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Guarding Kids Against High-Tech Trouble

Guarding Kids Against High-Tech Trouble. Parent Talk with Middle School Counselor Jill Tulonen October 3, 2007. Goals. Increase Awareness Decrease Risk. Technology is only a tool People determine it’s function and value. This is tough work – parenting is not for the weak

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Guarding Kids Against High-Tech Trouble

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  1. Guarding Kids Against High-Tech Trouble Parent Talk with Middle School Counselor Jill Tulonen October 3, 2007

  2. Goals • Increase Awareness • Decrease Risk

  3. Technology is only a tool People determine it’s function and value

  4. This is tough work – parenting is not for the weak Guarding the innocent will require all of us – technology is everywhere

  5. Points of Awareness • Social Networks • Pornography • Hate/Cyberbullying • Sexual Predators • Addiction • Blogging • Pod Casting • Innapropriate Sites (pro-Anorexia) • Distraction • iPod/mp3 players • cell phones (SMS, chat, photo, video) • television • plagiarism/Theft

  6. What kids can do • don’t reply to abusive messages – it only encourages the bully • keep a record of events/messages or pictures • think before you send pictures via e-mail or cell phone

  7. tell someone about bullying online • do not forward rude images or text about someone else treat your password like your toothbrush – don’t let anyone else use it!

  8. What parents can do • develop a relationship with your child that fosters communication and trust • don’t freak out when they tell you what they have seen or heard • share the online experience • ask as if you don’t know

  9. keep the computer in a place easy to monitor • set a course for technological literacy • understand how the internet works • work with your school and other care takers to compare notes • visit online tutorials • get your own myspace.com account • know the computer lingo

  10. focus on the purpose and value of online activity before giving permission or support • supervise when your child is online • set up a Limited User Account • provide structure and rules about being online • only after homework is complete • no more than one hour a day on average • all web sites must be parent approved before visiting • report any suspicious activity

  11. Set up an e-mail account that only you can log into and review all e-mails together • Set up an outgoing only e-mail account with all incoming mail being forwarded to your accounts • Use the filtering and other safety features of online web accounts

  12. Use kid friendly services: • KidMail.com • SurfBuddies • ZooBuh • Kid Safe Mail • Kidchatters • Block pop-ups and pop-unders • Google your child’s userid and other similar information to get a better sense of online presence

  13. If you choose to give your child a cell phone, choose one that is programmable and child friendly (TicTalk, Firefly, Disney) • Have no unsupervised use of webcams • If they must social network: • No “friends of friends” on buddy list • Make account private • Do not give personal/private information • Understand the “rules of engagement”

  14. install extra security such as: • cybersitter • net nanny • cyberpatrol • surf control • PC Tattletale

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