This document discusses various online dangers faced by youth such as cyberbullying, credit card fraud, harassment, and sexual predators. It notes that these dangers can harm youth emotionally, financially, and physically. Specific online dangers covered include the emotional impact of cyberbullying, physical harm from meeting strangers online, and identity theft from stolen personal information. The document provides rules and tools for parents to help protect youth, such as maintaining open communication, supervising internet use, using privacy settings and filters, and instructing youth how to respond to cyberbullying and protect personal information.

1. By: Shakena
Reese

2.  Cyber Bullying
 Credit Card Fraud
 Harrassment
 Sexual Predators
 Scams

3.  EMOTIONALLY
 FINANCIALLY
 PHYSICALLY

4.  Cyberbullying can cause great
emotional harm to the target.
 Online communications can be
vicious, and cyberbullying can be
happening24/7.
 Damaging text and images can be
widely disseminated and impossible
to fully remove.
 There are emerging reports of youth
suicide and violence related to
cyberbullying.

5.  Many young people who are victims of online
danger are harmed physically.
 Many young girls who meet men via internet
are raped and sometimes killed.
 Those with insecurities are capable of
harming themselves physically.
 There are many reports of suicides because
of online dangers.

6.  Account information is
stolen through online
shopping
 Telemarketers commit
fraud to get personal
information
 Also they use information
given through messages to
wipe bank accounts cleans
and commit identity theft.
 They are also capable of
committing credit card
fraud.

7. “Rules”
 Establish an ongoing dialogue and keep lines of
communication open.
 Supervise use of all Internet-enabled devices.
 Know your child’s online activities and friends.
 Regularly check the online communities your
children use, such as social networking and
gaming sites, to see what information they are
posting.
 Supervise the photos and videos your kids post
and send online.

8.  Discourage the use of webcams and mobile
video devices.
 Learn and teach your children how to protect
personal information posted online and to follow
the same rules with respect to the personal
information of others.
 Be sure to use privacy settings.
 Instruct your children to avoid meeting face-to-
face with someone they only know online or
through their mobile device.
 I can learn teach my child how to respond to cyber
bullies.
 Establish an agreement with your children about
Internet use at home and outside of the home

9.  “Tools”
 Set age-appropriate filters.
 Consider using monitoring software,
especially if you sense your child is at risk.
 Periodically check online activity by viewing
your browser’s history.
 Set time limits and consider using time-
limiting software.
 Disallow access to chat rooms and only allow
live audio chat with extreme caution.

10.  Limit your instant messaging (IM) contacts
 Use safe search engines.
 Set up the family’s cyber-security
protections.
 Utilize parental controls they should be
utilized on all Internet-enabled devices
(desktops, laptops; and gaming, mobile, and
music devices).
 Refrain from a lot of online shopping
 Also don’t post anything harmful
 Keep all personal information personal relay
personal messages via phone or face to face.