Jessica Stroup Quotes

I think as a parent if you don't understand the perils of social media and what it does to kids, you're neglectful because it's probably the biggest polluter in a child's mind.

As the father of six children, I know very well the challenges technology poses to our families.

No doubt there are dangers involved in letting children go online unsupervised.

I think it's just so important that parents actually really study the apps on the phones and figure out what's going on.

I have different reasons for the way that I react to things now that I have kids. It's not about me, it's about my children going out into this world that makes me say, "What the hell are you all doing?" I have to put them out there, and then I have to worry.

I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though she's too young to have logged on yet. Here's what I worry about. I worry that 10 or 15 years from now, she will come to me and say 'Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the Internet?'

My kids are very young. I'm sure there's a world of horror for me to worry about as they get older.

People in China have a range of strong views about how children should be protected when they go online and whether the responsibility should be with the government, with parents, or somebody else.

Kids are really cruel.

Kids should speak to each other. They're horrid to each other online, they bully each other - they should shut up and stop it. The problem with social media is there is too much freedom. It's too much, too young.

Keep an eye on what your kids are seeing online. Parents need to stay involved in what their children are being exposed to. It's so important.

As children, many of us were taught never to talk to strangers. As parents and grandparents, our message must change with technology to include strangers on the Internet.

The Internet provides very serious challenges to our ability to keep from children the kinds of things that are destructive to them.

We need to be a leadership position about protecting minors on the Internet and, more importantly, giving the parents the tools they need to protect them.

You can't regulate what these kids are being exposed to on the Internet. It's so way out of control. All you can do is just try to talk to your own kids.

We don't like what we don't know or understand. Parents don't like the thought of their kids embracing social media because they don't fully understand the benefits and dangers.

My new passion is to get Internet education mandated in all schools. We've got to start teaching our kids how to be safe in the 40,000 plus chat rooms that are out there. Because they're being had. These sexual predators groom the kids. I know, I've arrested enough of them.

People are nervous about their kids, and they're worried about the disintegration of families and the type of media culture they're living in.

Access by kids to the Internet should be like kids breathing clean air.

Parents need to dial in and know what their kids are doing.

I don't think parents can protect their kids in this media-nut culture.

No one's arguing that the Internet is evil. But talking about strangers is another conversation you have to have with your kids.

I'm concerned about my children being so much in the media.

Me and my husband think the internet is a really positive thing. We know games that have taught our children problem-solving skills but that doesn't mean we are going to say play 'Call of Duty.'

Learning what's happening in children's digital life is the best way to ensure that they're safe.