I, like many other had the intention of opening a web site with the photos of mom, dad, the kids, etc...

I was in the middle of preparation when I heard the news of Sarah's disappearance. It occurred to me that by creating this web page, we are facilitating the job of the potential predators. With each photo on the site, there usually are comments about the persons hobbies, things they like to do, preferred activities, the address of the family member, even the school address of kids.

What forgetfulness !

I think, us the parents, need to be more responsible. A potential criminal, can draw an excellent picture of the whole family include faces of each single member. When you start a search engine using the word "family", you get back a list containing millions of addresses.

Isn't this an ideal tool for someone to find us? Although, as users we should know that, misuse of these kinds of information is very easy.

If it is absolutely necessary to transmit photos of kids over the net, do it via secured channels whose password is only known by those who are supposed to know. Even better, do not publish photos of yourselves or others on the personal web sites. This is one way to protect your children from unpleasant experiences.