I realize that I normally write about kids and sports but with the creation of our new website, I have been made acutely aware of all the social networking pages out there. We have links to our Twitter and Facebook pages and we would like to use this site as well as our other pages as ways to share information about youth athletics and keep up-to-date on great events and programs going on in Austin. But I have read so many things lately that I know people would not say if they had a living person in front of them. So please remind your kids that texts, online posts, emails can go on in perpetuity and get them in trouble for years to come!
And with that in mind…send us your thoughts!! 
1 comment
Clint Brake says:
Dec 22, 2009
Hi Lindsay,
We met at The Running Event, and I was just surfing your site when I saw this post – and could not agree more.
I have a cute story to share on this serious subject: Linda, my wife, and I are the proud parents of an amazing 11 year old Daughter. Barbara is a straight A 6th grader, very active in our Church (in which I’m also the Pastor), a Girl Scout, and very good musician. With all that, Linda and I finally allowed her to have an e-mail mailbox which we monitor pretty closely, or so we thought.
About 2 days after Linda set up the mailbox, she received a strange call from Barbara’s teacher who rather gingerly asked “is everything ok?” Curious, Linda replied “Uh, yes – shouldn’t it be?” Well, Miss Sullivan, Barbara’s teacher said the she had received an e-mail that day which she was sure came from our house (Barbara’s name comes up only as Brake), and she was somewhat concerned as the e-mail said:
“Dear Miss Sullivan,
Let’s Talk”
Barbara was of course only trying to say hi and wanted her teacher to e-mail her back. A good laugh was had by all, and a quick course in
e-mailing and how messages might be perceived was taught.
Merry Christmas to you and your Family
Clint Brake