Moms Q&A: Should You Be Monitoring Your Children's Computer Activities?

Once a week on Rockville Centre Patch, we're going to post Moms Q&A, an interactive feature in which village moms can discuss, debate or brainstorm parenting ideas with fellow parents. 

There is a lot of useful information that kids can find on the Internet, but also some harmful and inappropriate material. Kids, now more than ever, are increasing their Internet use, which leads to this week's question.

My kids spend a lot of time on the computer. Should I be monitoring what they're doing, and if so, how?