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It has become even more dangerous for children and teens. Parents need to be more involved in their lives.

Jester560 said:
Parents need to be more involved and use all tools at their disposal to insure the safety of their children.
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Parents need to be more involved and less on their devices. Period. They also need to stop letting devices babysit their kids.

My wife and her family were sitting at a restaurant for a family dinner a few years ago. I remember looking over at the booth to my left at a young couple, probably in their late 20s, with their son. He looked like he was maybe 6-7 years old. He was sitting there trying to get their attention while they were BOTH on their damned phones. Pizzed me off no end. Your child should be the absolute center of your Universe, second only to God. Here was a child who wanted nothing more than their attention. Seems that he didn't have any device to play on, but they did. Out of all the things I remember over the years, this is the most vivid and infuriating to me. Especially when things like this happen in NY. The parents all act shocked and surprised, when they are largely responsible for this happening. Parents are more concerned with being their "friends" than being parents.
 
Shibadog said:
As said, what parent in their right mind would let a 15 yr old go into the city alone? Damned internet is destroying a lot of lives
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It isn't the internet or social media that is destroying a lot of lives. It is peoples naivety, lack of proper human interaction and apathy that is. Everybody says " it would never happen to me or my family. We take all precautions". Or "We care about our children and try to educate them, but we respect their privacy and independence". The internet and social media, like a firearm, circular saw, drill, miter saw, hammer is a tool. Every tool needs to be treated with respect, and an understanding how to properly use that tool safely and for its intended purpose. This young teen left right after school and went to meet this possible predator. Which means his parents were not properly monitoring his internet/smartphone activity. Again, being friends not parents.
 
Another option, not in place of but in addition to, PUNISHMENT OF CRIMINAL'S. Enough of the endless hug-a-thug, understanding, "restorative justice", rehabilitation, B.S. It's not working. Anyone that tells you different is a liar anyone that shows you the stats to "prove it" is a damn liar. I.E. At the prison where I worked, they reduced the number of assaults by 70 some odd %. How did they do it? By changing the definitions. Any I/M that gets his a** kicked and is treated in the infirmary was classified as an altercation. All altercations were lumped together verbal argument, punch in the nose, shanked in the shower, all the same. If an I/M had to be taken to an outside medical facility that was an assault.
Oh, BTW, Parents stop being your child's friend. Your brat doesn't need a friend, they need someone to set boundaries, (that means SET. Not negotiate what boundaries are acceptable to both sides) mean it, enforce it, monitor actions and behavior to ensure those boundaries are not being crossed, and DEMAND a show of respect. They don't have to like you or even respect you as long as the show it. Your job is to try to keep them safe and not let them grow up to be inmates.
"But you was doing the same thing at my age" Yes I was and my parents made a mistake a mistake that I'm not going to repeat. END OF G. D. DISCUSSION! 🇺🇸
 
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