Thursday, June 9, 2011

Formspring

Last month, my tween social media bubble was burst when I learned that many of our kids are Buzz regulars.  No big deal, mostly, but the potential for trouble exists and my own values and rules about the internet are being called into question.  This blogpost exposes the worst case scenario of young kids using social media for friendship maintenance and a platform that sounds pretty predatory... once signed on, it is really hard to get signed off...