Cyberguidance
Recent research finds that kids have access to the Internet in many places and they have
a great deal of confidence in experimenting with its uses. Adults need to be familiar
enough with the Internet to offer guidance and help to kids. Test your level of skill using
the following questionnaire.
Here's A Start to Giving Your Child Good Guidance for
Online Safety:
My Internet knowledge is at least as good as the average teenager's.
Teenagers know a great deal about the Internet, and they learn even more from their
friends. Technology belongs to the young, and their ability to use {and misuse}
computers and the Internet goes way beyond that of most adults. Merely keeping up with
adolescent online expertise is a major achievement for any parent.
I have come upon pornography on the Internet.
If you haven't run into pornography on the Internet, you probably haven't been online
enough to get familiar with the Internet. Pornography is the fastest growing online
business, and it can be encountered through mousetrapped websites, pop-ups or other
harmless means. If you do encounter pornography, you'll figure out safe ways to deal with
it.
I have instructed my child about Internet safety.
Research indicates that most parents believe that they have adequately prepared their
children for safety challenges on the Internet. When youngsters are surveyed separately,
however, they say that parents haven't spoken with them, or what they were told wasn't
helpful, usually because parents aren't familiar with how they use the Internet.
I know what MySpace is.
There are many congregation websites like MySpace, and new ones are frequently
introduced. These are gathering places for young people from around the world. They
are also gathering places for sexual predators who can gain information about kids to be
used in whatever ways they can create. It's helpful if a parent checks out whether a
youngster is listed {or shown} on these websites and what information is provided.
Instant Messaging is safe for kids because it restricts who they talk with.
Not actually, because skilled techies can tap into any IM network. It helps to talk with kids
about how they recognize their friends. It also helps to talk about how they deal with the
guy who says he was at the party last summer with the guy in her English class...
I am aware of whether my child has created websites and blogs on the Internet
and I have his passwords.
Start by talking things over with your youngster and explaining your interest. In your
wanderings on the Internet on your own time, enter your child's name in Google {google.
com} and look through all of the various searches, including pictures and videos. Enter
the names of friends and relatives too for a comparison. Then talk to your child some
more.
I have searched for my child's picture on the Internet.
If you find it, it doesn't mean that she actually uploaded it. A friend may have done so, or
it may be part of a school picture, or it may be a gag. But it also can be part of
pornographic material that stole her picture and substituted body parts in order to sell.
My child has the ability to take pictures and put them on the Internet without my
knowledge.
You may have talked about Internet safety, but there are too many opportunities that kids
encounter to be sure of safety. If your youngster has access to a digital camera, a
camera cell phone or a video cam, any sleepover can produce pictures that shouldn't be
there. Talk it over and ask.
My child is on the Internet late at night.
Although this may not by itself be a sign of trouble, late night Internet time usually puts a
youngster out of a parent's guidance {unless Mom is a hypochondriac or Dad works the
graveyard shift}. Conversations in chat rooms at late hours can easily turn into phone
calls or intimate exchanges, and it helps to discuss this with kids in daylight. That way,
they can make choices in advance, instead of being lured into exchanges that are
influenced by fatigue and isolation.
I have filters on the computers in our home and the PC is in a public room, so I
know my kids are safe.
Ask your kids to help you protect younger children by doing an experiment for you. Ask
them if they can disable the filters or send a message you won't know about.
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Recent research finds that kids have access to the Internet in many places and they have
a great deal of confidence in experimenting with its uses. Adults need to be familiar
enough with the Internet to offer guidance and help to kids. Test your level of skill using
the following questionnaire.
- My Internet knowledge is at least as good as the average teenager's.
- I have come upon pornography on the Internet.
- I have instructed my child about Internet safety.
- I know what MySpace is.
- Instant Messaging is safe for kids because it restricts who they talk with.
- I am aware of whether my child has created websites and blogs on the Internet and I
have his passwords. - I have searched for my child's picture on the Internet.
- My child has the ability to take pictures and put them on the Internet without my
knowledge. - My child is on the Internet late at night.
- I have filters on the computers in our home and the PC is in a public room, so I know
my kids are safe.
Here's A Start to Giving Your Child Good Guidance for
Online Safety:
My Internet knowledge is at least as good as the average teenager's.
Teenagers know a great deal about the Internet, and they learn even more from their
friends. Technology belongs to the young, and their ability to use {and misuse}
computers and the Internet goes way beyond that of most adults. Merely keeping up with
adolescent online expertise is a major achievement for any parent.
I have come upon pornography on the Internet.
If you haven't run into pornography on the Internet, you probably haven't been online
enough to get familiar with the Internet. Pornography is the fastest growing online
business, and it can be encountered through mousetrapped websites, pop-ups or other
harmless means. If you do encounter pornography, you'll figure out safe ways to deal with
it.
I have instructed my child about Internet safety.
Research indicates that most parents believe that they have adequately prepared their
children for safety challenges on the Internet. When youngsters are surveyed separately,
however, they say that parents haven't spoken with them, or what they were told wasn't
helpful, usually because parents aren't familiar with how they use the Internet.
I know what MySpace is.
There are many congregation websites like MySpace, and new ones are frequently
introduced. These are gathering places for young people from around the world. They
are also gathering places for sexual predators who can gain information about kids to be
used in whatever ways they can create. It's helpful if a parent checks out whether a
youngster is listed {or shown} on these websites and what information is provided.
Instant Messaging is safe for kids because it restricts who they talk with.
Not actually, because skilled techies can tap into any IM network. It helps to talk with kids
about how they recognize their friends. It also helps to talk about how they deal with the
guy who says he was at the party last summer with the guy in her English class...
I am aware of whether my child has created websites and blogs on the Internet
and I have his passwords.
Start by talking things over with your youngster and explaining your interest. In your
wanderings on the Internet on your own time, enter your child's name in Google {google.
com} and look through all of the various searches, including pictures and videos. Enter
the names of friends and relatives too for a comparison. Then talk to your child some
more.
I have searched for my child's picture on the Internet.
If you find it, it doesn't mean that she actually uploaded it. A friend may have done so, or
it may be part of a school picture, or it may be a gag. But it also can be part of
pornographic material that stole her picture and substituted body parts in order to sell.
My child has the ability to take pictures and put them on the Internet without my
knowledge.
You may have talked about Internet safety, but there are too many opportunities that kids
encounter to be sure of safety. If your youngster has access to a digital camera, a
camera cell phone or a video cam, any sleepover can produce pictures that shouldn't be
there. Talk it over and ask.
My child is on the Internet late at night.
Although this may not by itself be a sign of trouble, late night Internet time usually puts a
youngster out of a parent's guidance {unless Mom is a hypochondriac or Dad works the
graveyard shift}. Conversations in chat rooms at late hours can easily turn into phone
calls or intimate exchanges, and it helps to discuss this with kids in daylight. That way,
they can make choices in advance, instead of being lured into exchanges that are
influenced by fatigue and isolation.
I have filters on the computers in our home and the PC is in a public room, so I
know my kids are safe.
Ask your kids to help you protect younger children by doing an experiment for you. Ask
them if they can disable the filters or send a message you won't know about.
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