Dangers Are Magnified When Parents are Irresponsible Online

[Howard Hartman]

Dangers Are Magnified When Parents are Irresponsible Online

Teen's Online 'Friend' Proved False, And Cyber-Vigilantes Are Avenging Her

The following Washington Post article shows what can happen when parents use poor judgement on the Internet. Parents who are unaware of the power and dangerous nature of the Internet can lead their families and children to disaster.

This article is worth reading in it's entirety. It shows how the poor judgement of a parent using the Internet claimed the life of a child.

Megan Meier was buried in the polka-dot dress she planned to wear for her 14th birthday. She had handed out the invitations to her party the day she died. Her eighth-grade classmates attended her funeral, instead, heads bowed and hands clasped as her casket was loaded into the hearse.

At the time, Megan's suicide was considered a private tragedy in a quiet suburb tucked between strip malls a half-hour up the interstate from St. Louis. Concerned neighbors embraced her stunned family, and a collective grief seemed to envelop the look-alike houses on Waterford Crystal Drive.

A year passed before the truth began coming out.

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