How to Protect Your Children on the Internet A Road Map for Parents and Teachers

Subjects:

• Crime & Justice » Crime & Security
• Popular Culture » Popular Culture (General)

Related Web Pages:

• Visit the Author's website.
• Visit the official website for the book.
• Author interview on the Kojo Nhamdi Show. Archive courtesy of WAMU 88.5 FM. The NPR News Station of the Nation's capitol.

Reviews:

• [S]hares the risks of the Internet by detailing recent, real-world tragedies and revealing some of the secrets of online activities. The book offers a comprehensive overview of the ways in which youth use such technologies and exposes the risks they represent.
  —Library Media Connection January 2008
• [A] thorough if occasionally geeked-out look at the technologies children are using and the steps parents must take to minimize their kids' chances of having a bad experience online. Smith, the chief information officer for the World Wildlife Fund, shows the 5 million ways your kids can get around the basic barriers many parents set up. He advocates a more deliberate, comprehensive approach, including aggressively limiting your child's Internet use: For middle schoolers, he recommends banning instant messaging, blocking search engines such as Google and denying access to free e-mail services such as Yahoo Mail. The amount of technical detail will liberate some and overwhelm others (hey, welcome to the Internet, folks), but you can always skip to Smith's helpfully specific recommendations, including which filtering and monitoring programs work best.
  —The Washington Post November 25, 2007
• Smith outlines methods for protecting children against online threats. He describes recent tragedies and shows how to protect against specific dangers, for parents or educators of children from age eight to 17. He specifically discusses how to monitor children online, with recommendations for surfing, blogs, and social networking; email; instant messaging and voice-over-IP, cell phones, and PDAs; and talking to children about risks. Information has been drawn from research reports, case studies, child advocacy organizations and web sites, interviews with experts and parents, and the author's own experiences as a parent, technology professional, and educator.
  —Reference & Research Book News November 2007

• Endorsement From Donald S Schnure
  President & CEO, Parental Control Products LLC: Gregory Smith offers parents an extremely powerful resource that is long overdue. This very "parent-friendly" book should be required reading before allowing your child or teen to go online!
• Endorsement From John Cheney
  EVP of Product Strategy & Marketing
  SurfControl: Today's parents need to make protecting their children online a priority and they need to know about the available tools and how to implement them. From technology to tips, Greg Smith's book provides a comprehensive tool that guides parents on how to create a safe online environment.
• Endorsement From Julie Aigner-Clark,
  Founder, The Safe Side: The Internet can be fantastic place, AND a dangerous place. Gregory Smith lays out how to better understand that place in terms of our children's safety. As parents, we need to understand what our children are doing online, and this book is a great help to those of us who are novices at technology. The book should be required reading for all parents of teens and preteens--most of whom know far less than their own children about the Internet.
• Endorsement From Maureen Appel,
  Headmistress, Connelly School of the Holy Child: Worried about protecting your children on the Internet? This is a "must read" for every parent and educator. An informative and well-researched guide, this is an invaluable tool in understanding the Internet and its galloping revolution. Gregory Smith's "how to book" is key to ensuring our children's safety on the internet. I hope administrators consider making this required reading.

PDF Catalogs:

Praeger Crime Catalog 2008.pdf