Teen & Child Safe Internet Solutions

DO NOT get a webcam and DO NOT let children have a computer in their own rooms. Put it in a public room of the house where they know you can walk past at any time.
You can’t fix the internet but you can take measures to protect your children in your house. [...]

Parents,
Can you say some Safety tips,:)
Especially when the Child is new to the net, what are the safety tips?
Better to select good sites suits for our children and save it in the Favorites. So that you can ask them to go and just open only those sites.
Selected sites can be already saved to the [...]

Possibly the most talked about parenting concern today, Internet danger is not virtual, it’s real. Parents worry about kids having access to or interaction with predators – including other kids. Dr. Gene Beresin is the Director of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and McLean Hospital. He is [...]

From the Ad Council:
“The Internet has helped to enrich our lives in many ways, however, it has also provided child predators with a new way to reach potential victims and commit crimes.
Sixty-one percent of 13-17 year olds have a personal profile on a social networking site and half have also posted pictures of themselves. Teen [...]

Create A Video and Share Your Online Experiences!
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Kids are exposed to everything they shouldn’t be through these 2 mediums. I cant blame the parents entirely cos the invention of these 2 devices dont accommodate for the safety of our children in the first place. Kids are totally messed up nowdays & I think its simply too late to re-design cellular communication & [...]

Hear the true story of a 15-year-old girl who left home to meet in person with a man she first “met” online. Read “Amy’s Story” — the story from her mother’s perspective.
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Do You Know What Your Children Are Doing Online? Tips to Keep Your Kids Safe from the Perils of the Web
**October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month** For years, parents have struggled to protect their children from predators, drunk driving, risky behavior and all the other dilemmas teens face. However, a new world has opened [...]

This video guide to internet safety will empower young people with the information they need to stay safe from Online Predators. Law enforcement professionals provide specific information about what to do and what not to do online. A diverse cast of teenagers reinforces the safety lessons through real life testimonials. The upbeat soundtrack and dynamic [...]

Mary Kay Hoal said she created Yoursphere.com in an effort to protect teens.
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From the Ad Council:
“What is named as the top school trouble of kids 8-15? Homework? Cafeteria food? Neither it’s bullying. And with the rapid rise in electronic communications, cyberbullying using the Internet or mobile devices to send or post harmful or cruel text or images has become a serious issue.
The cyberbullying prevention campaign targets 12 [...]

Hello – I am a late twenties Female who has Epilepsy. I used to get frequent seizures until last year when I had brain surgery (NOT FUN). I am seizure free now.
I want to send the message to children and teenagers (mostly) – perhaps adults but have not thought about it, [...]

With texting and the internet so popular now, more and more teen girls are taking lewd pics of themselves and posting them online without regard for their own safety or the law. Anyone they sent those pics to is automatically guilty of looking at child porn in the eyes of the law because that photo [...]

i have a 13-year-old step-daughter who thinks she needs to be on my space and msn chat all the time. As a parent, i feel i need to have access to what she does online for safety and responsibility reasons. she obviously disagrees. I have secretly had her password for a long time and saw [...]

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children says it’s received at least 288 MySpace-related complaints of inappropriate Internet activity– stats that Internet safety experts agree show teens aren’t being careful enough online.
I’d blame it on parents but unfortunately kids can go to any internet cafe or friends house and get on myspace…and they’re going [...]