Internet Safety and Security

Today’s kids are growing up with much more technology then those of years past. Children today have the ability to entertain themselves on the World Wide Web with a simple click of a mouse. The trend for the day seems to be Videos, social networking sites, video games and PORN. A recent survey shows a growing trend of kids searching the Internet for Adult sites.

With sites such as You Tube kids were most likely to use key words such as “sex” “porn” and other disturbing key words.

Parents need to get involved with their kids usage of the Internet. This is an issue that will not go away by simple ignoring it.

Educate yourself and your family on the possible dangers of the Internet. Monitor and install parental controls on your computer.

Internet Safety, Parental Control

Back to school is upon us, kids from all over will soon be entering the doors that hopefully lead to learning. One of the keys to a good education is discipline in the classroom. You cannot teach a class when kids are talking,text messaging or sleeping in class. The schools of today seem to teach more on Internet usage then on the basics of reading,writing and arithmetic. We must realise as parents it is our responsibility to educate our kids the educators can and should assist use, but it is our responsibility.

The Internet is a topic that must be addressed.We must educate ourselves on the trends of the day so we know how to direct our children. The use of the Internet can and should be a safe adventure. One of the main ways to make it so is through discipline.

Parents need to set guideline’s to the use of the Internet. Do not allow your kids to stare blank eyed at the computer screen for hours upon hours. You must  monitor and filter the content that is being accessed via the Internet.

You must be a parent to your children not a friend,lay the law down and then enforce it. You must set the stage by engaging in the same rules you set forth for safe Internet usage.

Internet Safety, Protecting Children

Stop   Look  Listen

We all recognize this from learning what to do at a railroad crossing yet over 12,000 train vehicle accidents occurred last year with over 700 deaths. What does this tell you?

Some folks do not heed to these simple rules

Lives could be saved, families spared the grief of losing a loved one and countless other situations that arise from such a tragic happening. Please allow me to switch tracks now, as we train and prepare our children as they go down the rail way of life we must instruct them in the three words mentioned above regarding the dangers of the internet.

Stop

Do not at any time post personal information on the Internet; remember nothing is personal once you post it on the Internet.

Do not engage in on-line chatting with strangers, they could claim to be an innocent little 14 year old school girl, and in reality they could be a 40 year old pervert.

Do not post pictures of yourself.

Look

Parents Know what your kids are looking at on the Internet.

Parents check up on what they are doing online. (There are lots of good programs that can monitor and filter the Internet.)

Listen

Listen and Talk to your family about Internet safety.

Remember the stat from above over 700 lives lost to train car accidents, the number of family’s destroyed by internet predictors and the filth that is pumped in our children’s minds is to numerous to fathom.

Internet Safety, Monitoring Software, Protecting Children

What is the value of your child? How much would you be willing to spend to protect him or her.? You are probably saying what kind of questions are those? The answers are simple my child is priceless, and I would be willing to spent every dime and then some to protect them.

I like you could not and would not put a price tag on my children’s safety.  I am about to tell you how you can not only protect your children now but for years to come for under $5.00 a month.

The protection I am talking about is protecting your child from the dangers of the Internet. Internet safety is an area where a vast numbers of good parents are missing the boat. As parents we protect our kids from all sorts of dangers and inappropriate situations, yet we fall short many times in the area of Internet safety. The things that enter the minds of our children do make a lasting impression why would you them allow the filth in your home via the Internet.

The answer, just as an oil filter filters out the crud that might enter your engines components and damage them. A good Internet filter will filter out the garbage that can and will destroy your child and your home. My question dear parent is why would you not filter and monitor your computer? If you have any sense at you would realize the importance of Internet safety.

After reading the above statement no doubt you said there is no price tag great enough for protecting my family. Is it worth $5.00 a month? Then do the research and install an Internet filter and monitoring software and talk to your family about the dangers of the Internet.

“The best thing to spend on your children is your time.”

Internet Safety

The Internet is a wonderful tool that children have the ability to access today at the click of a mouse. The Internet is also a place of danger that parents need to warn and protect their kids from.  Parents need to engage their children in conversation and warn them of the dangers that lurk on the World Wide Web.

Conversation is great yet Internet goes well beyond mere words. The three main keys are, educate, monitor and filter the Internet.

Safety tips

Educate - Talk to your family and teach them what to do and what not to do online.

Monitor – Keep computers in a central location where you always have full view of the screen.

Filter—–Install an Internet filter that will protect your household from the filth on the Internet.

Internet Safety

you be the judge

WASHINGTON, July 28, 2009 – Parents and educators need to educate children about online safety issues, rather than censoring content, a panel of think tanks, industry officials, and online safety experts agreed on Monday.

Are you not glad that there is a panel of experts out there that know how we should and should not raise our kids? I’m sorry but some people get so smart that they are stupid. Monitoring and yes filtering the Internet is not censoring, but being a responsible parent.

Parents of course need to educate but it needs to be coupled with monitoring and some type of Internet filter or parental controls. Kids are very smart today they need parents that are on top of the issues they are dealing with on the Internet. Please don’t fall into the trap of giving your child full access to the Internet.

We need to protect our families from the dangers of the Internet. There is a way to safely surf the Internet if you want to call the area of filtering censorship you go right ahead.

But as for me and my house we will filter, monitor and educate our children in regards to the Internet.

Internet Filter, Internet Safety

In the most recent case, a 14-year-old took her own life on Friday evening.

