Online security in reality

Seriously scary! Watch this clairvoyant reveal his gift here.

Ready for some fiction? Witch Hunts On The Internet tackles the problem on online safety.

Keeping Kids Safe - online and offline

An excellent guide for teaching your children the basics of keeping safe from predators: http://www.pollyklaas.org/safe/pdf/PKF_SK_2005_all24pages.pdf.

To spy or not to spy?

• Here's a vote for Not To Spy.
• And here's a fictional account on why To Spy:

Harlan Coben on Teen Safety

It's not often that a popular fiction book, a thriller, deals with the thorny issue of parental responsibilities during their charges' teenage years. Harlan Coben, a New York Times bestselling author, has recently produced two such novels: Hold Tight and Caught.

Hold Tight delves into the delicate dilemma of "should you spy on your teen's Internet activities". Caught asks whether it's OK for teens to consume alcohol at home when it's against the law: if your child will go out and drink anyway, is it better for a parent to provide a safe haven of a beer keg at home.

Creative Learning doesn't have the answers to those questions, that's something every parent has to decide for themselves, having the full knowledge of their child.

What Creative Learning can do, however, is supplement your knowledge. Is your child likely to sneak out at night and go to a party, then accept a drive home from somebody who'd been drinking?

If their Learning Style has preferences in these areas:

• learning with peers
• noise
• kinesthetic input
• intake
• external motivation
• evening

as well as a non-preference in the following areas:

• responsibility
• conformity
• routine

chances are, they may be a little more unruly than is safe for them.

What is your teen's Learning Style. Find out today.

Software to detect chat impostors

Read about it here: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10649263

Stranger Danger Online

I blogged about Stranger Danger Online at Echelon Shorts. Check it out!

Another video about Internet safety for kids

Parents, please watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJqCgr1pQ-8

Fans and stalkers

When will a fan turn a stalker? What do writers do to protect their privacy? Read more

Technology alone can't keep kids safe online

"No single approach is foolproof and parental oversight is vital" to keep children safe online, concluded a task force assessing technologies for protecting children from stranger-danger on the net. Read more....

Kids volunteer too much information online

Unlike my book, Witch Hunt son the Internet, this article is not fiction!

"... kids volunteer far too much information. Two-thirds provide their age and at least their first name; 60 percent offer their location and contact information. One in five offer up their full name. .... Parents have no clue this is going on.... You think your kid is safe because they are in your house in their own bedroom. Who can hurt them when you are guarding the front door? But (the Internet) is a bigger opening than the front door...."

For more, have a look at "Kids, blogs and too much information" on http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7668788/ ... scary stuff!

Witch Hunts on the Internet

Danger!!! Internet chat are immediate and intimate, but sometimes they only create the impression of a relationship. Sometimes they break hearts. Sometimes they claim lives.

Danger!!! The Internet makes many things look ok even though they are not: porn, sex parties, talking to strangers. It changes the rules and the way the world works.

Danger!!! Internet People are not always what they seem. When your 13-year old daughter pretends to be 15 and in a dating chat room with a 40-year old guy... how far would you go to protect her?

How far would you go to protect your teen?
Read the thriller "Witch Hunts on the Internet" - now available from http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/eBook77234.htm.

... take over victims' machines ...

"The "zero-day" vulnerability of Internet Explorer 7 allows criminals to take over victims' machines simply by steering them to infected Web sites; users don't have to download anything for their computers to get infected, which makes the flaw in Internet Explorer's programming code so dangerous. Internet Explorer is the world's most widely used Web browser." ~ http://origin-www.sun-sentinel.com/technology/sns-ap-tec-internet-explorer-security,0,2968135.story

What are some other issues regarding internet security?
Read "Witch Hunts on the Internet" (Echelon Press) - http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/eBook77234.htm to find out.

How far would you go to protect your teen?

• A teenage chat room
• Your daughter
• A 40-year old man posing as a 16-year old
• A porn ring

How far would you go to protect your teen?

Read "Witch Hunts on the Internet" - now available from http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/eBook77234.htm.

Google makes the Internet unsafe

Google is why too much Internet information may be a bad thing.

How many 13-year olds wouldn't think twice to give a "friend" in a chat room the following information over a period of time:
- their first name
- the city they lived in
- the sport they played for their school
- the position they played
- that they'd had a home game last Sunday
- that they'd won?

Go on, try it. Google your daughter using the information above. You may be unsettled by what you find.

Witch Hunts on the Internet

Is your child safe in that chat room?

"Witch Hunts on the Internet" by Yvonne Eve Walus has just been released by Echelon Press.

Danger!!! Internet chat are immediate and intimate, but sometimes they only create the impression of a relationship. Sometimes they break hearts. Sometimes they claim lives.

Danger!!! The Internet makes many things look ok even though they are not ok: porn, sex parties, talking to strangers. It changes the rules and the way the world works.

Danger!!! Internet People are not always what they seem. When your 13-year old daughter pretends to be 15 and in a dating chat room with a 40-year old guy... how far would you go to protect her?

Review:
"I read it and everyone with internet-age kids can do themselves a HUGE favor by reading this one! This day and age can be a very scary one if you don't pay very close attention to your children and what they might be up to online. No one is safe without a little precaution!" ~ Nathalie Kychler Moore

Read Witch Hunts on the Internet" by Yvonne Eve Walus