22 December, 2014
Thanks to the Internet, your teen can travel the world with the click of a mouse. He can access information in minutes that once would have taken days of time and possibly thousands of dollars in cost. The Internet is a great learning tool with thousands of reliable and helpful sites.
But the Internet can also hold dangers for your teen. They are found on websites with inappropriate or harmful content and in the social media that many teens use to talk about various subjects.
Most people who participate in social media are probably harmless. But some may not be. Sadly, many teens have been fooled—and some harmed—by adults online. These adults, posing as teens, may win the trust of innocent teens online. The teens believe they are talking with their peers. They want to make friends, and so they give out their addresses or other personal information.
In reality, they may have given this information to an adult who may be seeking to take advantage of a young person.
Do not allow your teen to post photos of himself online. And tell him to never give out personal information online, including:
His real name.
His age.
Where he lives.
His phone number.
The name of his school.
Financial information.
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