Be a Web Safe Kid

Keeping our children safe from the dangers that lurk online are as simple as using some helpful Internet safety rules. Discuss these rules with your kids or add or change them to your own levels of comfort. The key is to go over Internet safety, which includes the dangers of chat rooms, emailing private information, posting personal photos and meeting in person with the people you chat with online.

In days gone by the idea of knowing which websites your child visited was usually deemed sufficient in the effort to keep the child safe from pedophiles and other predators.

Yet with the explosive growth of the ‘Net and the concurrently occurring information technology revolution that is tying together Internet use with cell phone technology and also other multi media gadgetry, parents need to remain on the cutting edge of online technology to anticipate the dangers their children will be facing on a day to day basis.

Much like you would not permit your seven-year old child to go out to the mall and play by her- or himself, you also should not allow your child to access the Information Superhighway without permission, guidance, and a host of safety precautions. Since children as young as five-year old kindergarteners are now accessing the computer and Internet, these kinds of safety discussions need to take place at progressively younger ages.