Posted on July 23rd, 2009 by Stanley Holditch
If your children have social networking accounts and have pictures of themselves up online, make sure they aren’t wearing any shirts with their school logos/name/sports team, because these can be used to determine their location and even street address. As always, talk with them about how what information is appropriate to share and why.
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Posted on July 21st, 2009 by Stanley Holditch
The National Crime Prevention Council in a 2008 report recommends that parents consider installing parental control filtering software and/or tracking programs. (Over 70 percent of teens reported to the NCPC that being able to block cyberbullies was the most effective method of prevention.)
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Posted on July 17th, 2009 by Stanley Holditch
Establish “no call” times, when everyone in the family turns off their phones, including the parents.
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Posted on July 15th, 2009 by Stanley Holditch
Every second, 28,000 Internet users are viewing porn online.
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Posted on July 14th, 2009 by Stanley Holditch
This is the third in our series of questions about Internet safety issues and our products.
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We have wireless internet in our house with three laptops and a computer. Do I need to purchase this program for each computer, or can I download it to each computer in my house once I have purchased [...]
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Posted on July 13th, 2009 by Stanley Holditch
8.5% of youth gamers (ages 8 to 18) “can be classified as pathological or clinically ‘addicted’ to playing video games” according to a 2007 Harris Poll.
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Posted on July 10th, 2009 by Stanley Holditch
One of the best ways to combat sexting is to not get your child a phone with a camera. A phone by itself is a privilege, so a camera-phone is a luxury.
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Posted on July 9th, 2009 by Stanley Holditch
Children receive 4.5 offers to visit porn sites per day through spam. Try adjusting spam settings in your child’s email client to try and reduce the amount of spam they get.
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Posted on July 8th, 2009 by Stanley Holditch
Nielsen Online reports that the fastest growing age group in terms of online activity is users aged 2-11. Nearly 16 million U.S. children of that age were online in May.
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Posted on July 7th, 2009 by Stanley Holditch
A Henry J. Kaiser Foundation report conducted in 2002 found that 70 percent of teens aged 15-17 reported accidentally viewing online pornography. Be aware the marketers of pornography target children and teens and that innocent searches can lead to not so innocent sites.
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