Author Archives: kimberly.sloan

Mar6

Supervising Your Children Online

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Supervising Your Children Online

PBS, Weekly Reader and Disney all have websites that provide education and entertainment for children. But should you let your young child look at these websites when you are not in the room.

NO!

Children always need to be supervised when surfing the web. You may vigilant about installing parental controls. You may talk to you children about not giving out personal information. But children under 12 may be too naïve to understand if they are approached online.

Try to watch what your children are doing closely as often as you can. Parental controls are great and will filter out a lot of negative content. But make sure you are there if your child has a question.

Jan9

Dallas Paper Publishes Online Safety Tips

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Dallas Paper Publishes Online Safety Tips

Because of my work with KidsEmail, I have Google alerts set up for keywords such as online predator, online safety, Internet safety, etc… I found it interesting that a newspaper as large as the “Dallas Morning News” published a simple list of online safety tips for parents.

I liked number 4–use parental controls. But as the recommendation stated, parents still need to talk to their children about online safety. Predators find new ways to disguise themselves every day. Sometimes they pose as a peer just to gain the child’s trust.

While KidsEmail is a great program for protecting children online, nothing replaces your role as a parent. Talk to your children about what they are doing online.

Here’s a link to the article: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/education/stories/DN-fronlinebox2_19met.ART.Central.Edition1.4b761d9.html

May6

Department of Defense Ceases Software Sales

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Department of Defense Ceases Software Sales

A software designed for children of military families is being scruitnized by the Department of Defense. Read more about it here:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10408809-245.html?tag=mncol

Apr21

Internet Bullying Makes the Cover of People

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Internet Bullying Makes the Cover of People

People Magazine ditched it’s coverage of gossip this week to talk about a real problem–Internet bullying. The story focuses on a Massachusetts teen who killed herself after she was bullied online. The story has been featured in many other publications.

This should be a wake-up call to parents to monitor their children’s online activities. You can read more in People this week

Apr21

The Hot Topic–Internet Bullying

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The Hot Topic–Internet Bullying

It’s been on the cover of People this week and was featured on the Today Show. Parents are growing more and more concerned about Internet bullying. We are concerned about it too. That’s why were are here–to protect children from all types of dangers online.

Feel free to ask us a question about Internet bullying. We will be glad to answer it.

Apr14

Make money for your school, church group or organization

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Make money for your school, church group or organization

Raising money is challenging. And how many chocolate bars can you eat and how much wrapping paper do you need? Parents, grandparents and co-workers get tired of the same items year after year.

KidsEmail.org has a fundraiser that will not only help earn money for your organizations but educate the public about Internet Safety. More than one third of children report that they are approached by strangers online. Would your kids know what to do?

KidsEmail.org’s mission is to keep kids safe while they are surfing the net and reading their email. By selling KidsEmail.org cards, you are helping parents keep their kids away from online predators and spammers.

Here’s why you should fundraise with us. We offer the highest profit margin in the industry. You can make $7 out of every $10 you sell.

You can learn more about our fundraising program at kidsemail.org/fundraising.

Apr13

Concerns from Overseas–Internet Mobbing

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Concerns from Overseas–Internet Mobbing

Over the weekend someone left a poll on our Facebook page about “Internet Mobbing.” I was not familiar with that term and I had to look it up. Internet Mobbing is what we often call “cyberbullying.” Kids get together and pick on other kids online. While a lot of this happens on social media sites and in chatrooms, some kids get emails that are hurtful and mean.

Cyberbullying is a serious problem. Some reports indicate that there have been suicides as a result of these incidents. When talking to your kids about Internet safety, make sure you ask them if they are being bullied or harassed online too.

Apr9

What’s The Buzz Around Google?

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What’s The Buzz Around Google?

As if parents did not have enough to worry with, Google announced a new form of social media in February–Buzz. Immediatly internet safety experts expressed concerns about Buzz including one feature that allowed GPS to disclose a person’s location.

Google took action this week and has launched some safety videos aimed at teens about internet safety. The videos offer the same kind of advice a most other sites. However, how many teens are going to take the time to watch the videos–unless forced to by a parent.

What do you think of Buzz?

Apr7

Exciting News at KidsEmail.org

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Exciting News at KidsEmail.org

We are always looking for ways to serve you better. In the past few weeks, we have been upgrading our servers (pun intended!). Some of you may have noticed some glitches during this upgrade and we apologize. Most of you should not notice any changes at all.

We have a lot of exciting things happening. Last month we launched our affiliate program. In the next few weeks, we will be launching our fundraising program. Thank you for being a part of what we do here at KidsEmail.org.

Apr6

Good News from Facebook

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Good News from Facebook

Online predators are not getting our kids email addresses randomly. Social networking sites have become a fertile breeding ground for online predators. The most dangerous are sex offenders looking for their next victim.

Facebook, the world’s most popular social networking site, is creating what they are calling a “global safety advisory board.”  A representative from Common Sense Media, ConnectSafely, WiredSafety, Childnet International and the Family Online Safety Institute will serve on the board.

While convicted sex offenders are required to register their addresses with law enforcement in 25 states, that doesn’t stop them from finding a way to get on the sites.  More than 3,500 sex offenders in New York were removed from Facebook and MySpace recently.