However, months later as she's become much more Facebook savvy and we soon discovered she's found ways around the notifications. We had underestimated our teen.

Other things to consider monitor on Facebook by the way

· Facebook Chat: Doesn't notify you via email.

· Secondary Accounts: Most teens have a "parent" approved account and a not so parent approved account. It's easy to grab a Gmail account and setup a new Facebook account

One day she stepped away from the computer and I just happened to be walking by when a chat screen popped up. I noticed it was from a boy, no big deal. My curiosity however caused me to pause just long enough to read the next message from the "boy" asking my daughter to send her a picture. I'm not talking about a photo with you're Grandma either.

I quickly sat down and read the whole conversation. It turned out that the be boy was trying very hard to get her to send a nude picture. Reading over her replies however I was a little proud (if you can be in a situation like this) that she avoided the requests by trying to change the subject then eventually it looked as though she ignored him. My blood pressure & my primal Marine urge to kill began to calm down.

This takes about 5 to 10 minutes depending on you're expertise, the file size and you're Internet connection. Don't have you're teen do it for you.

· Most keyloggers will start recording immediately and send reports to you're account, which you can check from anywhere.

Should you tell you're teen you're monitoring them?While I understand everyone has a different opinion I chose to tell her to let her know. You may not want to tell you're teen however if you're actually trying to catch them in the act of something or perhaps find out who they've been talking to, but it's up to you. Here's why I told her.

· Many college admissions and employment firms screen social networking accounts and posts. Inappropriate posts or photos could jeopardize a college acceptance