A Warning to Parents -- Facebook Sex Game

Do your children, a niece or nephew, or a child who is close to you have a Facebook page? This story may change the way you monitor your children on the web. This is a warning for all parents.

Tonight I was shocked by a news story that I saw on TV 33 about a sex game on Facebook. It is called "smash or pass." I'm not sure where it originated, but students here in Dallas know all about it. Students post their pictures on the page and other students make comments if they want to smash or pass, meaning if they want to have sex. The comments are crude and go into details about what they would want to do with that person. Girls and boys are both joining this awful page. Comments with "pass" are just downright rude, and can lower a person's self-esteem and cause depression.

Authorities say that they cannot call the police on every Facebook page. If there is a complaint made, then they will take action. But, hello! Am I the only one who thinks this is dangerous and, now that the story is out, more kids are going to be looking at that page on Facebook? And the more children who are curious will probably end up either posting a picture or making comments. This could really lead to a more dangerous outcome as time passes.

A teenager from Mesquite, Texas, found a picture of his little sister, 13, on the page. He told the media that her picture was posted without her permission.

"It was kind of a shock. I saw a couple of comments from boys about what they wanted to do to my little sister. It is just not right," the teenager says.

How far does this have to go before anything is done? With things like this, that is why there is rape, depression, and many other crimes. Users should make their Facebook page have more privacy and security. Go into the privacy settings link on your page, then you can customize your own settings for the privacy that you want. I did my niece's, and set them all to "only me;" that way, only her friends and family can see her page. She cannot be searched, and any friend request that she gets, that person making the request must know her e-mail address.

You can protect your children by monitoring the websites.