What in the World Are Your Kids Doing Online?
How to Understand the Electronic World Your Children Live In
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Publisher Description
Texting. Blogging. IMing. Technology that has become second nature to our children remains uncharted territory for many parents. What in the World Are Your Kids Doing Online? tells you everything you need to know to navigate the parenting issues technology raises, and arms you with the tools you need to protect your children.
This comprehensive, all-purpose guide shows you how to keep up with the latest in computer technology and the Internet—even if you’re a techno-illiterate.
You’ll also learn how to:
protect your child from cyber-bullies and sexual predators
monitor your child’s online activity
recognize the danger signs in your child’s use of chat rooms and socializing sites such as MySpace
decode the secret language of texting, instant messaging, e-mail, and chat rooms
keep your “Cyber-kid” healthy and fit
teach your child good on-line study skills
help your child build healthy friendships and dating relationships, both on- and off-line
gear your rules about the Internet to your child’s age and developmental stage
know when to turn the computer off
Includes information on how the cyber world affects children with special needs, learning disorders, and emotional disorders.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Educators Melton and Shankle offer a reasonable, nonalarmist guide for concerned parents in helping their kids navigate the wonders and perils of the cyberworld. The authors downplay the dangers of Internet predators (the statistics are actually low), while they emphasize the importance of establishing a healthy balance of virtual and real-time activities for growing kids. Cellphones, instant text messaging, online surfing (Web sites, chat rooms, blogs) and dating aren't going to go away, and the authors give a crash course in what children are bombarded with daily, in school and elsewhere. Establishing an honor system with kids is crucial: "Keep the lines of communication open" is an often repeated dictum. The authors consider the cyberworld from the perspectives of both kids (establishing e-mail etiquette and coping with bullying, for example) and adults (inserting filters and monitors), but most helpful is the section on how intensive engagement with the cyberworld affects a child's development, from early youth to the teen years. The authors do sing the benefits of using the Internet for research and global communication, especially for special-needs kids; however, they convincingly stress moderation and firm parental involvement.
