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int_000008037915Small-200x300What you’ll find here is news, perspective and advice on safe, successful use of social media and technology for parents, kids & teens, educators and policymakers worldwide. ConnectSafely is a place for information and community that welcomes all participants in today’s very user-driven, networked world. We’re also advocates for youth rights and free speech in participatory media. For our thinking about all this, click here. Check out our new social media guides for parents and join us in celebrating Safer Internet Day 2014!

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Students developing apps (and businesses) on the side
There’s the app for cats. Yes, true – not feline iPhone users, but cats who play (i.e., all cats). The Guardian’s feature on young app creators leads with Oxford physics student Owen Beckett’s Cat Snaps, “a laser chasing game for ...

National Center adds another layer to children’s safety online
For several years, I’ve been on the board of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). The organization, which is based in Alexandria, Va., is best known for helping to reunite missing children with their custodial parents or ...

Resources & Safety Tips
Tips for strong, secure passwords
Tips to prevent teen sexting
Tips to help stop cyberbullying		 Tips for smart videogaming
Virtual world safety tips for parents of teens
Cellphone safety tips

More tips & advice

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Media Library

Featured Video, “Why can’t we be friends?”

IM5 and Think Before You Type, a nonprofit founded by sisters Lauren and Victoria Coaxum, want to know how you’ll make a new friend today.

Click here to view or print our Parents’ Guide to Cyberbullying.  

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