Safety Monitor: How to Protect Your Kids Online

by Sullivan, Mike

• ISBN13: 9781566251860
• ISBN10: 1566251869
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

Safety Monitor provides hands-on, step-by-step, practical instruction for parents to protect their children from exploitation, sexual predators, adult-only content, pornography, and other harmful content that comes with computer and Internet access.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
How to Use this Book	xxv
PART ONE THE ONLINE PREDATOR
Understanding the Online Predator	3	(60)
Types of Online Abuse of Children (and Adults)	5	(19)
Online Predators: Who They Are and How They Work	24	(31)
How Does It Begin? How Do We Stop Predators?	55	(8)
PART TWO PROTECTING YOUR CHILDREN
Talking to Your Kids About the Internet	63	(20)
Prepping for the Discussion	64	(2)
The Discussion	66	(1)
Reviewing the Terms	67	(4)
Relating Stories and Examples	71	(5)
The Review	76	(1)
Making an Online Contract	77	(3)
After the Discussion	80	(1)
Taking Action	81	(2)
Child Protection Software	83	(62)
Parental Controls Supplied by the Internet Service Provider	84	(7)
Other Controls Supplied by Outside Companies	91	(13)
Setting up Cyber Sentinel or Other Content Filtering Software	104	(7)
Cyber Sentinel in the Stealth Mode	111	(1)
Other Cyber Sentinel Features	112	(3)
Especially for America Online Subscribers	115	(1)
The Problem with Private Chat Rooms	116	(3)
Instant Messages	119	(1)
The Difference between an Instant Message and Instant Messenger	119	(3)
Power Tools or Power Plus for AOL Instant Messenger	122	(4)
How Software Helps Law Enforcement Catch the Online Predator	126	(2)
About McAfee Visual Trace	128	(4)
Firewalls	132	(10)
Why Our Best Defense Is Education	142	(3)
Active Parenting	145	(38)
The Story of Our Efforts in Naperville, Illinois, and How This Book Evolved	146	(4)
Zoie and Tommy, and SafeKids by Microsoft	150	(5)
Becoming an Active Parent	155	(24)
Spotting and Dealing with Problems	179	(4)
PART THREE UNDERSTANDING THE COMPUTER AND THE INTERNET
Computer Basics	183	(32)
Choosing Your Computer	185	(7)
Files, Folders, and Drives	192	(1)
A Primer on Size, Storage, and How the Computer Thinks	193	(6)
Additional Ways to Save Data	199	(4)
Saving and Moving Files	203	(6)
Hidden Files	209	(1)
Copying or Moving from the Disk to the Computer	210	(2)
Finding Files	212	(3)
Peripheral Devices	215	(18)
The Essential Peripherals	216	(2)
The Optional Peripherals	218	(15)
The Online Experience	233	(32)
E-mail	234	(3)
Surfing the World Wide Web	237	(4)
Transactions	241	(3)
Streaming (Including Sound and Video)	244	(2)
File Sharing (Including Text, Pictures, Video and Sound Clips, and Programs)	246	(3)
Live Chat	249	(2)
Choosing Your ISP	251	(3)
Setting Your Browser and ISP Controls	254	(11)
Software from the Internet	265	(12)
Downloads	265	(1)
File Management	266	(11)
PART FOUR FURTHER RESOURCES
Further Resources	277	(54)
America Online	277	(5)
MSN	282	(3)
Club Tech	285	(1)
Anytime Anywhere Learning Laptop Program	286	(8)
Illinois State Attorney General's Web Site	294	(3)
Other Sites of Interest to Law Enforcement	297	(34)
Index	331