Parry Aftab Parents Quotations

Lots and lots of parents want their kids' profiles down. But we all need to take a breath and fashion solutions to address the real problem, which is how much information kids are putting online and who are they communicating with online.

Lots and lots of parents want their kids' profiles down.

I have 11,000 volunteers working for me, and I still can't keep up. I don't know how parents would.

If someone called your home and asked to talk to your kid, you would know how to handle that. But it's once there's a mention of technology that we don't know how to handle it. Parents just need to know how to control and monitor their kids as they would anywhere else.

I advise parents first to take a breath and not to overact. That's not the way to approach the problem. We should remember what we did as kids and keep that in mind with what you look at.

Parents just want to be able to put controls in place with as little hassle as possible.

Parents are often either unaware of dangers, or they're freaked out about them. They want software but they don't know where to start looking or how to use it.

Parents are clueless. Parents need to recognize that these kids are going to be using this whether we like it or not. That said, say to your kids, 'I'd like to see your profile page tomorrow.' You're the parent -- if you don't like it, unplug the computer. If they don't follow your rules, no Internet at all.

Today's plans from the big carriers don't address parental control issues. There are a lot of parents who want their kids to have cell phones so they can get in touch with them when they need them, but many of them have been holding off buying them phones because they don't feel comfortable.

This is a rich and upper-middle-class problem. They have too much time, too much technology and their parents aren't around to keep an eye on them.