Child Internet Safety

A great site for parents and children to learn about Internet Safety is Netsmartz.org. This site has numerous tools to help parents learn and teach their children about Internet Safety. They also have games so that Children can Learn for themselves.  If your child is between the age of 5-10 they even have an interactive [...]

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in their most recent Annual Report provide these frightening figures: 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 10 boys will be sexually victimized before they reach the age of 18 Only 1 in 3 of them will tell anyone 1 in 7 children who are regular Internet [...]

The Iowa Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force has set up a great site not just for Iowans but for all parents. Here is an Internet safety tip list from that site but there is plenty more information there so check it out. IACAC site. Internet Safety Tips The internet is a vast, world wide [...]

This is a chilling dramatization showing the dangers of online chatting and why you need to educate your child. I found this on a video site sponsored by the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children.

This is an excerpt from an article in The Coloradoan. Bullies used to confront their victims face-to-face. They’d throw them against a locker and demand lunch money. Or they’d toss them into the locker room of the opposite sex. Today, bullies make their mark often without ever talking to their victims. Sometimes they don’t even [...]

Here is a video that I found interesting discussing accidental exposure to Internet porn.

Besides providing articles and updates on predators and ways to protect your children I have decided to feature blogs and sites that provide outstanding information on related subjects. I came across this site and I feel it is a perfect resource for parents. Besides articles like “Protecting Kids Online” she offers a free 30 minute [...]

Excerpt taken from the Saline Courier Friday, 15 October 2010 The Benton Police Department recently joined with the Arkansas State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force to help protect the local community in the fight against child predators. “This will allow us to better access and see what is going on in our own [...]

A Carlsbad California man faced federal charges Tuesday for attempting to entice a teenager for sex using her MySpace account, according to the FBI and federal court documents. Maurice Cohn, 50, would later learn that the teenager was fictitious, a creation of the Oceanside Police Department. Cohn is accused of contacting the person through a [...]