Cracking Teenagers 'Online Codes

i read an article in the New York Times by Pamela Paul. the article was about a 34 year old woman named Danah Boyd. the article went on to say that the woman named Dr.Boyd who is a senior research at Microsoft, an assistant professor at new york university and a fellow at the Berkman center for Internet society at Harvard.  Dr.Boyd studied in social media culture for teens.in the article she goes on to say that parents and school district, and schools worry about students and teenagers posting their relationship status, emotional state or feelings, cyber bullying , posting inappropriate images online. the article goes on to say that when teens go on social media sites. Dr.Boyd thinks that teens ability to explore and roam on their own has been destroyed by parents that worry too much. also "letting  your child out to bike around the neighborhood is seen as terrifying now, even though by all measures , life is safer for kids today". in the article she went on to say that "we need to give kids the freedom to explore and experience things online that might actually help them".
I personally think that some what Dr.Boyd is stating is true but however most parents have these worries because most teens and children aren't being raised in those days where there weren't a lot of worries about predators. rather than now when it depends on the neighborhood your raising your child in. the neighborhood could be the worst and could worry who would try to hurt my child. most parents try their best to shut teenagers inside the home and from the Internet rather their child outside enjoying the day and being youthful and gain experiences.