4 Ways to Monitor Your Child’s Social Networking Account

August 1, 2009

  1. Get an account and become your child’s friend.
    The best way to learn is to get your own account on the site your child uses.
    Please note that kids are now able to make information available or not at the friend level. This means you will not be privy to the entire profile (photos, apps, etc) if your child decides to block something from your view.
  2. Obtain the login and password to your child’s account. I recommend this method when tweens are getting started with social networking so that you are privy to everything (apps, photos, settings, etc.) on the profile.
  3. Check your child’s account routinely with your child as your guide. This method works for some families but it may prove to be more confrontational than others.
  4. Utilize monitoring software or accountability software that are specific for social networking sites. My recommendation is that these tools be used as supplemental rather than primary monitoring tools.  Remember kids find ways to work around software and no software can’t read between the lines like you can.

Posted by Michelle Cullison | Filed Under MySpace 

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