As far as the Internet goes, think about it this way. When you go on vacation with your kids you are generally more alert about their safety, you pay more attention to where they are and who's around them, you generally don't let them run off on their own, you do things together more then apart. When your kids are online they have the potential to meet very bad people, people that you would normally keep them away from. What makes it even worse is these bad people are actively looking for your kids. The internet has become a tool for online predators and they have learned to use it very well.

parents that have a problem with monitoring their kids online ask yourself this question, do you want your child meeting someone in person that they meet online? Do you want your child receiving or viewing pornography? Do you want your child using fowl language andor posting pictures of them selves on the Internet? If your answer is no then how are you ever going to know if any of these things are happening? You trust them right? well, kids make mistakes, kids mess up, kids ignore rules from time to time and kids don't always listen. It's your job as a parent to follow up and make sure they listen to you. The only way to do that is to monitor their online usage