The popularity of blogs is not just limited with adults.
Children are also interested in blogging mainly because of advent of social networking sites such as MySpace.
Internet users can now choose from a variety of options for maintaining and publishing a blog.
This easy blogging feature promotes interests.
Moreover, kids are also bombarded on a daily basis with blogs online so they may develop passion for creating one themselves.
There are also some children who realize the potential of this venture for profit.
Some also realize that they can quickly communicate by these networks.
Despite this parents still need to monitor the blogs because some risks are involved with social networking and blogging.
Monitoring practices will be discussed in detail in this article.
Discussing Expectations Discussing your expectations regarding your children's blog is the first step that parents should take.
An open and honest discussion regarding the responsible use of the internet is essential, as these lay a groundwork on how your child should behave online.
You should also know your kid's intention of beginning a blog and place limitations when necessary.
Your children should also know that discussing personal information online is a risky and can endanger your family.
Certainly, there are other dangers on the internet but if you have open communication lines, you can guide and protect them against potential dangers.
Reviewing Content Aside from discussing blogging and establishing rules, the parent should also visit the website regularly.
The websites contents and at the same time comments should also be screened, if necessary.
This is to ensure that the rules are being followed.
Parents should learn to review covertly the posts and add helpful suggestions.
This will prevent your child from deleting or hiding questionable contents and then, re-post it after review.
This will help your son/daughter make changes quickly to their entries and ensure that the contents are appropriate.
Monitoring the Sites that Your Child Visit The blogs that your child visits also influence their behavior online and provide risks to your family.
It is important because visitors of most websites can communicate with the blogger.
In most cases these communications are in the form of comments.
The danger lies when the visitor provides personal information because of carelessness.
Parents can prevent these by giving time in reviewing sites visited by their children.
Timely reviews might prevent unnecessary dangers from happening to your family.