 Internet Keys To Safety Public Safety Announcements For
Families/Schools
Safe Surfing for Parents
Signs that your child might be "at risk" online
include the following:
- Your child spends large amounts of time online, especially
at night.
- You find pornography on your child's computer.
- Your child receives phone calls from adults who you don't know
or your child makes calls, sometimes long distance, to numbers
you don't recognize.
- Your child receives mail, gifts or packages from someone you
don't know.
- Your child turns the comptuer monitor off or quickly changes
the screen on the monitor when you come into the room.
- Your child becomes withdrawn from the family.
- Your child is using an online account belonging to someone
else.
What can you do to minimize the chances of an online predator victimizing
your child?
- Talk to your child about sexual victimization and the potential
of online danger.
- Spend time with your children online. Have them teach you about
the Internet.
- Keep the computer in a common room of the house, not in your
child's bedroom.
- Utilize parental controls available from your service provider
or use blocking software.
- Always maintain access to your child's online account and randomly
check email.
- Teach your children the responsible use of the resources online.
- Find out the computer safeguards being utilized at your child's
school, the public library, and at the home of your child's friends.
Undertstand that if your child comes in contact with an online
predator, it is not the child's fault. The child is the victim.
Instruct your children to follow these rules:
- Never arrange a face-to-face meeting with someone they met
online.
- Never post pictures of themselves on the Internet.
- Never give out identifying information such as name, address,
or phone number.
- Never download pictures from an unknown source. They could
be explicit.
- Never respond to messages or postings that are suggestive,
obscene or harassing.
- Never automatically assume that what they are told online is
the truth.
Additional Online Safety Information:
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