Category Archives: Internet Safety
Happy Families Mentions KidsEmail.org
Justin Coulson writes a great blog called Happy Families. If you are not reading it, I high recommend it. He has great advice from the Land Down Under. His blog from today mentions KidsEmail.org. You can read it here. http://happyfamiliesblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-are-your-children-doing-online.html
Great headline!
“It’s like Inviting Pedophiles Into Your Home” –Internet Safety. This was the recent headline on a column in the Huffington Post. It sounds extreme, but it’s true. Pedophiles don’t often break into your home and hurt your children. They like to take the easy route and hide behind their computer screens. Read the full article here: [...]
Who’s watching your kids?
Back in the 80’s there was a popular saying, “It’s 10 p.m. Do you know where your children are?” The premise behind the saying was that we should be watching our kids all the time. But in the 80’s parents could have never imagined the Internet and the dangers that it can bring. As much [...]
Massachusetts Court Rules that Text Messages are not Illegal When Used by Sexual Predators
You read that right. That was an actual headline in the Boston Globe this month. Here’s the back story: A man in California was sending a 13-year-old girl sexually explicit messages. The Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts ruled that instant messages were not covered under the current law. What do you think? Here’s a link [...]
Do We Really Want to Feed Our Kids Spam?
I am talking about the kind of spam that tells you that you have chosen as the winner of an X-Box or that you can lose 10 pounds today. I talk a lot about howKidsEmail.org protects our kids from predators, but we also shield your children from spam peddlers. Kids are apt to believe anything sometimes—they [...]
Cyberbullying
Bullies are not just on the playground. They can now follow your child wherever they go as long as your child is online. Cyberbulling is defined as online messages meant to demean, threaten or cause emotional distress to another. These messages can be emails or instant messages in a chat room. Some bullies will post [...]
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