Book Description
MySpace 4 Parents leads the reader through setting up a MySpace account to learn all of the privacy safeguards that are built into the MySpace system and then explains common sense guidelines for going beyond the standard safety setup. Parents can then use their newly acquired knowledge and help their kids apply it to their MySpace accounts.
MySpace 4 Parents doesn’t assume that all family relationships work smoothly enough to allow every parent to sit down with their teen and reset privacy settings on the teen’s account. Readers of the ebook MySpace 4 Parents will not only understand MySpace better, but they will know how to access pictures, videos, blogs and comments left on their child’s MySpace pages to help them monitor their child’s activities.
Since every reader learns differently, the ebook comes with six online videos in multiple formats that shows all the steps to view sections of a MySpace account in detail, no matter the readers computer skill level. Video lessons allows parents without extensive computer skills to walk visually through the steps so that understanding of complex procedures comes more easily.
Chapters are broken down to “What Parents Need to Know”, “What Your Child Needs to Know”, “Monitoring Your Child’s Community”, “Explaining the Different Main Areas of MySpace”, a summary of steps to take to protect your child and extensive resources on both MySpace and online child safety in general.
Many parents assume that the major danger to their children are pedophiles and other sexual predators. MySpace 4 Parents covers this obvious problem in depth with numerous tips to keep a teen from being a target. However, there are extensive explanations on dangers that parents may not realize could be to happening to their child online, such as cyberbullying and inappropriate content.
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Introduction
Assumptions
About This Book
Chapter 1 - What Parents Need to Know
Why your Kid Looooooooves MySpace
What Can Go Wrong in MySpace?
Setting Up A Site in MySpace
How To Find Someone in MySpace
How to Make Someone a Friend in MySpace
Exploring Teen Language and the Use of Emoticons
Resources for Parents
Chapter 2 – What Your Child Needs to Know
How to Make Your Child Safer on MySpace
Important Safety Issues
A Word about Blogging
Blogging Tips for Your Child
Important Account Settings To Insure Privacy
Who You Are Protecting Your Child From?
Resources for Kids
Chapter 3 – Monitoring Your Child’s Community
“Hacking” Someone Else’s MySpace Account
Important MySpace Terms of Service Issue
Find Anyone’s MySpace Friend ID
How to View Pictures
How to View Videos
How to View Comments
How to View Blogs
Setting Up an RSS Feed for a Blog
What To Do if Your Child Is Having A Problem at MySpace?
How to Delete a MySpace Account
Resources
Chapter 4 – Explaining the Different Main Areas of MySpace
Home
Browse
Search
Invite
Film
Mail
Blog
Favorites
Forum
Groups
Events
Video
Music
Classifieds
Chapter 5 – Summary of Steps You Should Take to Protect Your Child
Glossary
About The Author
