As this story unfolded and I was left all day without access to some of my favorite social networks and worse yet the tools and 3rd party apps I use, along with millions of other users experiencing those same problems… if large companies and major corporations can have these kinds of attacks, what makes us think we are not just as vulnerable even more so, because we assume we are protected… oh MY!!

If you have a teen these days, you have a teen with social network accounts. And, if you have a teen with social network accounts, you have a teen who needs to understand the gravity of the decisions they make where their online persona’s are concerned.

Cyber bullying is characterized by sending hateful or threatening emails or online messages directed at a particular person via the Internet or mobile phone. The spreading of lies, malicious content and other things that can damage a person’s reputation through the use of blogs, social networks, forums, etc can also be considered as cyber bullying.

As parents and grandparents, many of us worry about what our teenagers do online and offline. Many prefer to limit the dangers online that our teens face!

But, we are also very smart and understand that if a teenager feels pressure or just plain wants to do something, more times than not, they will do exactly what we have forbidden or asked them not to do.

Decades ago, our parents and grandparents warned us about strangers, and to not take candy from strangers, yet today, the candy is different. We leave our children to play online in a world much more dangerous than the real life world we grew up in. There are so many ways that children stumble into online dark alleys, and places that are seemingly harmless until someone is adversely affected.