Internet+Safety

For more information about Internet Safety check out the following sites.


 * [|2SMRT4U: Teen Online Safety] (National Center for Missing & Exploited Children)


 * [|Blog Sites, Profile Sites, Diary Sites or Social-Networking Sites] (WiredSafety.org)

> Scroll down to January 18, 2007 event from Hofstra University
 * [|Chat Danger]
 * [|Common Sense Media] - Gaming Tips for Parents
 * [|Cyberbullying.org]
 * [|CyberSmart]
 * [|Internet Safety Awareness for Parents] ( NY State Division of Criminal Justice Division)
 * [|Online Safety]
 * [|NetAlert]
 * [|NetFamilyNews]
 * [|NetLingo Dictionary]
 * [|NSTeens - Making Safe Online Decisions] (Netsmartz.org (National Center for Missing & Exploited Children))
 * [|Parent's Guide to Internet Safety] (FBI)
 * [|Safe Kids Online] (Online Safey Network and partner with NetFamily News)
 * [|Safety on the Internet] (University of Oklahoma Police Department)

Common Sense Rules of the Road for Parents
1. **Model good behavior.** If we’re on our Blackberries or iPhones at dinner, why will our kids listen to us when we tell them to turn theirs off? 2. **Pay attention.** We have to know where our kids are going online -- and what they're doing there. 3. **Impart our values.** Cheating, lying, being cruel -- they’re all non-starters. Right and wrong extends to online and mobile life. 4. **Establish limits.** Phone time, video download time, destinations. There’s really a right time and place for everything. 5. **Encourage balance.** Get kids involved in offline activities -- especially where there's no cell service. 6. **Make kids accountable.** If they have a privilege, make sure they earn it. 7. **Explain what's at stake.** Let kids know that what they do today can be abused by someone tomorrow. 8. **Find ways to say "yes."** That means we have to do some homework and know the sites they visit, the songs they download, etc. -- and find ways to use technology that lets us say “yes” more often than we say “no.” 9. **It's not rocket science.** Learn to text, send a mobile photo, set up a Facebook page, upload a video. Or have your kids show you how. It's impossible to guide what you don't understand. Not only that, but think of all the anxiety you can avoid by knowing how things work.