MySpace: Poison for Our Children?

My Space was supposed to be used by people to keep in touch with their loved ones and to just be a part of a super cool community. That is not how it has turned out for this website in the past year. It has actually turned into a nightmare for alot of people. There has been so many different bad situations involving this website. Now this is definitely not the only website where there has been trouble, but it seems that My Space has turned into an outlet for so many troubled teens and pedophiles. There are many teens out there, and I am sure you have seen your share and even had your own teens/kids that have created pages for different things. There are so many different reasons to have a My Space page these days.

You can have one just for keeping in contact with your loved ones. You can have one just to keep everyone and their mothers informed of your day to day doings. You can post pictures and have people comment on them. There are so many cool profiles and polls to play with on My Space. You can post video's and music. You can use My Space as a personal diary that everyone can see. You can post bulletins about how you are feeling or what you are doing or planning on doing. You can post a whole lot of personal information as well as false information and no one is the wiser. This is where the trouble starts. Now, not all of our teens/kids are up to no good on My Space. In fact, there are alot of good things on My Space as well as bad things. The biggest problem with teens/kids having My Space accounts, is that teens/kids are honest. Sometimes too honest. They like to give information, and not always the right information for everyone else to see. Teens/kids that are shy love My Space. They can be who they want to be and not worry about being judged too much.