Parent Internet and Cell Phone Safety Information and Resources
Now is not the time to be coy, shy, timid, or indirect with your kids and students. Every time they use Digital Technology, they open themselves up to the world, and the risks that we all inherit once we power up!
Resources:
Here are a few recommended tips from The Institute for Responsible Online and Cell-Phone Communication :
1: Talk candidly and openly with your kids about what they are doing online or with their cell phone before its to late!
2: Try your best to know who your kids are communicating with through digital technology.
3: Try your best to limit un-monitored online and cell phone use.
If your child wants a computer in their room to do homework or a project, that is fine, but try placing the computer with internet access in a common room in the home. There are many utilities like thumb drives that provide your child the ability to save the information they require from internet research in the family room computer and bring it to their computer (with no internet access) to add to their homework. Of course, they could always do the entire project from the common room as well. ;)
4. Turn your internet access off from the router, or limit the time in which your child is allowed to spend on the internet per day.
5. Set a time for your kids to "turn in" their cell phones for the day. You are the parent and you can set limits on the time of day the phone can be used.
6. Try to be aware of what your kids are posting online. Do they have a social web page account like My Space or Facebook? If so, ask them to see their page. If they say no, ask them why. Explain to them that anything they are posting online should be something that they should be ok with you seeing as well as the rest of the world because nothing is truly private online.
7: We also strongly suggest contacting the IROC2 Speakers Bureau about putting together one of their nationally acclaimed Live Events to your child's school or your community.
Resources:
- Digital Success, Safety & Citizenship Video On Demand
- Parent Child Consciousness Contract
- A Parent's Guide to Protecting Kids Online
- A Beginner's Guide to Internet Safety
- The Safety and Security Center from Microsoft
- Public and Permanent: The Golden Rule of the 21st Century
- National Crime Prevention Council
Here are a few recommended tips from The Institute for Responsible Online and Cell-Phone Communication :
1: Talk candidly and openly with your kids about what they are doing online or with their cell phone before its to late!
2: Try your best to know who your kids are communicating with through digital technology.
3: Try your best to limit un-monitored online and cell phone use.
If your child wants a computer in their room to do homework or a project, that is fine, but try placing the computer with internet access in a common room in the home. There are many utilities like thumb drives that provide your child the ability to save the information they require from internet research in the family room computer and bring it to their computer (with no internet access) to add to their homework. Of course, they could always do the entire project from the common room as well. ;)
4. Turn your internet access off from the router, or limit the time in which your child is allowed to spend on the internet per day.
5. Set a time for your kids to "turn in" their cell phones for the day. You are the parent and you can set limits on the time of day the phone can be used.
6. Try to be aware of what your kids are posting online. Do they have a social web page account like My Space or Facebook? If so, ask them to see their page. If they say no, ask them why. Explain to them that anything they are posting online should be something that they should be ok with you seeing as well as the rest of the world because nothing is truly private online.
7: We also strongly suggest contacting the IROC2 Speakers Bureau about putting together one of their nationally acclaimed Live Events to your child's school or your community.
