Online Safety


Archive for September, 2008

Online Safety for Teens: Message Boards

Does your teenager want to go online to meet and communicate with new cyber-friends? Are they looking for others who share similar interests? To do this, they may want to go into online chat rooms.
Internet chat rooms are fun and a way to meet new friends. Its also easy to use [...]

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Online Safety Rules

Online Safety Rules to Establish with Your Children
Setting up online safety rules, no matter how old your child is, can be a good step for your child when on the internet.
Whether it’s a school project, emailing friends or poking around a chat room, children on the Internet go many places. Online safety rules for [...]

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

Online Safety Software Filters

I love it when the online safety tips I post for you to keep your child safer online are backed up in the media!
I found a great article for you today!
Some of my colleagues and online safety experts are telling parents we still need to monitor children’s time online even when using filtering software. Filtering [...]

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Online Safety Courses

An online safety course?
Is there such a thing?
I get a lot of inquires from parents about just this question. My answer is, “Yes, there are a lot of online safety courses.”
I also know a few other things:
-They take time.
-You’re busy.
-They can be in-depth and confusing.
-Your have to sit at your computer to take them.
-Appyling [...]

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Latest Personal Information Scam

Forgot Your Password?
Here’s the latest scam out there I want you to be aware of so you can keep yourself and your children safer online.
It has to do with the “Forgot Your Password?” link you can click on your favorite membership sites. Hackers have found a way to lift your private information via [...]

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

On Line Safety

9 On Line Safety Tips to Protect Your Kids from Internet Threats
On line safety protect your child from the violence, explicit language, pornography, sex, nudity, gambling, predators, viruses, spyware, and adware and WHEW! Anything else that might be out there!
These are some of the threats that your kids can encounter while on line. And since [...]

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008