Would you let your daughter hang out with strangers late at night on her own?
Of course not - but the internet presents many temptations for a young and impressionable
adult.
You may be worried about these dangers to your daughter:
- Encountering and befriending strangers and online predators in chat rooms, social
networks and emails
- Visiting sites that feature cosmetic surgery and body augmentation
- See disturbing images or videos on web sites
- Having online relationships with strangers prentending to be their age
- Stumbling into pornographic web sites by accident
- Getting bullied or threatened in messages or on web sites
- Posting personal content on Facebook and other social networking sites
- Visiting sites that feature violence or racism
- Giving away personal details that may affect you and your familiy
- Visiting web sites that encourage eating disorders
- Using their webcam - with strangers watching
- Downloading music illegally
- Visiting web sites that glorify suicide or self-harm
- Using your credit card without permission to shop online
- Buying and selling from auction sites (without permission)
- Spending too long on their computer socialising and not getting out
- Going online at night - when you're asleep - making them tired the next day and
affecting schoolwork
Sometimes, these issues can also be a threat for girls this age:
- Being tempted by online gambling web sites
- Becoming obsessed and addicted to fashion, lifestyle and reality web sites
CyberSentinel can help protect against these problems. See
how CyberSentinel works.
For ideas and guides to help your children learn about internet dangers see the
Think You Know website.
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