As Tim Donovan recently posted on CNET.com:
Kids who get mad at a teacher and rashly publish a scathing and obscene lampoon on a site like MySpace.com aren't thinking that it could prevent them years hence from getting a scholarship to college or obtaining a job they really want. But this can and has happened. One recent law school graduate was shocked to lose out on a prestigious clerking job for a judge when a routine background check turned up something the candidate had thoughtlessly published years before.Since parents and their teens are still learning about the digital trails that exist in cyberspace. As in the real world, parents must teach their tweens and teens to be responsible for their words and actions in the digital world. Read more online.
Posted By: Lori S