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Subject: TOURBUS -- 24 JUNE 1999 -- PROTECTING YOUR KIDS ONLINE AND OFF
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TODAY'S TOURBUS STOP(S):
PROTECTING YOUR KIDS ONLINE AND OFF (PART 1)
TODAY'S TOURBUS ADDRESS(ES):
http://www.microsoft.com/safekids/
http://listserv.aol.com/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9903A&L=tourbus&P=R421
http://www.ncmec.org/
http://www.ncmec.org/1/genhtml/education.html
http://www.ncmec.org/html/ncmec_default_publications.html
http://www.ncmec.org/quiz/internetquiz.html
http://www.ncmec.org/html/ncmec_default_child_protection.html
http://www.ncmec.org/html/ncmec_default_day_care.html
http://www.ncmec.org/html/ncmec_default_babysitter.html
http://www.ncmec.org/html/ncmec_default_child_safety.html
http://www.ncmec.org/html/ncmec_default_teensafety.html
http://www.ncmec.org/html/ncmec_default_download.html
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On with the show ...
Child safety, especially child safety on the Internet, is a subject
close to my heart. That's why, over the next couple of weeks, we are
going to visit some sites that will help you protect your children
both online and off.
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SAFEKIDS
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Back in my 5 March 1999 post, I told you about "SafeKids." SafeKids
is a free PowerPoint presentation created by the Naperville, Illinois,
Police Department's Internet Crimes Unit, the Illinois Attorney
General's Internet Task Force, and Microsoft to "help parents and
educators teach children the fundamental 'rules of the road' for safe
exploration on the information highway." You can find that free
PowerPoint presentation at
http://www.microsoft.com/safekids/
The PowerPoint file itself is rather large -- over 1 MB for the un-
narrated version; about 10 MB for the narrated one -- but it is well
worth the wait. If you have children or work with children, you need
to download and view this PowerPoint presentation.
To find out more about SafeKids, including information about the
SafeKids teacher's guide, read my 5 March 1999 post at
http://listserv.aol.com/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9903A&L=tourbus&P=R421 .
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THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN
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Another good source of information to help you protect your children
from the dangers found in both the online environment and the real
world is the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's
homepage at
http://www.ncmec.org/ .
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) is a
private, nonprofit organization that spearheads national efforts to
locate and recover missing children and raises public awareness about
ways to prevent child abduction, molestation, and sexual exploitation.
The NCMEC has worked with law enforcement on more than 65,173 missing
child cases, resulting in the recovery of 46,031 children.
I'm not too pleased with the NCMEC's site design, however. As you
will soon see, a lot of their best information is hidden.
Nonetheless, the NCMEC does offer some wonderful information that
every parent and educator should read. For example, you really should
check out the NCMEC's "Education and Resources" section at
http://www.ncmec.org/1/genhtml/education.html .
This page has three different sections:
1. NCMEC Publications
Free, online publications that will help you keep your
children safe.
2. Child Safety Tips
A collection of tips that will help your children deal with
travel, door-to-door salesmen, holidays, and so on.
3. Interactive Safety Quizzes
Free, online safety quizzes for both kids and adults.
Now for the critique:
1. The Education and Resources section also offers an Internet
safety quiz for kids, but the link for that quiz
[ http://www.ncmec.org/quiz/internetquiz.html ] is hidden at
the top of the page.
2. Take a look at the words "NCMEC Publications." Looks like it
is just a heading for that yellow box, doesn't it? It isn't.
The NCMEC offers several different pamphlets that you can either view
online or download. Unfortunately, these pamphlets are VERY well
hidden. To access these pamphlets, you need to click on that "NCMEC
Publications" heading/link on the Education and Resources Page or
point your Web browser to
http://www.ncmec.org/html/ncmec_default_publications.html .
This page gives you links to five different brochures, three of which
discuss general child safety issues:
- Child Protection
http://www.ncmec.org/html/ncmec_default_child_protection.html
- Just in case ... Parental guidelines in case you are
considering daycare
http://www.ncmec.org/html/ncmec_default_day_care.html
- Just in case ... Parental guidelines in case you need a
babysitter
http://www.ncmec.org/html/ncmec_default_babysitter.html
and two of which discuss child safety in the online environment:
- Child Safety on the Information Highway
http://www.ncmec.org/html/ncmec_default_child_safety.html
- Teen Safety on the Information Highway
http://www.ncmec.org/html/ncmec_default_teensafety.html
All of the brochures are well written, but I particularly recommend
those last two. In fact, those last two brochures where written by
Lawrence Magid, a syndicated columnist for the Los Angeles Times.
We'll talk more about Mr. Magid in my next post.
By the way, don't forget to look at the NCMEC's complete list of
publications available to download at
http://www.ncmec.org/html/ncmec_default_download.html .
Some of the topics discussed on this page are quite disturbing -- like
"Female Juvenile Prostitution: Problem and Response" -- but you really
need to take a look at this information.
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A FEW COMMENTS
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I realize that I just gave you a reading list so long that you are
probably having flashbacks to your first year in college. Sorry about
that. Unfortunately, to protect your children, you have to do a
little homework. Both the SafeKids presentation and the National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children homepage are great places to
start.
Next week, we'll talk about a site that will help you protect your
children in cyberspace.
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TODAY'S TOURBUS STOP(S):
PROTECTING YOUR KIDS ONLINE AND OFF (PART 1)
TODAY'S TOURBUS ADDRESS(ES):
http://www.microsoft.com/safekids/
http://listserv.aol.com/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9903A&L=tourbus&P=R421
http://www.ncmec.org/
http://www.ncmec.org/1/genhtml/education.html
http://www.ncmec.org/html/ncmec_default_publications.html
http://www.ncmec.org/quiz/internetquiz.html
http://www.ncmec.org/html/ncmec_default_child_protection.html
http://www.ncmec.org/html/ncmec_default_day_care.html
http://www.ncmec.org/html/ncmec_default_babysitter.html
http://www.ncmec.org/html/ncmec_default_child_safety.html
http://www.ncmec.org/html/ncmec_default_teensafety.html
http://www.ncmec.org/html/ncmec_default_download.html
http://www.eudora.com/pro_email/updaters.html
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TODAY'S SOUTHERN WORD OF THE WEEK
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AWFUL TAR (Noun). A tall, iron structure on the river Seine.
Usage: "That Awful Tar may be great, but it aint no Vulcan!"
[Special thanks to "Jon" for today's wurd; and extra special credit
goes to you if you get the "Vulcan" reference -- and, yes, I did
indeed say this when I was in Paris a few months ago.]
You can find all of the old Southern Words of the day at
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