[Online
Safety For Girls]
By taking responsibility for your children’s
online activities, parents can greatly minimize any potential
risks.
- Never give out identifying information: address, school
name, or telephone number.
- Get to know the websites your child uses. Have your
child show you what he or she does online.
- Never allow a child to arrange a face-to-face meeting
with another computer user. If a meeting is arranged,
make it in a public place, and accompany your child.
- Never respond to messages that are suggestive, obscene,
or make you feel uncomfortable. Encourage your child
to tell you if he/she encounter such messages.
- Set rules and guidelines for internet use by your
children.
- Monitor your children’s compliance with your
rules.
- Learn more about out blocking, filtering, and content
ratings.
- Consider keeping the computer in a family room rather
than the child’s bedroom.
- Get to know your child's online friends, just as you
would all of their other friends.
- Post these
rules near the computer as a reminder.
For more information visit the FBI's "Parent's
Guide to Internet Safety"
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