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Today I found the following articles about MySpace.com and parenting.

Twenty-five million American kids have been — or are — online. The number is staggering, but even more startling is that, according to recent data gathered by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, 71% of teens online have received personal messages from someone they don’t know, 45% have been asked for personal information from a stranger; 34% have had unwanted or unsolicitedNick News Explores the Perils of Living in an Online World (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

NEW YORK, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ — Twenty-five million American kids have been — or are — online.Nick News Explores the Perils of Living in an Online World (RedNova)

online. The number is staggering, but even more startling is that, according to recent data gathered by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, 71% of teens online have received personal messages from someone they don’t know, 45% have been asked for personal information from a stranger; 34% have had unwanted or unsolicited exposure to inappropriate images; 20% have received a sexualNick News Explores the Perils of Living in an Online World (SYS-CON Media)

OGDEN - It was just seven minutes into her speech Monday, and Ruth West-heimer did not shortchange her audience of mostly twentysomethings. ” Mas-tur-ba-tion,” she said, rolling the “r” with her throaty Swiss accent. In a frank discussion about human sexuality, she said, “it is the most difficult subject to talk about. That’s why I’m putting it on the table right now.Mullen: Dr. Ruth still not shy about sex (The Salt Lake Tribune)

Zach Plante is close to his parents - he plays baseball with them and, on weekends, helps with work in the small vineyard they keep at their northern California home.‘Tweens’ showing traits of teenagers (Salinas Californian)