Gawker.com ran an interesting retrospective on the real-life To Catch a Predator show which clearly provided casual inspiration for the CSI Miami episode “To Kill A Predator”. Read John Cook’s article here.
The second link regarding a suicide also expands into a larger feature regarding the abortive final episode of the show, the direct link is here;
http://www.esquire.com/features/predator0907
– CBG
In the end, here’s the thing. You, and your kids, are not a study. You are all individuals, who may be negatively impacted by social media, or not. You may need to consider not using it, you may need to consider changing up who you’re following to get stuff that is good for your mental health into your feeds, or you may be perfectly fine using it the way you are. It might even be helping you and having a positive impact on your lives.
Only you can truly judge that. If it’s harming you, I hope you’ll consider making changes. Follow the social media accounts for this blog if you want to start getting more information like this, or just stop using it altogether. If it’s helping you feel supported and less alone in the world, then enjoy that and I hope you’ll continue to share that within your social media circles.
As I have said many times – do what works for you.
Overnight the Associated Press reported on plans that Penn State have tabled to physically alter the site where Jerry Sandusky abused his 10 recorded victims over 15 years. The link is here and other viewpoints should be readily available at Google News on the topic. – CBG
The bad news, however, might be that almost everyone does this. So instead of connecting with each other, we are each stressing over all the things we may have done wrong when we interacted. Which isn’t great. That makes it harder to connect with other people, which has a ton of negative effects on our mental health.
These kinds of programs make a difference. Making sure kids understand safety issues, and how to report anything that is not safe, is an important part of fighting child abuse. If you don’t teach them, they won’t know. You’re not “ruining their innocence”, you are educating them before someone else does. You may not like…
