• Develop a trusting relationship with your child early

• Keep the door of communication open

• If you have reason to suspect your child is viewing inappropriate sites, do not overact - approach

your son or daughter with respect

• Add to online profiles that you monitor your child's use of the Internet

• Keep your computers in heavy traffic areas in your home

• Know your children's online friends

• Use a pre-filtered Internet Service Provider (ISP)

• Check USB drives, CDRs, etc.

• Check History Files often

• Spend time with your child as they surf the Internet

• Spend time with your child on-line, and have them teach you about their favorite on-line

destinations

• Get to know and use the "Parental Controls" provided by your Internet Service Provider and/or

blocking software

• Always maintain access to your child's on-line account, and randomly check his or her account

• Teach your child about responsible use of the resources on the Internet

• Find out what safeguards are used at your child's school, the public library and at the homes of

your child's friends. These are all places, outside your supervision, where a child could

encounter an on-line predator

• Instruct your child NEVER to arrange face-to-face meetings with someone they met on-line and

NOT to respond to messages or bulletin board postings that are suggestive, obscene, belligerent

or harassing

• Tell your child to NEVER give out identifying information such as name, address, school name or

telephone number to people they don't know

• Explain to your child to NEVER post pictures of them on the Internet and let them know this has

seriously harmed other children

• Teach your child to come and get you when they accessed something on the Internet that

makes them feel uncomfortable, no matter what it is.

• Teach your child that the Internet is a good source for educational, recreational and creative

searches, but has intentional landmines placed that could hurt them

• Remind them not to post anything online that they wouldn't want the whole world to know.

• Be your child's "Friend" on Facebook and be friends with their friends.

• Follow your child's twitter.

How to Change Privacy Settings

Facebook: Account-Privacy Settings-Profile

Account-Privacy Settings-Contact

Twitter: Settings- Account- Protect My Tweets