Myspace and Life

Did you hear about the lawsuit against Myspace to make it change its policies on how an adult may contact a child? Don't get me wrong, I think this is a good thing and probably should have been implemented a long time ago but what I'm wondering is where are the parents of these kids? Seriously! I think there should be a stupid tax levied against stupid parents.

Why?

Well it comes down to this. By choosing to have a child (whether intentionally or through neglecting to protect oneself) a person chooses all the responsibilities that go along with children. Such as monitoring them. Hence, the stupid tax.
Does your pre-teen have a computer with a internet access in their bedroom. . .you get a stupid tax.
Haven't checked your child's web history. . .stupid fine!
Haven't discussed with your child the importance of not putting personal information on the Web (such as phone number, address. . .) Bam! You get a stupid tax levied.
Does your child have unrestricted cell phone usage? You get an extra tax!

It really isn't difficult here people. It is pretty damn similiar to when we were kids just in a virtual world. Don't talk to strangers, don't accept anything from strangers, don't go to meet strangers, anyone who you haven't met in person is a stranger no matter how much you have emailed or I.M'd.

Yes teens are able to make many decisions for themselves and act in an appropriate way, but they are still hormone riddled and if a parent hasn't been in control and been communicating with them from day one, then really, what sort of value system do they have to base their judgements on?