Many parents are turning to their child’s MySpace profile in order to keep tabs on what their child is doing. The world of MySpace can be a good, safe, harmless thing, but it’s also full of sex and drugs and …[Continue]
Finding Your Child’s MySpace Profile 1-2-3
More and more parents desire to take a nice, close look at their child’s MySpace profile these days. These parents aren’t necessarily the nosy type—even though looking at a child’s MySpace profile might seem nosy. No, these parents are concerned …[Continue]
Need to Know: Chat Room Safety
Chat rooms can be a fun place to talk to friends and family in a very relaxed atmosphere. The Internet provides us with all kinds of opportunities to communicate, find useful information, and get to know people better. Unfortunately, the …[Continue]
Protect Yourself From Viruses When Using Chat Rooms
Having a home computer can sometimes create a false sense of security for us who use chat rooms and other forms of communication on the Internet. We think that because it is in our house it must be secure from …[Continue]
Protecting Your Identity in Chat Rooms
Chat rooms may seem like relatively safe places to meet people and to carry on conversations because you never have to actually meet the other person. The anonymity of chatting online has definite appeal. However, many people have a false …[Continue]
Avoiding Predators in Chat Rooms
The best way to avoid predators in chat rooms is to be educated concerning the threats that they are to us. Internet predators seek to take advantage of the false sense of security that so many of us have when …[Continue]
Need To Know: Parents and MySpace Safety
MySpace defined MySpace is a website that teens and young adults frequently visit and post information about themselves and their friends on. Most teens say that they use MySpace only to keep in touch with their group of friends. However, …[Continue]
Talking Safety with Your Child About MySpace
Some children are going to be more receptive about your desires to protect them than are others. Children may not fully understand that there is danger in giving someone your full name, for example or that meeting someone that you …[Continue]
