Online Internet Safety

Posted by Dawniemom on February 10, 2009

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I’ll be honest. I’m extremely protective when it comes to allowing my oldest online in any situation where he’d be able to chat with other people. The only online he plays, I have full control of his account, and keep it so that he can only talk to me, my mom, my nephew – people we KNOW.

Perhaps I’ve watched too much Dateline, but the online world for kids is a scary place to me. To think of what he might be up to if he were online by himself is just too creepy!

That’s why I was so glad when Mom Central asked me to take a look at a site called NSteens.org, a website designed to educate kids about online safety – but not just “don’t talk to strangers” but also covers such topics as cyber-bullying, social networking, and of course, what can happen when you take it offline.

Created by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to empower, engage and enducate kids, to encourage them to become responsible online users, NetSmartz and nsteens.org should be your first stop when introducing your children to the Internet.