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The Internet safety tips that Attorney General Reilly offers to children include:

• NEVER give out personal information.
• NEVER arrange an in-person meeting with someone you've met online.
• NEVER post pictures of yourself, your family, or friends online.
• NEVER open files sent to you by anyone you have met online.
• Avoid people who ask too many personal questions.
• Do not respond to e-mail when you do not know the sender.
• Do not respond to rude, threatening or harassing e-mail.
• Trust your instincts!! If something does not feel right, do not respond to e-mail, leave the chat room or exit the website.

The basic Internet safety rules that AG Reilly offers to parents include:

• Place your child's computer in an area where you are best able to monitor his or her online activities.
• Take an active interest in your child's online activities.
• Warn your child never to arrange an in-person meeting with someone met online.
• Warn your child never to accept anything sent to him or her by a person met online.
• Consider using filtering or blocking software.

            Brochures

                "The Internet, Your Child and You.  What Every Parent Should Know"

                "Internet Safety: Advice from Kids Who have Faced Danger Online"

Disney Kids Internet Safety

Kidz Privacy

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/kidzprivacy/index.html

From the Federal Trade Commission. Excellent information for kids, parents, and educators.

Safe Kids

http://www.safekids.com/

Tips, advice, and suggestions for safe online surfing. Scroll down to Kids' Rules for Online Safety.

I-SAFE

http://www.isafe.org

Look at the Safe Surf Contract

Click on PARENTS for excellent guidelines and suggestions for parenting a child who has online access.

Instant Messaging

Safe Passage: Instant Messaging

http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/webaware/parents/safe/picq.htm

Information from Web Awareness about what instant messaging is, the benefits and risks to kids, and safety tips.

Instant Messaging

http://www.kidsturncentral.com/topics/computers/im.htm

Information for kids and parents about IM. Read about different IM software and how it works, and get safety tips. Has detailed information about each program.

Kids Need Enduring Smarts with Instant Messaging

http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001-07-10-instant-messaging-safety.htm

USA Today article about instant messaging; has many links to other related stories.

Instant Message to All Parents: Watch the Kids

http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001-07-10-instant-messaging-qa.htm

Excellent article from USA Today. Interview with Parry Aftab, author of The Parent's Guide to Protecting Your Children in Cyberspace and executive director of Cyberangels.org,

Online Safety 101 – Instant Messaging

http://www.onlinesafety101.com/im.htm

Good list of safety tips.

Instant Message Safety for Parents

http://www.wiredteens.org/parentsim.html

Discussion of hazards and safety from WiredTeens.org.