Internet Safety
The Internet offers an array of entertainment and educational resources
for children but also presents some risks. Approximately one in seven
youths (10 to 17 years) experience a sexual solicitation or approach
while online.1
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) is
committed to helping all audiences — from kids to parents and guardians
to law-enforcement officers and educators — learn the aspects of
Internet safety.
You can’t watch kids every minute, but you can use strategies
to help them benefit from the Internet and avoid its risks.
NCMEC urges you to do one of the single most important things to promote
safety — talk to kids about the rewards and risks of Internet use.
Featured Publications
Keeping
Kids Safer on the Internet: Tips for Parents and Guardians
Your
Kids Can Fill in the Blanks. Can You?
Know
the Rules...Internet Safety Quiz for Adults
Online
Victimization: Five Years Later (2006)
More
publications...
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Resources
NetSmartz: Teach
children how to be safer on- and offline with NetSmartz,
NCMEC’s award-winning, interactive, educational safety
program. Learn more at NetSmartz.org.
NetSmartz411: Parents'
and guardians' premier, online resource for answering questions
about Internet Safety, computers, and the Web. Learn more
at NetSmartz411.org.
CyberTipline: Has
your child ever been sent inappropriate material by someone
he or she met online? Has your child ever inadvertently encountered
inappropriate material? You can make a report of these types
of incidents at CyberTipline.com or
by calling 1-800-THE-LOST. |
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1Janis Wolak, Kimberly J. Mitchell, and David Finkelhor. Online
Victimization of Youth: Five Years Later. Alexandria, Virginia.
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, 2006, page
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