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.
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