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Internet Safety and Cyberbullying
Internet Safety:
- Computers with internet access should be centrally located where supervision can occur.
- Parents should monitor internet activity. Guide your children to make good choices when using the internet. Set boundaries and usage limits.
- Remind children not to give out personal information on the internet.
- Use of social network sites not recommended for children under 13.
- Computers should not replace personal interaction and time spent with your child.
- Warn children about downloading viruses, even inadvertently through pop-ups and ads.
- Check internet history to see what websites your child has been visiting.
- Make sure children have your permission when they are downloading anything from the internet.
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Internet Abbreviations Parents Should Know
- BRB: Be right back
- DQMOT: Dont quote me on this
- KWIM: Know what I mean?
- LMIRL: Let's meet in real life
- P911: My parents are coming
- POAHF: Put on a happy face
- SOTMG: Short of time, must go
- TAFN: Thats all for now
Cyberbullying
Help protect children from bullying Bullying is often seen as an unfortunate, but natural part of adolescence. However, pediatrician Dr. Sharon Cooper warns, “Cyberbullying can affect the social, emotional, and physical health of a child.”[1] For these reasons, it is important that parents and guardians take steps to help their child deal with and respond to cyberbullying.
Source: NetSmartz.org/parents
- Tell your child not to respond to rude e-mails, messages, and comments.
- Save the evidence, such as e-mail and text messages, and take screenshots of comments and images. Also, take note of the date and time when the harassment occurs.
- Contact your Internet service provider (ISP) or cell phone provider. Ask the website administrator or ISP to remove any Web page created to hurt your child.
- If harassment is via e-mail, social networking sites, IM, and chat rooms, instruct your child to “block” bullies or delete your child’s current account and open a new one.
- If harrassment is via text and phone messages, change the phone number and instruct your child to only share the new number with trustworthy people. Also, check out phone features that may allow the number to be blocked.
- Get your child’s school involved. Learn the school’s policy on cyberbullying and urge administrators to take a stance against all forms of bullying.
- Make a report to www.cybertipline.com, and if you feel something illegal has occurred, inform law enforcement.
Source: NetSmartz.org/parents
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