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So this makes it okay for kids to be exposed to dangers from these people WHEREVER they are?? I DON'T THINK SO!

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I didn't say that. But you can't stop it all. That's just the fact. Kids would be exposed to far fewer dangers online if parents paid attention to what their kids did online.

Incidentally, profiles can be made private on MySpace, so adult content can be kept from children. Only persons added as friends can view the content.

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It's obvious you haven't had a crime like that perpetrated against you or you'd think different. Just hope you never have kids that something so haneous happens to!

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No, I just had a rapist/murderer show up at my house, uninvited, when I was a teenager. I only had him try to get me to go off with him. I knew better than to go off with a stranger. He ended up murdering someone else later. I didn't even have a computer then. He responded to a personal ad. I also had adults seeking sex and prisoners contact me when I had pen pal ads in a couple of teen magazines a couple of years ago. My last boyfriend jumped on top of me and smacked my face back and forth. So don't tell me what I have and haven't had happen to me. You don't know me.

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You're too into YOUR personal rights to be objective, I'm afraid.

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I'm into everybody's rights. I believe in protecting children, but I believe in everyone's rights. I believe in freedom. Just because YOUR experiences make you want to the let criminals dictate your activities as well as everyone else's, doesn't mean I have to.

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Proof that her parents aren't taking care of her as they should. They are shirking their responsibility. Otherwise, this neice wouldn't be looking for attention and love elsewhere.

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Her mother died of cancer. Her father abandoned her as a kid. He's in jail now. She and her brother were shuffled through homes and continue to be. They're not actually my niece and nephew; they're my brother-in-law's grandchildren from a previous marriage. He and my sister tried to raise them and take care of them, but they already had damage done by the time they went to live with them. One became violent and both got into drugs, and are in separate state-run facilities now. Get the facts before you judge.

But right there, you're blaming the parents. That's what I said...it's the parents who should be watching their children, and not expecting others to do their job for them.