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Benefits

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Where is the Internet used?

Who are they with?

What do they do?

Dangers

Protection or Freedom?

Through a child's eyes

Section 2: Education

 Protection or Freedom?


Children will be children. It is natural for them to push the boundaries and take risks.

In the real world we have safeguards.

For example, at a swimming pool we have:

•    signs

•    lifeguards

•    shallow ends

But we also teach them to swim.

 

The Internet safety is the same. We need
protection (such as filters)

But we must also teach them how to be safe online.

 

Children will push the boundaries. They are not being bad; they are being children.

For example, these are all acronyms used in chat rooms:

•    ASL           Age, sex, location

•    ASLP        Age, sex, location, picture

•    CD9          Code 9 - parents are around

•    PAW         Parents are watching

•    PM             Private message

•    POS          Parents over shoulder

•    POTS        Parents over the shoulder

•    P911         Parent emergency

•    FYEO        For your eyes only

•    FYE           For your entertainment

•    HSWM      Have sex with me

•    KPC          Keeping parents clueless

•    TAW          Teachers are watching

•    WTGP       Want to go private?

•    53x            Sex

•    143            I Love You

It is important for parents to keep up with teen chat – many are amused initially but get slightly more concerned as they realise what the coded messages mean.

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