New Hampshire Joins The Fight!
In my daily quests for information and news on the issue of child online safety, I came across an article in the Nashua Telegraph about the efforts of New Hampshire police and the attorney general.
The article focused on the new Internet safety program called “Connect with Your Kids,” specifically, an Internet safety course in Hudson, lead by attorney general Kelly Ayotte and Hudson police Detective Michael Niven.
Ayotte is meeting with groups around the state and offering an Internet safety guide for parents and teens: a 56-page booklet that addresses the dangers of online predators. It can be found online at www.connectwithyourkids.org. I’ve checked it out and downloaded it. It’s pretty cool and certainly worth flipping through.
The article makes this declaration:
Before the advent of the Internet, children were told to stay away from strange men lurking in the park offering candy to children.
Today, sexual predators can be men from “all walks of life,” who invite unsuspecting children into their homes through chat rooms, social networking Web sites and instant messaging, said Detective Sergeant Charles Dyac.
I’ve been saying that forever now… That is the honest truth and the best analogy to give parents.
So listen up parents: check out connectwithyourkids.org and know what you kids are doing online and who they are talking to… Get some PC monitoring software like our PC Pandora!
