4-1-1 of Social Networking SafetyProtecting our children through information, observation, and boundaries

Presenter

•Fred Miller•Disciple, husband, father,

GRANDFATHER, pastor, neighbor, GRANDFATHER, brother, college staffer, website designer/manager, motivational speaker, GRANDFATHER and friend.

The Issue

Technology has provided youth with the ability to communicate by various electronic means on a 24/7 basis without the direct knowledge of parents/guardians with regard to content or audience.

The Issue

Technology has provided youth with the ability to communicate by various electronic means on a 24/7 basis without the direct knowledge of parents/guardians with regard to content or audience.

VoiceTextChatE-mail (old fashioned)

The Issue

Technology has provided youth with the ability to communicate by various electronic means on a 24/7 basis without the direct knowledge of parents/guardians with regard to content or audience.

Cell PhoneComputersIpodsMP3 Players

“Pad” devicesHandheld video gamesConsole video gamesWireless Printers

The Issue

Technology has provided youth with the ability to communicate by various electronic means on a 24/7 basis without the direct knowledge of parents/guardians with regard to content or audience.

The Issue

Technology has provided youth with the ability to communicate by various electronic means on a 24/7 basis without the direct knowledge of parents/guardians with regard to content or audience.

Related Issues

•What children “say” is no longer “said and done.”

•“Said/Told/Showed” often means “sent” or “posted.”

•What goes on the Internet, stays on the Internet.

•What gets sent/posted, gets resent and reposted.

Quote

“Stupid is as stupid does.”

-Momma Gump

The advance of technology has

outpaced the maturity of the people

who use it. There has been little

time for wisdom to develop. This

leads to users doing stupid things

they might not otherwise to.

Adults (read: parents) are often

out of touch with the technology

and social influences that

motivate children/youth to

interact inappropriately on the

Internet.

Problems

•95% of parents don't recognize the lingo kids use to let people know that their parents are watching

•89% of sexual solicitations are made in either chat rooms or Instant Messages

•20% of children age 10-17 have been solicited sexually online; that's 1 out of every 5 kids

Problems

•75% of youth who received an online sexual solicitation did not tell a parent

•One third of kids have been contacted by a stranger and half of these were considered inappropriate

•81% of parents of online youth say that kids aren't careful enough when giving out information about themselves online

Problems

•76% of parents don't have rules about what their kids can do on the computer

•65% of parents believe that kids do things online that they wouldn't want their parents to know about

•4,000,000 children are posting content to the Web everyday

Problems

•15,000,000 youth use Instant Messaging •9 out of 10 parents will never know that

any inappropriate contact has occurred •14% have actually met face to face with a

person they have met on the Internet •1 out of 17 kids have been harassed,

threatened, or bullied

Problems• Nearly three-quarters (73%) of online teens

believe that someone their age is most likely to be approached by someone unknown to them online as opposed to offline

• When asked how they responded the last time they were contacted online by a complete stranger, just 3% of online teens said they told an adult or authority figure

• Most kids will not report inappropriate Internet contact to their parents because they are afraid of losing Internet privileges

Problems

•61% of 13-17 yr olds have a personal profile on social networking sites

•44% of online teens with profiles like Facebook and Myspace have been contacted by a stranger, compared with 16 percent of those without profiles.

•71% have reported receiving messages from someone they do not know

•45% have been asked for personal info from people they do not know

Problems

•48% of 16-17 yr olds report that their parents know "very little" or "nothing" about their online activities

•MySpace deletes 25,000 profiles weekly of users who don't meet the site's 14-year-old minimum age requirement

•From 2007-2009 MySpace has deleted 90,000 accounts because they were created by registered sex offenders

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Reasons

•Why are kids drawn to this type of communication?

•Why are they so free and open with their private information?

Solutions

•Educate yourself and your children•Locate computers in public areas.•Set limits on web browsers•Set rules (what, when, how long)•Set limits on mobile devices•Install monitoring software•Check their messages, posts, pictures,

etc. frequently

Resources

•www.safeteens.com•www.safekids.com•www.connectsafely.com

Monitoring Software Review athttp://www.monitoringsoftwarereviews.org/

Top Social Networking Sites • MySpace - also known as "myspacing"• Friendster - millions have met• Tribe.net - strong community focus• Facebook - nickname "facebooking masses"• Blogger - get a free blog• YouTube - "Are you YouTubing?" is how you'll hear it• Flickr - for photos• Craigslist - still personal favorite• LinkedIn - perfectly professional• Gather - go see• Classmates.com - the first social networking site in

1995

Newsflash

Togetherville.com is a social networking site for children ages 6-10.

It was recently purchased by Disney.

It requires parents to have a Facebook account that authorizes the child’s Togetherville account.

Sources• Social Networking Statistics..• Web sites used when researching these statistics during 2008:• http://www.netlingo.com/tips/online-safety-statistics.php • http://www.pewinternet.org/pipcomments.asp?m=9&y=2007 • http://www.washingtonpost.com • http://www.protectkids.org/statistics.htm • http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/bulletins/internet_2_2001/internet

_2_01_6.html

• http://www.sentrypc.com/statistics.htm • http://www.enough.org/inside.php?tag=statistics • http://www.netsmartz.org/safety/statistics.htm • http://www.mykidsafeinternet.com/pornography_stats.php • http://www.safefamilies.org/sfStats.php • http://www.cyberpatrol.com/default.aspx?id=79&mnuid=7.5• http://www.harpers.org• http://safetspace.com • http://climbtothestars.org