Internet Safety

Have you set the parental controls on your family’s game console? Are the games age-appropriate? Do you know who your kids chat with while gaming online?

If you’re not sure how to protect your family from cyberbullies, scammers, and predators while they game, follow these gaming tips from the safety experts at NetSmartz® Workshop and Microsoft’s® GetGameSmart. Distribute these tips to others working to keep kids safer online.

Visit NetSmartz.org to download the gaming safety flyer.

Parents play a critical role in a child's education and because of this, need to have access to current information regarding child development and learning. In this age of Internet access, video games, and web surfing, parents are constantly questioning the use of these technologies and their effects on children. The following sites have been developed for parents to keep them abreast of these current issues as well as serve as points for further discussion.

 

 

 

• http://www.netsmartz.org/index.aspx
• http://www.isafe.org/
• http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PublicHomeServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US