10-19-2005, 11:58 AM
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~a little bit naughty~
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Georgia
Posts: 23,422
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Originally Posted by Cheyanne
I work at a school. One of the roles I have is to educate kids about internet safety as I am the Web Developer. What I have found in the age group of 11-15 is that the kids think that they are safe because they don't "see" the person face to face. They don't think about who they are talking to, or what they are even typing. They think that they have a barrier to bad people because they are communicating thru a computer and internet line.
I have found a really neat site that has mini-movies about teens who have actually experienced the dangers. http://www.netsmartz.org/netteens.htm |
Thanks for the link Chey. I will go over this with my 13 year old. My daughter loves her internet and Yahoo chatting with her friends. She mainly sticks to this doll site where the kids all roleplay and goof around. She has become very close to many of them over the last year and I do allow her to have phone calls from them and chat. But, I must first see the person on the cam and talk to them myself on the phone. My daughter has strict rules that she has to have her archives on and isn't allowed to touch her history. Yes, I know she could get around this but right now she isn't that smart and knows that if I catch her trying to hide anything from me her net is gone. But, it's tough. I talk to almost everyday about being careful. They are so trusting of everyone and just believe what people tell them.  |