Opinion Talk

By Ken Leebow

January 2, 2006 09:39 AM | Link to this

Throughout the country, I give Internet safety presentations. Here’s some (AAA) advice: I tell kids, teachers and parents to be … Alert, Aware, and always have your Antenna up.

Time’s have changed and “innocent” things like, blogs, Web cams and other cool tech items have become a predators playground.

Parents and teens should read MySpace’s safety tips. Everything MySpace tell the teens not to do, they do … http://www.myspace.com/misc/safetytips.html

By Van

January 2, 2006 11:28 AM | Link to this

Parental involvement.

By Carlton Wyatt

January 3, 2006 11:28 AM | Link to this

Parents should be parents and stop expecting everyone else to do their job for them. If you cannot or will not take responsibility for your children, don’t have them. It is not the job of the government nor your neighbor to censor your child’s computer use, television programs, or book purchases/borrowing. That is YOUR job as a parent.

By Pro-Black Fist

January 16, 2006 12:06 AM | Link to this

After reading the article by Cynthia Tucker, “Thug ethos a bad rap for blacks,” I would have to say that she was right on the mark in breaking down this whole problem of thuggery affecting the black masses in this country. I think black people should create a major, anti-crime, anti-gang/thug movement to drive this destruction out of black communities once and for all.