Yes, there is such a thing as privacy and there is such a thing as respecting privacy. However when it comes to the safety of your children – keep in mind you can find out who they are talking to via a reverse phone search and it works for land lines as well as cell phones.

If you have tweens or teens, chances are excellent they are online via a computer or even xBox will connect to the Internet. You can’t be there 24 hours a day to police every single person they may encounter and even the best ‘Net guardian software can let the scumbags slip through.

Warning signs that your child may be talking to a predator they met online include suddenly being secretive about phone calls, outright lying to you about who they are chatting with and also lying about the age of the person they are talking to.

Since the bill for the phone most likely is still in your name, check it out and look for phone numbers you don’t recognize. Once you have those numbers, just do a reverse cell phone search and you can find out who owns the phone, where they live and if there’s a land line listed on the account – you’ll have that too. Once you have the name you can find out a lot of info.

You can use Facebook and MySpace for one and see if you can locate the person there. You can also do a public records check for felonies and misdemeanors. Recently one woman Googled the name of the person her 14-yr old daughter was chatting with online and found out the person was not only a predator but had already been caught once on Dateline for arranging a meeting with a 15-yr old girl. Know for sure who your kids are talking to – do the reverse cell phone search now.