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Keep Your Kids Safe Online
10 Internet Safety
Tips for Parents
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INTERNET ACCOUNTS, PASSWORDS
AND PARENTAL CONTROLS should be held by you |
2.
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MONITOR YOUR CHILD'S INTERNET USE consistently |
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TALK TO YOUR CHILD ABOUT
YOUR INTERNET SAFETY concerns
and give him the opportunity to make safety resolutions
that
you can both live with |
4.
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AGREE WITH YOUR CHILD IN
ADVANCE what can be posted
to their social networking site (i.e., MySpace, Facebook,
Tagged, Xanga,
etc.) |
5.
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FIND OUT WHAT OTHER WEBSITES your
child's social networking site is linked to |
6.
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EXPLAIN
TO YOUR CHILD that they should:
- NEVER give
out personal information
- NEVER meet
anyone from the online community without your permission
- NEVER open
emails from unknown senders
- NEVER share
their photos with strangers over the Internet
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ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILD TO BRING
ANYTHING STRANGE or
upsetting to your attention and don't overreact when
they do (fear of losing Internet privileges may cause
them to do their surfing of the web somewhere else) |
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KNOW WHO THEIR ONLINE FRIENDS ARE (and
who is on their buddy list), just as you would their
other
friends |
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LEARN HOW FILTERING AND MONITORING software can
assist you in protecting your children |
10.
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NOTIFY THE POLICE if
someone your child meets online starts calling them, sending
gifts,
or trying to lure them from home |
