good enough.