This document provides tips for keeping teens safe online. It recommends understanding the tools teens use, setting privacy guidelines, being informed about social media, talking regularly with teens, and checking their online accounts. The document lists specific websites and apps teens commonly use and suggests tracking tools parents can use to monitor their teens' online activity. The overall message is for parents to be aware of, involved in, and available to discuss their teens' online experiences.
2. There is no Silver Bullet
Understand your tools
Set your privacy guidelines
Be informed
Talk with your teen
Keep the lines of communication open
Check their accounts frequently
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5. Set Privacy Settings
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Microsoft PC – Windows
MAC
iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone (Safari)
Android
Google
Yahoo
YouTube
Click on links above for instructions or
Search for “parental controls” + type of device
9. Talk WITH Your Teen
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How do you want to be known?
Establish your personal brand
To Tag or not to Tag?
What is too much information?
Bullying
(ConnectSafely.org)
10. Private IS NOT Private
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Deleted posts/images are never really gone
SnapChat messages/images CAN be saved
People can tag photos you aren’t in!
11. Check Their Accounts
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Know their User Name/Email/Password
Friend and Follow Them
Review their participation
Resist the urge to join in!
Check their computer history PC and Mac
Check their phone history iPhone and Android
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Today Show – Moms, Social Apps You Should Know
Huffington Post – 8 Scary Apps
Forbes – Where Kids Go Instead of Facebook
PC Mag – Parental Control Apps for Smart Phones
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Social Media Strategist
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