With the summer here and kids spending more time at home and possibly in front of the computer, the South Bruce OPP shared some internet safety tips for parents.
The suggest creating a list of Internet house rules with your teens.
They include the kinds and types of sites that are off-limits, keeping internet computers in an open area of the house, talking to them about online friends & activities like any other activity, and encouraging them to use monitored chat rooms.
Key items such as keeping personal information private, encouraging discussion on messages if they ever feel threatened or uncomfortable & about the risk of intimate images should be discussed as well as directing them to good sites about health and sexuality.
The RCMP have created a comprehensive list of internet safety tips for parents. They are available below.
https://bc-cb.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=2077&languageId=1&contentId=21690