- Get more actively involved in you children's lives ONLINE. Know what they are doing.
- Place your computer in a den, or family room or a high traffic location, even the
kitchen.
- You can use screening devices like: Cyberpatrol, Net-Nanny, Surfwatch etc.
- Watch for children spending extended lengths of time at the computer.
- Limit your childs access to the computer to specific areas.
- Set limits on use to specific times.
- READ unfamiliar E-Mail
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- Become more computer literate.
- Work alongside with your child while On-line.
- Warn your child to be wary of On-Line Strangers; asking who they are communicating with.
- NEVER allow your child to arrange a face-to-face meeting with another computer user
without parental permission.
- Monitor your long distance phone bill.
- Encourage your child to report suggestive, obscene, belligerent or threatening bulletin
board messages.
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