- Bullying and solicitation of children online is a significant problem, with one in four children receiving unwanted sexual advances and nearly 70% of reported assaults being against those under 17. - Social media like Facebook have allowed bullying to spread online, and several cases were described of children taking their own lives after enduring bullying campaigns on sites like Bebo. - Parents are encouraged to monitor their children's online activities, be friends with them on social media, and teach them how to identify and report any instances of cyberbullying. Steps are outlined for parents to protect kids through active supervision of their online activities and social media use.

1. Keeping our kids E-Safe What you need to know and do To keep your child safe

3. Facebook bully jailed: Death threat girl, 18, is first person put behind bars for vicious internet campaign inquest heard how a schoolgirl took a fatal overdose of painkillers after bullies waged a hate campaign against her on Bebo.

4. Social networking sites Instant messaging (eg MSN) P2P (filesharing) Multi-user online games Chat rooms 49% of kids say that they have given out personal information 5% of parents think their child has given out such information

6. Social Networking Social websites like Facebook have made it possible for people all over the world to connect and stay in touch easily. However, kids bullying other kids on Facebook or similar, has become a problem. It's not as easy to protect your children as it once was, but there are safeguards you can use to protect your children from bullying on Facebook.

7. Step 1 - Create a Facebook account for yourself. If you want to protect your child on Facebook, you must be on the site yourself. Step 2 - Require your child to be your Facebook friend. This allows you to see all activity on her page. You can see who she is friends with and the types of comments are being left for her. This will nip a lot of bullying on Facebook right away. Kids are generally smart enough not to leave comments that parents are going to read.

8. Step 3 - Insist on knowing your child's password for Facebook and make sure he understands that you will use it to sign into his account on occasion. This is necessary to check for bullying by private message. While most activity on Facebook is viewable by all your friends, private messages are not. Step 4 - Search for bullying groups on Facebook. Type in "groups" in the search box at the top of the Facebook homepage. That takes you to the Groups homepage. From there you can search the groups for your child's full name. It has become a trend on Facebook for kids to set up "I Hate So-and-So" groups that are used to bully a child.

9. Step 5 - Immediately report any groups or messages that appear to be bullying your child on Facebook. Click on the group name and then scroll down to the bottom of the screen. Click on the "Report Group" icon Step 6 - Report a single person's bad behaviour by clicking on "Report This Person" on that person's profile screen. Since you must be friends to see the person's profile page, you must be signed into your child's account to do this. But don't worry; the reporting is done anonymously, and no one will ever know your child was the one to report bad behaviour.

11. Homework – Find out about the civil rights movement in America in the 60’s First Internet result: Content There is always the obvious content we worry about: Sex/Pornography, Drugs etc…but what about below?

12. This website is hosted by STORMFRONT… Who are they?

16. You Tube – an excellent resource

17. New to computers

20. A Access Supervision? Friend requests when social networking? Filtering? Text messages? Instant messaging e.g. MSN Online profiles? Online gaming UPLOADING & DOWNLOADING!! P

21. C Content Movie, TV, Game ratings? i.e. U, PG, 12a, 12, 15, 16(games), 18 What websites? What conditions need to be met? e.g. Homework, tidy room, housework tasks A P

22. T Time Play games _______ hours Watch Movies/TV ______ hours Internet/Computer use_____ hours C A P