With more and more people getting online everyday by the thousands, safety precautions become all so important. Especially for teens, as the internet use has become so prevalent with them. Teens love to use them to talk to their friends and chat and make new ones. This is where the dangers lie, as child predators routinely hunt for new victims online. Children and even for that matter adults should never give out personal information about yourself, your family, your phone number, or esp. where you live. Parents must advice their children with this information! The younger they are the more they are at risk. These predators pose as nice people who want to get to know your children. They try to befriend them and become their friends. Young kids especially have to be very careful in chatrooms. When in chatrooms remember that not everyone may be who they say they are. For example many of theses child molesters pretend to be someone else. Many of them pretend to be a child themselves looking for other friends to meet and have fun with. This is how many of theses monsters start to befriend your children! Let your kids know if someone harasses you online, says anything inappropriate whether sexual or not, or does anything that makes your child feel uncomfortable; contact your Internet service provider. Let them know what happened and they can further investigate the matter. Instill the fact into your children that they can always come to you for any problem or question. And that no subject is to wrong or embarrassing to ask you. Often kids feel funny talking about sexual matters with parents, but let them know it's important to talk and share problems with you esp. when it comes to the internet and strangers. And you may end up not only saving your own child but millions others out their online. |
