Public Service For Parents: Children's Internet Safety and Awareness

What can I do to protect and prevent this from happening to children?

• Educate Yourself in your Child's Internet Activities.
• Help STOP Criminals who prey on children as they place at the bottom of the scum bucket by preying on children's innocence. Not even the hardened criminals can tolerate them.
• How? By first gaining their trust and confidence and then instilling fear.
• Know Your Child: In most cases, children are simply looking for acceptance

Legitimate sites that offer plenty of free information

• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• Missing Kids: True Stories
• Children's Partnership Organization - Children's Partnership Organization educates families about the Internet as well as issues pertaining to children using computers.
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• SafeKids.com- Your family's guide to making the Internet and technology fun, safe and productive.
• GetNetWise.Org - GetNetWise is an educational campaign for families about Internet safety, initiated by the Internet Education Foundation (IEF). The site offers online safety tips, information about how to report online exploitation, and a guide rating Internet tools for families such as filtering software. The site also provides links to great sites for family members.
• Internet Content Rating Association - ICRA is an international, independent organization that empowers the public, especially parents, to make informed decisions about electronic media by means of the open and objective labeling of content. ICRA's dual aims are to protect children from potentially harmful material and protect free speech on the Internet.

Free Statewide SX Offender Registry Sites

• U.S. Department of Justice National SX Offender Public Registry
• http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/cac/states.htm
• http://www.ice.gov/
• Federal Trade Commission - The Federal Trade Commission has developed informational resources specifically dealing with this issue. They are especially helpful if you are interested in learning more about recent laws regarding children's online privacy and/or ethical standards that have been set for children's sites online. Please see the "Kids Privacy" section on their web site.