When it comes to social networking parents have been taught to be most concerned about online predators. With how much information kids expose on the internet it is a worthwhile concern. However, in the movie they state that really the only time that teens have problems with a predator are when they go out of their way to meet up. You should instead consider your teen to be a participant and not only a victim. It is always best to keep your information about where you live private, and do not post it on the internet.
A large section of the film was donated to the harsh realities of cyber-bullying. In the movie, they say that cyber-bullying is so popular and extra harsh because people say things that they wouldn't be able to say to someone's face. Girls at Chatham High School in New Jersey were having online battles over posts that escalated into a full fledged fight in school. In one case,a kid was being cyber bullied so badly that he committed suicide. What's even more chilling is that it was from the internet that he researched ways to do it, and got encouragement from an online "friend".
Another common social networking practice is to create an online personality or character. Usually teens do this because they are unsatisfied with their "real life" socially and so they create a different person online. In the movie, Autumn Edows was a character created by a teenage girl who was bullied in high school. She created this new person because she was popular online and got a lot of attention. As it turns out, her school found out about her profile and deemed it inappropriate and even pornographic. Even if you decide to create a new personality you can still get caught and you still need to be careful about what your posting on the internet.
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