I watched this story on NBC and figured you guys should see it if you have kids that use a computer. NBC Special on Sexual Predator's (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10498319/)
It's amazed me the amount of people that showed up to this house and there backgrounds. This was a big wake up call for me since I have two young kid's. make sure to watch the streaming video links on the right hand side of the page part's 1 to 6 on the "To Catch a predator" Video. Makes me sick there are people like this in the world

Been watching this for a while, in fact a local TV station had a sting like this going on this summer and I was amazed at how many people showed up and just walked right into someones home hoping to have sex with teenager or even younger. Makes me want to set up my own sting and tourture the shit out of the freaks...hey buddy your tresspassing..meet this baseball bat.

If you're not, you should be.

I sure do. I think the ironic thing about that report is, the guy in the Army is still in the Army. But if he said he was gay he would be out.

The only rule I ever gave my son was that he share no information with anyone on the internet. I explained why to him, and shared as much with him as I figured prudent at the time about perverts, and how the majority of the folks he talks to in chat rooms are not the same in RL.

Even so, he did end up sharing some info with folks he met playing EQ, leading to friendships with folks like Chanur and Nunnwen (Marshall even ended up coming for a two day EQ session at my house, heh), and some others from Lost Fires, FD and SoT.

Like all other aspects of parenting you do your best to look out for your kids, and shepherd them along the way avoiding as many bumps in the road as you can, but you cannot be there 100% of the time. My son and his friends used to go to the mall when bored, and see who could get the most phone numbers from the girls they met. Anything less than ten was a wasted day. So, kids who are reluctant to share such info on the net are still sharing it when they meet someone they know nothing about.

The internet provides a faceless confidant; it should be clear to us that our kids need to talk to someone, and if we can be that someone in most cases, they will not need the support that a faceless screen name gives.
Seeing to it they have at least a few good friends makes a big difference too; many topics are more easily discussed with peers than with parents.

Now, as my grandkids are getting to the age where they will start wanting to play with their Mom's pute, the process of establishing boundaries starts all over. It will be interesting to see who gives the stricter rules, my son (their Uncle) or myself.

Absolutely.

Early on, when he was 3 or so, I set forth the following expectations.

1) I always have the right to check your email, any problem with this and I password the dern 'puter so he can't use it.

2) I will always, I do this randomly, check out the websites he's been at. Barring access to porn and game hack sites ( due to malicious softwares) etc etc.

3) I will always have the computer in the main family room where I can check in at anytime.

Too damn many freaks out there that would end up with me in jail for breaking them in half for harming my son. Everyone is safer this way...heh

Fandros

Be disturbed (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/19/national/19kids.ready.html?hp&ex=1135054800&en=5eb58e4d773204ee&ei=5094&partner=homepage)
The 13-year-old boy sat in his California home, eyes fixed on a computer screen. He had never run with the popular crowd and long ago had turned to the Internet for the friends he craved. But on this day, Justin Berry's fascination with cyberspace would change his life.

Weeks before, Justin had hooked up a Web camera to his computer, hoping to use it to meet other teenagers online. Instead, he heard only from men who chatted with him by instant message as they watched his image on the Internet. To Justin, they seemed just like friends, ready with compliments and always offering gifts.

Now, on an afternoon in 2000, one member of his audience sent a proposal: he would pay Justin $50 to sit bare-chested in front of his Webcam for three minutes. The man explained that Justin could receive the money instantly and helped him open an account on PayPal.com, an online payment system.

"I figured, I took off my shirt at the pool for nothing," he said recently. "So, I was kind of like, what's the difference?"

Justin removed his T-shirt. The men watching him oozed compliments.

So began the secret life of a teenager who was lured into selling images of his body on the Internet over the course of five years. From the seduction that began that day, this soccer-playing honor roll student was drawn into performing in front of the Webcam - undressing, showering, masturbating and even having sex - for an audience of more than 1,500 people who paid him, over the years, hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Around page 6, Justin's semi-estranged dad finds out, and takes action:
In Mexico, Justin freely spent his cash, leading his father to ask where the money had come from. Justin said that he confessed the details of his lucrative Webcam business, and that the reunion soon became a collaboration. Justin created a new Web site, calling it mexicofriends, his most ambitious ever. It featured Justin having live sex with prostitutes. During some of Justin's sexual encounters, a traffic tracker on his site showed hundreds watching. It rapidly became a wildly popular Webcam pornography site, making Justin one of the Internet's most sought after under-age pornography stars.

For this site, Justin, then 16, used a pricing model favored by legitimate businesses. For standard subscribers, the cost was $35, billed monthly. But discounts were available for three-month, six-month and annual memberships. Justin used the cash to support a growing cocaine and marijuana habit.
Money from the business, Justin said, was shared with his father, an accusation supported by transcripts of their later instant message conversations. In exchange, Justin told prosecutors and The Times, his father helped procure prostitutes. One video obtained by the F.B.I. shows Mr. Berry sitting with Justin as the camera is turned on, then making the bed before a prostitute arrives to engage in intercourse with his teenage son. Asked about Justin's accusations, Mr. Berry said, "Obviously, I am not going to comment on anything."
There's more, but you get the idea.

Jesus....

Shoot the Father now...

Fandros

Why do that to a perfectly good bullet? Electricity is so less personal.

Sick bastard.

Jesus....

Shoot the Father now...

Fandros

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