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This document provides tips and advice for keeping adult children safe online while respecting their privacy and independence. It discusses common online safety concerns like oversharing personal information, bullying, and interacting with strangers. It then offers practical strategies like using strong and unique passwords, checking privacy settings regularly, limiting online time, and designating a "checker friend" to discuss links and messages with before engaging. The document also reviews monitoring software options and includes helpful resource links. The overall message is that open communication and establishing clear boundaries are important for promoting responsibility and safety as adult children navigate the online world.
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- 1. How to keep your adult children safe on the Internet and still give them their space Kathy Schrock kathy@kathyschrock.net
- 2. Itinerary • Overview of concerns • Up to speed • Practical ideas to help • Monitoring • Support links • Questions and comments
- 3. Overview of concerns • Revealing too much personal information • Sharing passwords and other information • Bullying • Social relationships online • Meeting up in person • Scammers and phishing
- 4. Some other concerns • The discernment skills to be able to determine whether or not to friend someone • Knowledge and skills to get out of a sticky situation • Being able to interpret the rules and expectations
- 5. Get yourself up to speed
- 6. Get yourself up to speed • Sign up for a Facebook account • Start using Twitter • Get a Google+ account • Practice online chat with others
- 7. Facebook Upper right-hand corner Under the arrow
- 10. Twitter • Cross between IM and text messaging • 140 characters • Posts are public unless you set them otherwise • Private conversations are possible
- 11. What others see
- 12. What I see
- 13. Twitter settings
- 14. Google+
- 15. Google+ Hangouts
- 17. Aggregate chat/IM accounts • Talk.to • Digsby.com • Apple Messages • chat.zoho.com
- 18. Phishing
- 20. Phishing quiz 1
- 21. Phishing quiz 1 answe r
- 22. Phishing quiz 2
- 23. Phishing quiz answer 2
- 24. Phishing tips • Phishing emails: don’t click on link • Pop-up screens: don’t use • Anti-virus and malware protection • Contact the real company
- 25. Snopes.com
- 26. Practical ideas
- 27. Practical ideas: passwords • Passwords need to remain private • Passwords should be changed often • Use different passwords • Write down all the passwords together
- 28. Practical ideas: checker friend Have your adult child make you their “checker friend” A checker friend is: • Someone you go to • Someone who will check on you • Someone who is your “friend”
- 29. Practical ideas: privacy settings • Social networks often change their privacy setting options • Check privacy settings regularly
- 30. Practical ideas: social time • Remind your adult child the Internet is just one part of their life • Set time limits on online time • Real world social interactions • Friends respect the time limit
- 31. Practical ideas: just say no • Easy to “un-friend” or “un-follow” someone • Only friend those they know • It is fine to say “no”
- 32. Practical ideas: look • Never click on an attachment from anyone or one you are not expecting • Have their “checker friend” look at a link before clicking on it
- 33. Practical ideas: think • Never post an embarrassing or inappropriate picture • Never giving out personal information • Re-read everything before sharing
- 34. Practical ideas: personal things Have a discussion with your adult child and talk about things that should never be posted online - Banking information - Home or work address - Social Security number - Phone numbers - Medical or physical information - Anything someone can use against them
- 35. 1. Talk only with friends. 2. Keep address, phone number, social security #, and banking information secret. 3. Talk to Mom/Dad when someone you do not know tries to talk to you. Final practical idea
- 37. I Can Be Safe Online
- 39. NSTeens
- 41. Monitoring options • Be a friend or follower on social networks • iOS options • Computer options
- 43. iWonder Surf
- 44. iWonder Surf
- 45. $6-$13 per month Stealth Genie
- 46. Stealth Genie
- 48. Software solutions For Windows/Mac For Windows only Spector Pro $100 WebWatcher $100 For Windows only For iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad $29.95 K-9 Web Protection Free
- 49. Links
- 50. Links (clickable in PDF) PDF Version of this Presentation http://linkyy.com/eso Snopes Internet Rumors http://snopes.com Phishing Quiz http://linkyy.com/esh Handout to share with your child http://linkyy.com/esi I Can Be Safe Online http://linkyy.com/esj LD Online Internet Safety Articles http://linkyy.com/esk Online Safety for Teens with Intellectual Disabilities http://linkyy.com/esl Internet Safety for those with Asperger’s and Autism http://linkyy.com/esm FTC Identity Theft or Fraud Reporting http://linkyy.com/esn NSTeens Videos http://linkyy.com/esE Software Monitoring Solutions http://linkyy.com/parentguide