I came across this article online about internet security. Here’s an excerpt:

It’s up to you to spend time with them on these issues and there are a number of excellent websites that you can use with your children to help them become better digital citizens.

  • The FTC’s You Are Here Web site is interactive and designed for children to learn about advertising techniques, privacy on and off line, and rip-offs. Visit the Security Plaza and try the interactive tools yourself to familiarize yourself with what is available. Then spend time with your kids helping the to learn about privacy issues. You also may want to try out the other interactive sections of the website to help your children learn how to become better consumers and protect their pocketbooks. You can find more suggestions about how to make use of this Web site at the parents and teachers section.
  • LMK: Life Online was created by the Girl Scouts and Windows to help teens to safely navigate online. Articles are written by teens with the intent of helping both teens and their parents understand the online world. Some key topics you’ll want to check out discuss privacy issues, online sexual predators and social netowrking.
  • Tips for Protecting Personal Privacy Online is a Web site developed by Common Sense Media to help parents explain key issues, such as the fact that nothing is really private and privacy settings are not infallible. You’ll find tips for keeping personal information private, tips for setting up privacy settings on social network pages, tips for setting up rules about posting on the internet and tips about how to help your child understand the dangers of rumors. You also need to remind your kids that everything they post leaves a digital footprint and could come back to haunt them one day.

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