Keep computers in a common area of the home so you can monitor your child’s online activities.
Encourage your child to use nicknames rather than his or her real name when online.
Tell you child to be careful when posing for pic- tures or videos.
Remind your children that anything they post can be viewed by potentially millions of people.
Teach your child to think about what he or she is posting before doing so.
Tell your child it’s never okay to meet someone he or she has met only online.
Teach your children to keep identifying informa- tion about themselves off of their blogs, social networking profiles, and photos.
Learn about the social networking sites your child uses; if he or she has a MySpace page, learn how to use MySpace.
Teach your children to set their personal settings on social networking sites to “private” and make sure they “friend” you.
Be engaged and communicate with your child; let him or her know that you will check their computer history and text messages or even Google their names.
Tell your child to keep passwords secret. Watch your child for signs of cyber bullying.
If you child is being cyber bullied, save all evi- dence, including emails and text messages.
Tell your children to talk to an adult if they are being cyber bullied.
Remind you children to treat others the way they would like to be treated.
If your child knows someone who is being cyber bullied, encourage him or her to reach out and help the person.
Teach your child not to forward photos that may be embarrassing or hurtful to others.
Talk with your child and create a relationship of trust.
These computer safety tips are adapted from a publication by the Texas Young Lawyers Association:
- Keep computers in a common area of the home so you can monitor your child’s online activities.
- Encourage your child to use a nickname rather than his or her real name when online.
- Tell your child to be careful when posing for pictures or videos.
- Remind your children that anything they post can potentially be viewed by millions of people.
- Teach your child to think about what he or she is posting before doing so.
- Tell your child it’s never okay to meet someone he or she has met only online.
- Teach your children to keep identifying information about themselves and photos off of their blogs and social networking profiles.
- Learn about the social networking sites your child uses; if he or she has a MySpace page, learn how to use MySpace.
- Teach your children to set their personal settings on social networking sites to “private” and make sure they “friend” you.
- Be engaged, and communicate with your child; let him or her know that you will check the computer history and text messages or even Google their names.
- Tell your child to keep passwords secret. Watch your child for signs of cyber-bullying.
- If your child is being cyber-bullied, save all evidence, including e-mails and text messages.
- Tell your children to talk to an adult if they are being cyber-bullied.
- Remind your children to treat others the way they would like to be treated.
- If your child knows someone who is being cyber-bullied, encourage him or her to reach out and help that person.
- Teach your child not to forward photos that may be embarrassing or hurtful to others.
- Talk with your child and create a relationship of trust.
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