It's the parent's responsibility, not MySpace!

I totally agree with you. How many times have I seen parents blaming Myspace for all of this drama that goes on. If these parents were any sort of parents they would monitor and put parental blocks on certain websites for their kids. Passing the blame over onto such sites like Myspace and Facebook is such a cop out. And to be honest (it might sound harsh but I am going to say it anyway) It is the parents fault these things happen and they deserve it as they didn't take the time out of their oh so stressful lives to educate their children on the dangers of cyberspace. Myspace and Facebook have tons and tons of memebers and how are they suppose to monitor all of their users activities. Let alone half of them are all lies and a big cherade.

I totally agree. I've seen pictures of 12 year old girls on myspace with totally inappropriate pictures, and the parents don't even realize that. Myspace is great, but seriously. They have that 13 and old rule there for a reason - ands kids that act like that are just asking for pervs.

Completely and totally the parents fault. But I also think some of it's blown way out of proportion. Also it's not like installing a 'cyber nanny' is going to help with the hundreds of back doors into places and rather easy ways of getting around programs like that. Those things are pretty useless if the kid actually knows how to use a computer. What should be happening is someone checking what they're up to. Even just checking the cache/history isn't enough as it's simple to cover your tracks. But the same principal applies to most things parents try to place blame on. Is it the violent television programs and video games... or is it the people letting the kids watch those things?

I completely agree. It is not the responsibility of Myspace to make sure that teenagers are behaving. Parents do need to be more involved in what their children are doing and learning. I do not think it is acceptable for parents to just throw their responsibility off on a website. Yes I do think Myspace should have proper procedure for bullying, and certain subjects or items including mature content; which they probably do. As for babysitting your child's online activity that is the parents job and if they don't have time to monitor it then maybe their child shouldn't be on the website at all.

100% wholeheartedly agree with you on this. I will only allow the computer in a communal area of the home and do check often over my daughters shoulder to see what she is up to. Have joined myspace and facebook as one of her friends so I can go in and monitor. This isn't an evasion of her privacy as she is aware I do it for her benefit not to be nosey and we openly discuss things, which is great, and I often have conversations with the people she speaks to but mainly she sticks to talking to people she knows from college and close friends. Parents should be the responsible ones.

I think your like 100 percent right. Finally sombody who understands :)

MySpace sucks out loud! But that's just my personal opinion, of a person who's been roped into the joint by nieces! I finally rebelled, telling the girls I don't want any more of the spam... * Your point is quite valid, although there are many parents who do not know very much about computers, much less cyberspace. The cluelessness can have many reasons. New to the country, disabilities, technologically out of touch, so on. Those parents do need assistance. * The schools and or the communities on the local level should have little watchdog groups for these clueless out-of-era parents.

i agree totally with you. i know of one young girl who was only 15 when she started on myspace and on her profile she stated she was 19,and all her photos were sleezy to say the least,so she was asking for trouble.why are the parents not around to monitor their childrens activities.these kids are just asking for trouble as they do not see the hidden dangers out there, and as you say it is not myspace fault.cheers sue