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Hello. My name is Bob Lusczek and I am an organizational communication major at Kaplan University working toward my Bachelors degree in 2012. I have started this blog as a classroom project but if successful, may continue beyond the course requirements. This is an place where ideas to protect youth exposed to social media from predators and other potential threats. Talking to youth about their behavior and participation in social networking has extended beyond just my parental responsibilities, it has become an obligation to steer young network users clear of danger, avoid potential network dangers, and keep their communiqué positive.



I originally joined Facebook about four years ago to promote my disc jockey business.  Shortly after joining I noticed how my profile took off with new friend requests.  Most of these friends were from my high school that I have not had communications with since graduating in 1984.  With these friends we experienced a positive connection as we became familiar with each other all over again, but we had no apprehensions as our 25 year class reunion was approaching in 2009.  We are all mature now, there was no high school drama, violent threats, or other malicious acts while we were becoming reacquainted through social media.



Unfortunately, our youth of today are not as wise and this new form of communicating requires parental oversight.  This is what this forum is designed for, please share your knowledge in protecting our children from threats through media, share your ideas to teach and mentor them in be respectful communicators, and share postings that are released by media or law enforcement that will assist in protecting children while they communicate.