Advantages And Disadvantages Of Let Kids Run Wild Online

The technological advancements that have been brought up throughout the century have posed many benefits and disadvantages. In years before, when the internet was not available to all, there was no fear from parents that their child would see or experience any harm outside their homes. However, times change and now growing concerns over parent management on a child's behavior online have become more of a problem. The article written by Danah Boyd, seeks to explain the importance of having a well managed relationship with teens over online activities in order to prevent any type of harm to them. It possesses various points to prove the benefits of communication and freedom within the parent - child relationship in which I believe to true.I …show more content…
Many of these bumps in life, such as falling and scaping your knee or breaking something on accident, are necessary as they form a part of your freedom and learning from individual experiences. The author explains her own experiences on growing up and being able to have the freedom to make her own mistakes. She goes on to explain how these incidents were a positive light in that she wasn't trapped inside a room as an attempt to keep her safe. The monitoring tactics used by parents on children reflect upon what she is talking about being tamed inside as a form of protection. The issue she presents is over the fact that many parents prefer to completely isolate their children from any online activity that may posse a threat to them. This is regular for a parent to do, but many have gone to the extent of, “tracking, monitoring, and blocking”,(paragraph 6) to prevent any potential risk to their children online. She argues that children need to be given the freedom to be online because,”teens need a place to call their own.They want the freedom to explore their identity and the world around them.” (paragraph 4). Therefore, her main argument is for parents to have a relationship in which both them and their children can talk about any online …show more content…
They make major decisions for you like choose the school you go to, what time you should be home and where you do and don't go. Having control over what you view online only adds on to the list. From my personal experience I believe that parents can always protect their children b having constant tracking of their online activities. There was time last year that my brother called me late at night telling me that he was just wasted. He had been at a party that got out of hand, with drinks everywhere. He wanted me to do pick him up and help him sneak into the house. I was tempted to tell my parents, but they had had a fight prior to the party because they knew how he would turn out and if he did he was going to be sent out to Mexico with my uncle. . Him being my closest brother I had to help him out.I then went and snuck out of the house to bring him back home. Thank goodness my parents are heavy sleepers, for I was able to sneak him into his room without waking them. The only problem was that pictures of him were all over facebook. My parents are constantly monitoring him so there was no doubt that they would see it in the morning. What I did was go into their room and deleted the pictures of him. The next day he was fine to say the least and he wasn't sent to Mexico. Having surveillance over him is a good thing,but sometimes parents have to let their children make mistakes ion hyeri own. That day