Guest Commentaries

Support for online kids Ernie Allen, CEO of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, welcomes you to ConnectSafely and warns parents about risks kids face. Read more...   The politics of fear Stephen Balkam, the CEO of the Family Online Safety Institute, confronts those who instill fear for their own advantage. Read more...   'Painfully numb' about cyberbullying Stephen Carrick-Davies, CEO of London-based Childnet International, writes about the pain that can be caused by cyberbullying. Read more...   Self regulation: Lessons from the UK John Carr, Internet safety adviser to the British government, explains that it is possible for government, industry and safety groups to work together for the benefit of children. Read more...   Old News, New Solutions Donna Rice Hughes, chairman and president of Enough Is Enough, argues for a law that would help law enforcement and social sites "keep predators at bay." Read more...   Don't judge a face by their Facebook profile Family tech expert Robin Raskin points out that parents are using Facebook to check out the friends and activities of their children at college and says, "Give them some space!" Read more...   Parents not politicians should be in charge Adam Thierer of the Progress and Freedom Foundation in Washington, D.C., says that parents, not the government, should be in charge of children's Internet use. Read more...   Stop the Internet Fear-Mongering Nancy Willard, executive director of the Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use, says that the excessive "fear mongering" in online-safety messages is counterproductive to keeping kids safe. Read more...

 

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