As a computer consultant I find time and time again that many people are wasting increasingly a lot of their spare time and even working hours browsing the Internet. Many times they start with a good reason, but after a little while they wander and end going to sites they never intended to go to in the first place.
For teens it is increasingly more difficult to stay away from networking sites like myspace.com, there they share more personal information than they ought to and do whatever it takes to have as many 'friends' as possible.
One problem with an ever increasing reliance on computers is that we are more and more getting away from physical actual contact with other human beings.
Kids are potentially vulnerable to predators and all kind of garbage found on the Internet like porno, violence, drugs, and much more.
I couldn't resist adding my pitch of salt to your essay, it is like much of what you write straight forward and to the point.
Would be nice if you were to write a new essay on how kids and teens could be better protected, and why they have to. A problem I frequently see is that there are many homes where the kids and teens are computer savvy, but the parents know next to nothing about computers. Just picture a teen or little kid as the computer admin with unrestricted access to the system and the Internet.
Some possible solutions, apart from trowing the computer out the window, should include besides parents training, better operating systems, that make from simple to easy to secure and filter Internet access, opendns to block unwanted content, and even this could be controversial more Government oversight, to really get rid of plagues like spy ware, virus proliferation, phishing, and many other Internet ills.
For teens it is increasingly more difficult to stay away from networking sites like myspace.com, there they share more personal information than they ought to and do whatever it takes to have as many 'friends' as possible.
One problem with an ever increasing reliance on computers is that we are more and more getting away from physical actual contact with other human beings.
Kids are potentially vulnerable to predators and all kind of garbage found on the Internet like porno, violence, drugs, and much more.
I couldn't resist adding my pitch of salt to your essay, it is like much of what you write straight forward and to the point.
Would be nice if you were to write a new essay on how kids and teens could be better protected, and why they have to. A problem I frequently see is that there are many homes where the kids and teens are computer savvy, but the parents know next to nothing about computers. Just picture a teen or little kid as the computer admin with unrestricted access to the system and the Internet.
Some possible solutions, apart from trowing the computer out the window, should include besides parents training, better operating systems, that make from simple to easy to secure and filter Internet access, opendns to block unwanted content, and even this could be controversial more Government oversight, to really get rid of plagues like spy ware, virus proliferation, phishing, and many other Internet ills.
That's all, take care.