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[FYI] Internet Parenting
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- Subject: [FYI] Internet Parenting
- From: Horns@t-online.de (Axel H. Horns)
- Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 09:11:23 +0100
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http://www.msnbc.com/news/195260.asp#BODY
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By Bob Sullivan
MSNBC
Many safety guides for children using the Net
read as if they were written by Robert Fulghum.
Everything I ever needed to know to stay safe in
the virtual world, I learned in the real world.
Don't go scary places by yourself. If someone is
making you uncomfortable, just leave, and tell
your parents. Don't look at pornographic
pictures, and you won't have to worry about
them. But most important _ don't talk to
strangers, and never give them personal
information. Unfortunately, it's not that simple
IF IT WERE SIMPLE, you can bet that earlier this
month there wouldn't have been 100 alleged
pedophiles arrested and tens of thousands of
pictures of children _ as young as 2 years
old _ seized. See the MSNBC story.
It's not simple because strangers
online are hard to
identify, since the Net is the land of
make-believe. And just as kids are often
better than their parents at playing make
believe, they're often better at keeping up
with technology, too.
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