Internet Safety For Kids

75% of children are willing to share personal information online about themselves and their family in exchange for goods and services. The same 75% will not tell their parents about any offers they may have received for personal information. Talk to your kids about Internet safety. Be sure they understand the need for privacy and security, which helps to protect your family from people who would do your family harm. Do not just assume your child knows something. How can your child know anything unless you teach them? Make your child aware that sharing personal information puts them at risk of being stalked by a predator. Just like in the park when a stranger offers a child candy or money to go for a walk, predators on the Internet make the same offers but sometimes by way of Free Videos or Free Music CD’s and so on. Checkout any website that you are not familiar with to make sure it is a legitimate company with a legitimate offer before you give out any information over the Internet. Sit down with your child and determine which websites are ok to order from if you have given your child permission to participate in any give away offers on the Internet. Names you already know and trust like Disney, Nickelodeon or Sesame Street are ok but teach your kids if anyone asks them for personal information they should always come tell you as if it were a stranger in the park who had just offered them candy. Make your child aware of the dangers that exist on the Internet that they should always come tell you if a website looks suspicious. Let your child know by coming to tell you about a website that just asked them for personal information may helped to catch a bad person and save some child’s life.
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