Education is a key component in protecting your children from online predators, harassment, cyber bullying, sexting, pornography or violent content, illegal P2P downloads and identity theft. Join the GuardChild Community to become a Cyber Parent and learn how to protect your family from these online threats. Access the GuardChild Community Blog, hundreds of articles, and web sites about online safety and family internet security, a searchable state-by-state sex offender registry, and an Instant Messaging/Chat/Text Messaging/Emoticon Glossary.

Below is a sample of the resources we’ve put together for you (access hundreds more as a member), but some resources are Too Important not to share with you.

Toll-Free Resources:

• Operation Predator (Department of Homeland Security): 866-347-2423
• US Customs (child pornography): 800-BE-ALERT
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: 800-THE-LOST

Industry Links

• iSafe.org
• Cyber Angels
• Enough Is Enough
• NetSmartz

Cyber Bullying

• What is Cyber Bullying?
• Cyber Bullying Tips and Videos
• Cyber Bullying Resource for Parents and Educators
• Cyberbullying Research Center

Sexting

• Sexting 101 – Guide for Parents
• Sex and Tech: What’s Really Going On
• Download Harvard Sexting Report
• Tips to Prevent Sexting

Identity Theft

• Identity Theft Information
• Stealing Babies Identity
• Products to
  Protect Your Identity
• Federal Trade Commission’s ID Theft Fast Facts

Texting and Driving

• Graphic video Texting while driving
• Texting While Driving Statistics
• Studies Show Texting While Driving Is Epidemic
• Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) Laws

Articles:

• Dating violence in Teen Relationships
• Identity Theft – Protecting your family in today’s digital world.
• Facebook use grows by 700%
• Social Network Protection – Love them or hate them; social networking sites aren’t going anywhere
• Three in Four Parents Spy on Children Online?
• Children on Internet: How Could They be Safe Beneficiaries?
• Guide helps explain Xbox Parental Controls
• Safety Tips for Tweens and Teens – OnGuard Online
  
• Expert warns against allowing children on computers

Child Internet Safety

• For Working Parents – Protecting Children from Internet Dangers During Work Hours is Key (ContentWatch)
• Learn about the dangers of Cyber-Bulling
• Internet Safety Tips (GuardChild)
• Is My Child OK Online (Clark and Kathy Kidd)
• Internet Safety Page for Kids, K-5 (US FBI)

How to Select Child Protection Software

• What makes a Good Internet Filter? (ContentWatch)
• Monitoring Software Definitions (GuardChild)

Recommended Reading

• Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens
• The Netroom Predator
• Coping With Dangers on the Internet
• How To Protect Your Child from Sexual Predators
• Internet Protect Your Kids: Keep Your Child Safe from the Dark Side of Technology
• Safety Net, Internet Safety, Child Pornography on the Net
• Look Both Ways: Help Protect Your Family on the Internet

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