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Parent Workshop. Online Safety. Computer Safety Quiz. The Need for Internet Safety. The Internet has great potential for good, but it has also provided predators with almost unhindered access to teens, and provides them with the anonymity they need.

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Parent Workshop

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  1. Parent Workshop Online Safety

  2. Computer Safety Quiz

  3. The Need for Internet Safety • The Internet has great potential for good, but it has also provided predators with almost unhindered access to teens, and provides them with the anonymity they need. • There are people online who target teens and purposely expose them to inappropriate materials and activities. • Kids online are tricked or manipulated to look at pornography, join gangs, commit crimes, leave home, and more.

  4. Who is most at risk online? Teenagers. • They have a high level of autonomy & independence • Are technologically savvy (far beyond their parents and teachers) but have little wisdom about good boundaries

  5. Why Teenagers? • Online, they know they won’t be dismissed based on appearance; it feels safer than “real life” relationships • In online relationships, there is a lack of social constraint: two “loners” are communicating with no one watching. This anonymity leads to self-disclosure and a strong sense of intimacy • They are highly curious about romance & relationships

  6. Teens need to learn: • they are vulnerable to predators • how dangerous it is to post personal information and photos online • how to remain as anonymous as possible when using the Internet to avoid endangering themselves • how to recognize and repel the advances of a predator • what to do and who to talk to if they feel they have been approached by a stranger online • that it is NEVER a good idea to meet in person someone they have “gotten to know” online

  7. Statistics.“Topline Findings from Omnibuzz® Research,” Teen Research Unlimited, Oct. 2005 • Online teens frequently communicate with people they have never met: • 54% have Instant Messaged a stranger, • 50% have emailed a stranger, and • 45% have participated in a chat room discussion with a stranger. • Nearly one third (30%) of online teens said that they have talked about meeting someone whom they’ve only met through the Internet. • 28% of online teens said they use texting language on a daily basis to hide online conversations from their parents

  8. StatisticsResearch Unlimited, Oct. 2005, con’t. • 56% of teens said that they have been asked personal questions (such as their age, sex, or location) online by someone they have never met. • One fourth (27%) of teens report that they have talked online about sex with someone they have never met. • 27% of teens said that they’ve known a friend to actually meet someone they only knew online. • One in five (21%) reported that a person they only knew through online contact has asked to meet them.

  9. Some Facts About Social Networkingtaken from Pew Internet & American Life Project, "Teen Content Creators and Consumers", Nov. 2005 • 33% of teens post photos, stories, or videos on the web on sites such as MySpace, Friendster, Xanga, Facebook • 19% of teens keep an online blog (diary); 69% of these post photos, stories or videos on the web • 38% of teens read online blogs Video

  10. Video Cyberbullying

  11. #1 Issue for Parents Lack of Knowledge • Some parents are uninformed about the Internet and its safety hazards and as a result may feel uncomfortable or awkward talking about Internet safety to their child

  12. Nationwide Parent Studyby ADVO, Inc., 2004 • One in three parents (30%) are not concerned for their children’s safety when they are online. • One in five parents (20%) said they do not know any of the internet codes or passwords, IM “handles”, or e-mail addresses of their children. • 5% or less of parents surveyed are familiar with acronyms most commonly used by children online

  13. What can parents do to protect their children?

  14. Keep Current Know your child's email addresses, passwords, IM usernames for all sites and software they useSit with your child and have them show you any sites or software you are unfamiliar with

  15. Keep Communicating:Know the Lingo

  16. CTN CUS AFAIKNIMBY ATT TOYIDK TTYL POSCUL8R PCM KPCWTGP LMIRL RUMORFPIR ASL 911 AITRCTN CUS AFAIKNIMBY ATT TOYIDK TTYL POSCUL8R PCM KPCWTGP LMIRL RUMORFPIR ASL 911 AITR

  17. CTN-Can't Talk Now CUS-See You SoonAFAIK-As Far As I KnowATT-All the TimeTOY-Thinking of YouIDK-I Don't Know TTYL-Talk to You Later PCM-Please Call MeCUL8R-See You LaterPOS-Parent Over ShoulderKPC-Keeping Parents CluelessWTGP-Want to go private?LMIRL-Let's meet in real life.RUMORF-Are you male or femalePIR-Parent in RoomASL-Age, Sex, Location911-Parents WatchingAITR-Adult in the Room

  18. Warning Signs • Hang up phone calls • Children close a website/chat when you are near • Gifts (bribes) • Secretive behavior • Preferring to be online rather than spending time with friends/real world • Spending large amounts of time online-especially at night and in chat rooms • Change in personality(withdrawn, depressed) • Finding pornography on computer

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