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Another example of how parents need to take charge on what their kids are doing online - Cyberspace is becoming more and more risky - and Cyberbullying is climbing and harming more and more kids. Bullying Goes High Tech in Cyber World by Isabelle Mascarenas

I was contacted by CNN News in regards to this recent story. As a parent advocate , I am proactive in helping parents protect their children in Cyberspace - whether it is monitoring their MySpace account - or using other protective measures such as Reputation Defender/MyChild to monitor your child's privacy - but this story completely shocked me. How can a parent condone a 13 year old writing about a principal in sexual ways? Where is this coming from? The parent is claiming their son has " free speech " - and they are correct about that, but when your 8th grader is calling someone a rapist or child molester without any substantiated evidence, in my opinion, this could be considered defamation - and as my beliefs continue - " Free Speech does not condone defamation ." Furthermore - the writings of "giving students anal" or "jacking off in my office" - is absolutely disgusting that a 13 year old writes this way. This is my personal opinion ....

All kids make mistakes … but some bad choices can lead to terrible outcomes. As parents, we need to do everything in our power to help our children learn to make smart decisions. How do you help your kids learn about the consequences of a split-second decision? How do you help them avoid dangerous and risky situations? Learn what leads kids to make bad decisions… and how parents can help with Good Kids, Bad Choices. What is your greatest fear for your child? Car accident? Drug or alcohol addiction? Sexually transmitted disease? Unplanned pregnancy? Physical disability? Death? When it comes to learning how to avoid bad decisions, children need the guidance and insights that only parents can provide. So how do parents learn what situations kids get themselves into? Why they make bad choices? Order Good Kids, Bad Choices and find out. You’ll see real teenagers talk about the split-second decisions they made … the terrible outcomes … and what they wish they had done instead. You’ll learn ...

As I continue to be a voice against Cyberbullying, Internet Abuse as well as helping parents with today’s teens - there has been a vast amount of media coverage. 20/20 ABC News i-Caught with Martin Bashir CNN Headline News Fox Morning Show with Mike and Juliet CBC Television Sunday News Magazine CBS News with Katie Couric BBC Talk Radio NPR Talk Radio KFI Talk Radio with John and Ken Fox News USA Today Wall Street Journal Washington Post Washington Times San Francisco Chronicle Forbes Miami Herald Sun Sentinel Veja Daily Business Journal Internet Law Portal Lost Children - Documentary by Zadig Productions Asian Tribune Over 100 AP articles Sue Scheff Podcasts

More and more news articles, media and others are finally taking Cyberbullying seriously. As both a victim and survivor of being abused in Cyberspace - I know first hand how important this subject is. Kids today need to be aware of what lingers online as well as take precautions not to feed into Cyberbullys and their tactics of invading a child's privacy. As a parent, you can take steps to protect your kids online. Know what they are doing and where they are going in Cyberspace. It is almost as important as knowing where they are going when they leave your house! Take Cyberspace seriously! A recent news article by the Associated Press is one of many that are bringing this awareness to parents. I always encourage parents to consider Reputation Defender MyChild to help protect your children online, especially in the social networking sites such as MySpace and others.