1. Connecting to Adults: When you accept a friend request from a young person that adds them to your friends. Now they can be seen by all your adult friends you are connected to in your network. Do you know all your friends on Facebook personally?

2. Privacy Settings: Not understanding how the privacy settings work on Facebook puts your kids at risk. Understanding to uncheck the box for public search on the Privacy Settings means that you or your children's profile will not be viewable by public search. You can find a guide to privacy at facebook.com/privacy.

3. Photos or Images of Children: What is a bad idea is to allow an underage child join Facebook just to play games online. The allowable age is 13 according to their terms of use. Placing images of your child in a swim suit or other similar type situations is highly unadvisable on Facebook or other social media sites. Parents make sure you set your photo privacy settings to "Friends Only", but again, do you know every one of your friend connections on Facebook personally? I would limit photos and images of your young children on social media.

4. Tell your Children Never Post Their Cell Phone Number on a Social Media Site. This would seem like common sense, but I have seen cell phone numbers posted on the MySpace pages of teen celebrities where a 12 year old girl wants the teen or tween celebrity to send text messages to them. Parents' number one rule: tell your children do not post their cell phone number anywhere online. In the above instance, that particular MySpace page where that cell phone number was posted received 12 Million Hits!

5. What action steps to take if your child is being bullied in school and/or on social media and why won't schools listen?

Keep digital copies of all entries on the social media page such as Facebook; Report the violation of the terms of use to Facebook or other social media website; Delete the child's Facebook or other social media account. Report these incidents and any others that are taking place in your child's life by certified letter to the authorities at your child's school, by asking for a resolution meeting to stop the bullying offensives with the offender(s) and their parents. If notification falls on deaf ears at the school, contact local police, but make sure you have documentation of the bullying and/or cyberbullying for the police.  The police will investigate the situation with those in charge at school.