Sue Scheff: Wired Safety - Helping You and Your Kids Stay Safe In Cyberspace

Parry Aftab is one of the leading advocates in promoting Internet Safety for our children and all people.

With the popularity of Social Networking on the increase, WiredSafety provides schools, parents, regulators and the media with a wealth of information on keeping Kids and Teens Safe on MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, Xanga and other Social Networking Sites.

The following resources are all available for viewing online and/or download as PDF files:

Quick tips on Social Networking safety for parents and teens.
What you need to know about YouTube and other video networks.
Parenting Online booklet (English).
Parenting Online booklet (En Español).
Follow this link to find out more about safe Social Networking >>

Find out more about other organizations that Parry works with here:

Teenangels, Tweenangels, WiredKids, CyberLawEnforcement and StopCyberbullying, as well as WiredSafety.

Follow Parry Aftab on Twitter @ParryAftab and @WiredMoms

Sue Scheff: The Parents Guide to Protecting Your Children in Cyberspace

By Parry Aftab

Just about everyone agrees that certain places in cyberspace are inappropriate for children. What people don't agree on is how to keep kids from wandering into areas where they don't belong. From the ACLU to Congress, local PTAs and national teacher's organizations, the issue is devise and polarizing.

Given recent events such as what happened in Littleton, Colorado, it is also becoming clear that there's more to protecting children in cyberspace than just blocking pornographic sites with filtering programs. How can parents, teachers and librarians navigate this confusing issue without overstepping legal boundaries while at the same time protecting kids from the dangers--both hidden and obvious--that abound on the Net? Internationally respected attorney and cyber-expert Parry Aftab offers a sensible, clear-cut guide to protecting children from the dark side of the Web.

Based upon her self-published book A Parent's Guide to the Internet and How to Protect Your Children in Cyberspace, Aftab details the threats that lurk throughout the world wide web, from spam and chatrooms, to cyber porn and cyber stalkers, to sites that promote violence fantasy role-playing and hatred. She then goes on to detail what steps parents and teachers can and should take to keep children from accessing certain sites.

Learn more.