CP24 was amazing to be on, everyone was pretty relaxed and calm for a constant live broadcast, except me of course. I was splashed with makeup and whisked into a live studio before I knew what hit me. Nervous? Of course, wouldn't you be? They are really good at keeping you on track there, you can hardly tell I'm scared shirtless ;)
This interview was spawned from an article giving tips for parents about internet usage. This is by no means a small topic, and I've already discussed this issue at great length in a series of radio interviews, and then in a quasi rant about things you can do to take control of your children's activities when they are online. It was great to have a chance to share thoughts on internet safety for kids, my thanks go out to CP24 Homepage for a great (life) experience.
I must confess I have one big regret in this interview, I should have qualified my last statement about child predators. I come off sounding like this is a real threat, I even give an example of this threat in the blog here, but that is not what the internet represents for our kids, and to us. Everyone in the world is connected, and let's hope it stays that way because there is so much to be gained by utilizing it, then there is to hide from threats we don't even understand. Every time you leave your house, you could be a victim of something terrible, and we can always imagine the worst of it, but we all still do it since the great things we can do far outweigh the bad. Same with the internet. Everyone talks about how there is so much porn on the internet, but I would bet the amount of recipes that get posted and traded on the internet would dwarf the items of porn, but of course, that's not nearly as exciting to talk about. At any rate, I'm just sorry if I left the impression that it is all bad. It's not. It's pretty much on par with life.
2 comments:
My theory is that roughly the same amount of "bad stuff" happens as it always has. The difference between then and now is that we hear about it more from places farther away and the news media sensationalizes it.
The Internet does provide new means for the age-old predators and bullies to thrive. It simply means educating kids that those things are out there and to be careful. Doing that without scaring them is the challenge ;)
Agreed, that's why I dislike the note the interview ended on. People love to ask and talk about the worst of it, and I fall into the trap of answering the sensational part, when it really is the small mundane things that end up haunting us.
Is there more a risk that our children will be stalked online, or release private information they shouldn't have?
I think making sure parents and children understand their exposure and privacy is more important. I think you summed it up in a nice tweet about 'Maintaining your personal brand', something we are all just learning to do now.
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