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Internet sites to help you keep you and your family safe while using the internet.
Wired Safety
www.wiredsafety.org An online safety and help group packed with resources for parents, educators, and kids. Make sure to check out the parent section, where you can download a PDF copy of "Parenting Online."
HDOP: Help Delete Online Predators
www.missingkids.com/adcouncil/ Publishes information on how to talk to your kids and how to report online predators. Also, it has a vocabulary list to help you decipher online shorthand like POS (parent over shoulder) and A/S/L? (age, sex, location?), as well as Internet safety quizzes for kids and parents.
Cyber Tip Line
Don't Believe the Type
Katie's Place
www.Katiesplace.org When Katie Tarbox was 13, she was molested by an older man she met over the Internet. Now 23, she has written a book for teens about her experience called A Girl's Life Online, and she keeps this Web site to help other young victims of sexual exploitation.
Teen Angels
www.teenangels.org A Wired Safety project, Teen Angels is a peer-education program for teens age 13-18. Kids can get info from peers about how to start similar programs in their own schools.
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