Do you really know what your kids are doing on Social Networking sites?

With recent examples of cyberbullying, I got to thinking about how many kids are on Social Networking Sites (i.e.: Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc...) and do their parents REALLY know what's going on there. There have been suicides, attempted suicides, and kids retaliating with firearms.
Another threat is online predators. I read a statistic that most kids have an average of 200 Facebook friends. I did a little experiment of my own and checked all five of my nieces and my nephew’s Facebook pages. I discovered that combined they have 1176 friends an average of 196 friends each. I'll bet their parents don't even know a quarter of these friends and for all I know, don’t even monitor their activities. I’m not suggesting that they turn into “Big Brother” and censor everything they do, but they should at least check out what’s going on.
A third issue is the pages that kids can visit. Some examples are “MTV’s 16 and pregnant”, “Teen Mom”, “Don’t have sex, because you will get pregnant. And die.” Just to name a few. If you haven’t been to or even heard of the last one, you are in for a surprise if you chose to go there.
By now you both agree with me and are interested in what I have to say or just think I’m some kind of prude. Either way, isn’t your child worth at least checking out the following links?


http://www.socialshield.com/
http://factoidz.com/social-shield-review/