Review - Protecting your Teens on Facebook by Diane Griffen

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Today we are going to talk about one book in a 3 book series that have been written by Diane Griffin. Diane has a security company http://securityfirstassociates.com and she has put together three books in her Protecting Your Teen Series. I’ve had the opportunity to read the one about Facebook and I’m going to share my thoughts. First, read through the collection of blurbs to see if one of these books applies to you. Interesting stuff!

Safe Text: Protecting Your Teen from the Dangers of Texting by Diane Griffin

This is the first book in a series to help parents protect their teens from the dangers of technology and the Internet. Not only does the book describe the dangers and legal implications of texting, but also gives tools and information how to dialog with teens about the dangers of texting. This is a very practical book. Also by May, there will be a project to go with the book on Diane’s website that is based on best practices in education to help teens understand the dangers and how to deal with them. This project will include lesson plans for teachers and parents who home school their teens based on national educational standards and learning targets.

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Social Media Secrets Every Parent of College Bound Teens Must Know by Diane Griffin

Have a teen planning to go to college? This is the book for you. It is a book to help parents and teens use Social Media to help the student get into college and describes the traps that might have an adverse effect on admittance into a college of choice. The most popular social media sites are described as well as some newer sites that a becoming more popular. This is a must have book if you want to help your teen capture an advantage in being accepted to the college of their choice.

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Protecting Your Teens on Facebook by Diane Griffin

This is the second book in a series of books to help parents protect their teens from the dangers of the Internet, texting, and social media sites. This book is about Facebook. Not only does it spell out the dangers of Facebook for teens but also the positives. It describes the problems and actually tells parents what to do about them. The book gives links to a good amount of useful resources.

Today we are going to talk about the book Protecting Your Teens on Facebook. As you can see from the blurb above, this book is meant to be a short introduction to Facebook, for the non-user, or a refresher for those casual users. The author points out that since the vast majority of teens are on Facebook, refusing access to your teen would be a socially isolating action. It is better to understand Facebook, and approach your teen’s access with an educated point of view. An interesting quote that I found illustrates an key point:

” While Facebook implements several safeguards on an ongoing basis to protect its members…especially teen members…it isin’t practical to think that they are going to be able to elimiated any possiblity of harmful actions by others. There are certain responsibilities that you and your teens have to ensure they have a safe, positive experience.”

Although most readers of this blog will likely be familiar with Facebook, I think that it is important to look at it from a security expert’s point of view. This book provides a calm view of the potential dangers as well as the positive aspects of this world changing social media! At 40 pages, this book is a quick read, but a valuable resources for parents of teens or any child looking to have more access on Facebook!

Bio: Diane Griffin is the founder and President of Security First & Associates. Ms. Griffin works with a variety of clients throughout the Security industry. Ms. Griffin has also worked in a wide array of fields to include training, facilitation, communications, human resources and industrial security management. Diane’s expertise in the security field and her experience as an author of books on Security Clearances helped her make a natural transition to security issues for teens and their parents.

According to Ms. Griffin, Social Media is the way to communicate with teenagers today. Parents have a lot to learn when it comes to the behaviors of their children online. To help parents and teachers understand today’s teenager, Diane Griffin has written several books on the topic of Social Media and your teens. She also has a helpful blog that gives good advice about the subject and valuable resources for parents and teens on the subject of internet and phone safety on her site http://www.protectyourteens.com. Take advantage of a security expert to help you manage this important process in your child’s life.