"at what point are we protecting and at what point are we infringing on privacy?"

IMHO, I think that when it comes to protecting kids there should complete privacy for them and NO privacy for anyone else other than the parents.

As for blogging, my understanding of a blog is that it's like a diary or a journal. There is NO way that I would keep a blog, if indeed that's what they are, were anyone else can read it. It would be my decision as to whether I let anyone read it or not.

It's been my experience that kids, especially teenage girls, tend to dramatise and exagerate. When they begin having romantic or sexual feelings and write about it in a public place, it's an immediate turn-on for any pervert. Pedophiles will do anything it takes to find out who those girls are!

Guess it's a good thing I don't have teens and pre-teens at home anymore. They'd probably hate the rules they'd have to live by! LOL