1. Technology and Your Children

2. By The Numbers  29% - percentage of students who believe that their guardian would disapprove of what they are doing on the internet. http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/a rt.asp?articlekey=62993&page=2

3. What Do You Know?  64% – percentage of teens that believe most teens do things online that they wouldn’t want their guardians to know about  One-third (33%) of 13-17 year olds and nearly half (48%) of 16-17 year olds report that their parents or guardians know "very little" or "nothing" about what they do on the Internet. http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/a rt.asp?articlekey=62993&page=2

4. Stranger Danger

7. The Scary Reality  30% OF TEENAGE GIRLS (age 14-17) HAVE MET WITH SOMEONE IN PERSON THAT THEY ONLY KNEW FROM ONLINE INTERACTION

8. But I’m Friends With My Child on Facebook!  67% of teenagers say they know how to hide what they do online from parents  How are they hiding?  Limited Profile on Facebook  Fake Accounts  InPrivate Browsing  Sleepovers  iPads, iPhones, Kindles, etc.

9. And this is why a dialogue is extremely important

11. What Are They Doing?  Instagram/Finsta  Facebook  Kik  Snapchat  Vine  Formspring/Ask.fm  Tinder  Omegle  Tumblr  Twitter  Oovoo  Pinterest  WhatsApp  Foursquare  YikYak  Whisper

12. Instagram Finsta Fake-Instagram

13. Facebook

14. Kik

15. Snapchat

16. Vine  https://vine.co/hedgehog

17. Formspring/Ask.fm

18. Tinder

19. Omegle

20. Tumblr

21. Surveys http://surveyssurveyssurveys.tumblr.com/

22. Twitter

23. Oovoo

24. Pinterest

25. WhatsApp

26. Foursquare

27. Yik Yak http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2014/05/ridgewood_hs_student_in_ custody_after_alleged_gun_threat.html

28. Whisper

29. How to Keep Your Child Safe  Know which social networks your teen uses.  Keep a copy of your teen's passwords, but do not use them unless it is an emergency.  Set rules and expectations with your child through a family discussion. Use a contract with consequences.  Follow through.

30. Recommendations for Rules and Expectations  Keep your personal information private.  Only add friends you know in real life.  Set your profile and blog to private.  Use a nickname that doesn’t identify your location, gender, or age.  Never meet in person with anyone you first met online.  Contact the site administrator if someone creates a social networking page in your name.  Alter your pictures and videos before you post them to remove identifying information.  Profile and photo share only with people on your friends list.  Don’t post your plans or whereabouts on your site.  Ignore or Report harassing or rude comments posted on your profile.  Think about the possible consequences of the information and photos you post.  Never post sexually provocative photos.  Set a time limit.  Your child must tell you any new accounts they make

31. To Learn More  Commonsensemedia.org