Family Life Education
Internet Safety – Resources for Parents
Protecting Children from Internet Predators (PowerPoint)
List of Internet Safety (PDF documents, brochures, websites, research) (Word)
PDF Documents (Fact Sheets, Brochures, Media Trend Studies, Research)
- A Parent’s Guide to Internet Safety
U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation. - Parents’ Internet Monitoring Study
Ketchum Global Research Network – prepared for Cox Communications and The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and NetSmartz (2005). - Safe & Smart: Research and Guidelines for Children’s Use of the Internet
National School Boards Foundation. - Safety Tips for Social Networking Sites
Cheryl Varnadoe, Extension 4-H Faculty, Georgia 4-H - Teens and Internet Safety
Kate Fogarty, University of Florida Extension (2006). - Teens and Social Networking Websites
Colleen Gengler, University of Minnesota Extension Service (2006). - Teens and the Internet (Revised)
Colleen Gengler, University of Minnesota Extension Service (2006). - Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year-olds
Executive Summary. The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (March 2005).
Websites
- NetSmartz – Highly recommended website developed by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Boys and Girls Clubs of America. Contains excellent resources for parents/guardians, educators, law enforcement, teens, and young children. Resources available include streaming videos, activity cards, interactive workshops, safety tips, safety presentations, internet safety pledges, statistics, real life stories from victims, research studies, etc.
- NetSmartzKids – Website developed for young children by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Boys and Girls Clubs of America. Contains online games, activities, videos, and age-appropriate lessons on internet safety.
- NetSmartzTeens – Website developed for teens by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Boys and Girls Clubs of America. Contains comics, videos, and a variety of teaching tools.
- Web Wise Kids
- Cox Communications – Take Charge! How Safe Are Your Children Online? Manage What Your Kids See, and Don’t See on TV and the Internet.
Parents and educators can be directed to our public site for internet safety links.
http://fcs.tamu.edu/families/parenting/internnet-predators/internet-safety-links.php
Books
- MySpace Unraveled: A Parent’s Guide to Teen Social Networking
Magid, L., & Collier, A. (2006). Peachpit Press.
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Updated: 21 April, 2008
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