• Most Internet Sex Offenders Aim At Teens, Not Young Children, Study Shows
• ost online sex offenders are adults who target teens and seduce victims into sexual relationships

• Silencing Cyberbullies
• www.netsmartz.org
• the victim gets humiliated over and over again every time someone new sees the incident.
• ddressing the bystander is the best way to curb cyberbullying. By encouraging the bystander to have the courage to intervene rather than take part, most incidents of cyberbullying would fizzle before catching fire online.
• but they're not developmentally ready to consistently make good decisions about how they use it. As adults, our area of expertise is in human relations, behavior, and effective problem-solving. This is the insight our children and teens need from us."
• "Talk about it," says Cathy Smith. "Define it and discuss expectations and consequences. Don't ignore it or take it lightly."

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• The Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use provides  research and outreach services to address issues of the safe  and responsible use of the Internet. We provide guidance to  parents, educators, librarians, policy-makers, and others   regarding effective strategies to assist young people in gaining  the knowledge, skills, motivation, and self-control to use the  Internet and other information technologies in a safe and  responsible manner.

• fear-based Internet Safety programs aren’t effective; that education is the answer;
• Crimes Against Children Research Center has published a fact sheet loaded with helpful information that we can all use TODAY. This handy summary does a terrific job of debunking myths and other misunderstandings about this terrible problem and is a virtual roadmap for a community education initiative.

• the new Facebook privacy options in the wild. As we wrote earlier this week, "the new privacy features will increase the granular control that Facebook has been known for.

• My Daughter, the Burger-Flipping Penguin

• omg my mom joined facebook!!

• At Google, we're committed to helping keep our users safe online.

• Content Based Criteria for Determining Age Appropriateness

   

  This grid is designed to quickly show you what child development experts feel is developmentally appropriate for different age groups. Because every child and every family is different, it is only a rough guide, but we do use it to guide our ratings.

• Children and adolescents have more difficulty understanding privacy policies and are at a developmental disadvantage to give meaningful, informed consent to data collection," according to a letter the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), Children Now, the Office of Communications, and the United Church of Christ.

• Tough Love: Mom puts teen son's XBox on eBay after he breaks vacuum, surfs for porn

• Online “Predators” and Their Victims: Myths, Realities, and Implications for Prevention and Treatment (PDF; 441 KB)
   Source: American Psychologist
   From press release (University of New Hampshire, Crimes against Children Research Center)

• When Mom or Dad Asks To Be a Facebook 'Friend'