Readings for 11/10

The readings that are due for next class are for my group with Taylor and Steph. We decided to do our project on parenting skills. When we started talking about it, we expanded our topic. Why not add statistics for social networking into this? This is an on-going topic for teens and even parents. Some parents know what their kids are doing while others don't. Back to parenting skills, I was really intrigued on what I read. You see parents always using the “1,2,3” method when their child is acting out, and in actuality, it isn’t that effective. I always thought that a good method to use. I thought it was very interesting to learn the different parenting styles. Now onto kids with social networking and reality television. We thought this was also effective for this project because parents don’t always know what their kids are doing on the Internet. 73% of teens have at least 1 social networking site, 50% of teens use their real age, 75% of teens have a cell phone, 55% of teens have given out personal info to someone they don’t know, including photos and physical descriptions, 60% of adults think parents should have full control over everything a child does online, 88% of parents know that their teens typically use the internet to communicate with people they don’t know in the offline world, 34% of parents check their child’s social network sites, 55% of 12 to 18 year olds watch reality tv, and the list goes on. Parents don’t always know what their children to behind their backs and some parents do. We want to get the point across by asking should parents watch what their teens are doing on the Internet and what age do you think it’s okay for teens to start using a social networking site?