Her mother told Radio 3AW that cyber bullying may have contributed to her daughter’s death.

“I want to tell people to keep their kids off the rotten Internet, it’s a horrible place,” she said.

This is a very sad story indeed. Cyber bullying is a growing trend among our youth. The fact is words hurt and yes at time words can take the life of teens across the country. My Mother is a wise lady, but one thing she had wrong was the saying “sticks and stones may break your bones but words can never hurt you” sorry Mom your wrong.

The Internet is a place full of rotten horrible things; it is also a place of vast goodness. We as parents must take a proactive approach to Internet safety. This needs to be something that is in the for front of our minds. There are cruel people out there and many use the Internet as their stomping grounds. I am not claiming to know everything nor be the all knowing all wise parent, but here are a few tips that I would suggest.

You are who your friends are-(know your kids friends)

You are what you read——– (keep a tab on the books or magazines your kids read)

Be a parent, not a friend——– (your kids will get mad at you sometimes, but you’re the parent you are guiding and protecting them)

Limit Internet usage————— (how about go outside and play)

Install monitoring software on your computer—(you have the right and you have the responsibility to check up on your kids.)

Talk, Talk, Talk, ———————- (have an open line of communication with your kids)

Do your homework—————– (learn what your kids are interested in)

This is but the tip of the ice berg, we could go on listing dozens of tips. There is no one answer to protect your kids from Cyber bulling. The key is be consistent and diligent in your monitoring of the use of the Internet in your home

Cyber Bullying, Internet Monitoring, Internet Safety

BEIJING (Reuters) – China has banned electro-shock therapy as a treatment for Internet addiction, citing uncertainty in the safety and effectiveness of the practice after criticism in the local media.

The Ministry of Health announcement followed recent media reports about a controversial psychiatrist in Linyi, Shandong Province, who administered electric currents to nearly 3,000 teenagers in an attempt to rid them of their Internet habit.

There is a better way to control teens in their use of the Internet. Most would look at this article and throw their hands up and shake their head in unbelief of such stupidity. Teens need guidance, teens need leadership in the area of Internet usage, and they don’t need to be ZAPPED.

Teens speaking as a parent of three teenage girls’ teens need to be directed and corrected in the do’s and don’ts of the Internet. The problem is most parents want to be friends with their teens rather than parents.

Parents must sit down with their children and explain the dangers of the Internet. Parents must also establish rules to the usage of the Internet. The key to making this work is to consistency keep your word and follow through with the guidelines you set forth. What those guidelines are will vary with each family.

Parents also can and should use parental monitoring software, and a good Internet filter. This will be a huge help in keeping your teens safe online while also being able to monitor what they are looking at and where they are going.

Please don’t turn a blind eye to your teens use of the Internet You are not saying you don’t trust them by monitoring their Internet usage, you are saying I love you and I want to protect you.

Internet Safety, Parental Control, Protecting Children

Chat rooms

Children and teens are drawn to chat rooms. The problem is, sexual predators also are. Parents must wake up to the fact of how dangerous chat rooms can be. The fact that participants identities are unknown, the content unfiltered and the ability to unlimited access by virtually anyone, Make this a combination for disaster.

According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 40 % of children ages 15 to 17 who are abducted are victims in connection with Internet activity. The way that kids use chat rooms open them up to all kinds of predators.

Polling of teens reveals that more than half who enter chat rooms – give out personal information to complete strangers., including their phone numbers, home addresses, where they go to school or their schedules.

The fact is the majority of kids who fall victim to chat rooms will not be abducted. To the contrary though the stranger lurking around the playground that you warn your child about , may be the person they are chatting with online.

Donna Rice Hughes, president of Enough Is Enough (EIE), a nonprofit organization that teaches families how to be safe online, says: “We recommend that parents seriously consider disallowing chat rooms because they are very difficult to monitor. And even in the monitored ones there are no guarantees because you can’t detect a disguised predator.”

Mrs. Hughes is right. We as parents must monitor and enforce rules on Internet usage. We must also install a secure Internet filter that will help us in protecting our family.

Basic tips for parents to discuss with their children.

• “Don’t talk to strangers” applies online, too.

• Explain that predators often disguise themselves as children online, and that they should never, have a personal discussions with anyone.

• Talk to you right away if they feel uncomfortable or threatened.

• Never give out personal information to anyone.

• monitor and limit the amount of time on the Internet.

The Internet is a wonderful place that can greatly benefit your children. The Internet is also a place of Danger, deceit and deception. As a parent keep your eyes open and be diligent in the effort of protecting your children.

Family, Internet Safety, Protecting Children

House Web Safety Bill Forthcoming

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., will soon introduce legislation that would create a competitive grant program for state and local education agencies and non-profit organizations to provide Internet safety education to teachers, schools and parents. The bill would authorize up to $175 million over a five year period, would be administered by the Justice Department in collaboration with the departments of Health and Human Services and Education.

There is no one thing that will that will eliminate misuse of the Internet. It must be a joint effort with parents leading in the way. Wasserman Schultz said at a Wednesday briefing on Capitol Hill sponsored by Point Smart, Click Safe – a coalition of non-profits and companies like Comcast, Google, Verizon, and Yahoo. “Our bill recognizes that knowledge must be our children’s first line of defense”

We as pareants must educate our children in the dangers of the Internet. There are a host of products that can aid in safe Internet usage, but it comes down to parents talking with there children and implementing a good Internet filtering system.

Filtering Internet, Internet Safety, Protecting Children