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STAYING SAFE ON THE INTERNET
TIPS FOR STAYING SAFE Meeting online friends in real life is DANGEROUS. You NEVER know who they really are! NEVER use your real name, age, where you live or where you go to school. Always use a fictitious name. NEVER give out personal information about yourself or your family to anyone you meet online. If you receive or see something that makes you uncomfortable – STOP right away. Tell your parents or someone you trust. DON’T send scanned pictures, digital photos or other pictures of yourself, or your family, unless you have your parent’s permission. NEVER give out your password. The only people that need to know already have it! DON’T open email, files, or web pages unless you know who they came from. They may contain a virus or spyware! DON’T believe everything that you read on the internet. There is a lot of misleading information out there!
Internet parental guidance is something every parent with young children should look into or be doing. Parents should look into getting Antivirus and Spyware software and programs to protect your computer. Supervising your children while they are on the internet is the best safety protection they could have. The internet is a place for many things How do I Supervise the Internet at Home? Children need parents and carers to teach them how to make smart choices about who and what they find online, to deal with commercial material, safeguard their privacy, to have a positive experience when meeting people online, and use their time on the Internet effectively. The types of rules you may have made about how to deal with strangers and what children can watch on television or video is also relevant to the Internet. There are some general principles that apply to children in most age groups: * Involve the family in Internet use and discussion. * Set up family agreements for Internet usage. This can address issues like the time of day allowed on, length of time allowed online, how to deal with privacy, netiquette etc. * Take an interest in the new sites children are finding online and spend time exploring with them. This will help children retain your values for when they are working alone. * Keep in touch with what children are doing online. * Put the computer with the Internet access in a public area of the home, such as the living room, rather than a bedroom or playroom. * Have family talks about the Internet and encourage children to let you know if they come across anything disturbing. * With older children you may choose to discuss the nature of material found on the Internet Remember that children will have access to the Internet not only at home, but also at other places they frequent such as schools, friend's houses and libraries. By allowing children to make informed decisions about the content they access, and by developing a sense of trust at home, your children will be in a good position to use the Internet in a responsible way when they are away from the home environment. * When using the internet, always check with your parents what you can and can't look at. * Never open or click on something you are not quite sure about, go get an adult and show them. FACTS: Children and teenagers use computers and the internet more than any other age group. Ninety percent of children between the ages of 5 and 17 (or 48 million) now use computers. Seventy-five percent of 14-17 year olds and 65 percent of 10-13 year olds use the internet. Family households with children under the age of 18 are more likely to access the internet (62%) than family households with no children (53%), and non-family households (35 %).
Useful Websites http://www.netalert.gov.au http://www.kidsafe.com http://dallaslibrary.org/parent.htm
Internet Parental Guidance
