HW7: "My So-Called Blog"

In “My So-Called Blog” by Emily Nussbaum, she demonstrates how online blogging is affecting the teenage generation. I think teenagers should be able to write online in a Live Journal without being worried that their parents will be checking it. Nussbaum states, “Back in the 1980’s, when I attended high school, reading someone’s diary would have been the ultimate intrusion.”(Kline and Burnstein 351) I agree with Nussbaum but at the same time I disagree. While you would never let anyone read your personal hand written journals hidden under your bed, why should your parents feel the need to read your journal online? I support the teenagers who turn to Live Journals and Blogs to express themselves. The teenagers who use it as a form of counseling and letting out their anger, and I personally think that some of the teenagers are asking for help when they write about self harm on their journals and blogs. In conclusion, I do not think that parents should monitor everything their children do and write online unless they have a huge concern and a definite reason to read it.