National Internet Safety Month
June is National Internet Safety Month. During this month it is incredibly important to highlight the many resources and open up dialogue with children about internet safety. Summertime is here and kids are being left at home alone to scroll on their phones unsupervised. Please feel free to utilize the tips and conversation starters below to teach about internet safety to your children.
Conversation Starters:
Do you have any social media?
What is your favorite social media platform?
What times during the day are you most on your phone?
What are the busiest times on your social media?
When do you find time to take a break from social media?
Are your pages private or public? Why?
Do you know how to control settings to change who can view your account?
What would you do if you saw a post that made you uncomfortable?
What would you do if someone sent you an inappropriate picture?
Do you accept all follower requests? What reasoning allows them to be accepted?
What would you do if someone you don’t know followed you?
What would you do if someone you don’t know messaged you on social media?
Resources
If you think your child is being contacted by an online predator, seek immediate help from the following resources:
Local police: If your child is in immediate danger, you should call 911. Otherwise, you can call your local police's non-emergency number to report a problem.
CyberTipline: Visit www.cybertipline.com from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children or call (800) 843-5678 to report crimes against children, including online enticement of children for sexual acts, obscene material sent to a child, and child pornography.
