You already know how to blog — do you know how to do it safely?
Teen Online Victimization: Just the Facts
Research suggests that online teen victims are troubled teens offline.
Chat Room Safety Tips
Chat rooms, where many people gather for live interaction, are among the riskiest places on the Net – where kids are most likely to “talk” with strangers about sex. Here are some tips for teens who do use chat rooms.
Teens’ Guide to Safe Blogging
by Larry Magid Blogging is great. Just be smart about what you share (revised June 2006) Unlike the articles we write for parents and teachers, we don’t have to give you a course in blogging basics. As a teen, you’ve probably visited your share of blogs or “spaces,” and there’s a good chance you may […]
How social influencing works
One of the best protections for online youth is awareness of how other people try to influence them – here are some of the ways….
Safe Blogging Advice for Teachers
by Larry Magid Chances are you’ve heard the term “blog” or “web log.” Certainly, your students know about them and there’s a very good chance that some of them maintain their own blogs. A blog is simply a web site — typically maintained by an individual — that can contain anything the person cares to […]
18-year-old blogger Amanda on blogging
by Anne Collier Teen blogging is definitely on parents', educators', reporters' radar screens now (it has been on law-enforcement ones a while longer). Stories about it – good, bad, and somewhere in between – are popping up in local news sites nationwide. The story of Karen, mother of a MySpacer in California, represents that snowball […]
Social networking dangers in perspective
Social-networking sites may not be as dangerous as some officials claim.
New research sheds light on how kids are exploited
An unpublished government study offers insights into what role the Internet really has in child sexual exploitation.
Study has good news for social Web safety
A new study finds that 96% of online teens use social networking, yet the vast majority have never had an unknown adult ask them for personal information.