- Hardcover: 193 pages
- Publisher: Praeger Publishers (September 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0275994724
- ISBN-13: 978-0275994723
- Product Dimensions: 2.4 x 1.8 x 0.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 476 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #870,206 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"[S]hares the risks of the Internet by detailing recent, real-world tragedies and revealing some of the secrets of online activities. The book offers a comprehensive overview of the ways in which youth use such technologies and exposes the risks they represent." -
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The Internet has transformed the way that people research, shop, conduct business, and communicate. But it can be a perilous place for minors. Parents and teachers today are confronted with many threats that they simply do not understand. This book, aimed at parents with children aged 8 to 18, explains the risks of the Internet by detailing some recent real-world tragedies and revealing some of the secrets of online activities, and provides a pragmatic approach to helping parents and teachers protect children against the threats of going online. Parents today are not well-equipped to deal with the variety of devices and applications such as email, instant messaging, browsing, blogs, cell phones, and personal digital assistant (PDA) devices can facilitate the dangers lurking online. The author offers a comprehensive overview of the ways in which youth use such technologies and how parents and teachers alike can help protect them from the dangers lurking therein. This book exposes the risks and provides a roadmap for parents and teachers to become more engaged in children's online activities, arming them with techniques and tips to help protect their children. It includes chilling real-life stories, anonymous Internet experiences, and approaches that real people are taking to deceive and conceal their online activities. He offers an overview of the way the technologies work and provides a roadmap for protecting children if they use a variety of tools and technologies that introduce risk in the first place. Offering practical advice and recommendations, the author arms readers with the information they need to understand how the technologies work as well as how to manipulate them to protect those who use them. This book is indispensable to anyone who uses the Internet and related technologies, and especially to those who are charged with keeping children safe.
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Excellent, Comprehensive and Comprehensible resource, Oct 26 2007
By Lokesh Kumar - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: How to Protect Your Children on the Internet: A Road Map for Parents and Teachers (Hardcover)
Greg Smith has done a very good job of providing a comprehensive and comprehensible resource. While Greg's approach to parenting might sound autocratic to some parents, but the fact is that it is ultimately a parent's responsibility to protect his kid (not that school and society at large are not responsible to protect our kids). While it educates technically non-savvy parents with the innards of the technology, it also provides a clear strategy to adopt the technical tools, corresponding to each age group. It is not a high level book, rather a hands-on approach book. He mentions many tools for monitoring, filtering and blocking purposes and one such tool is familyarmor.com.Excellent Job!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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A wealth of practical information, Oct 8 2007
By Sarah Poulton - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: How to Protect Your Children on the Internet: A Road Map for Parents and Teachers (Hardcover)
The Internet and Web have so much to offer for both adults and children. I use it everyday and my children are also online daily. I check the news, email, and do research. I even met my spouse online. Also, my kids play games, chat with friends and explore. It's a great learning tool and allows them some freedoms to explore their interests. However, as the Web and Internet continue to impact our lives, there are very real dangers that I want to know about so that I can be sure my kids are safe when they are online.What Greg Smith has been able to provide in his book are the specifics of how you can take the necessary steps to make sure that the Internet and Web is a safe place for your kids. Many books and guides speak in terms of general rules and ideas, but what Mr. Smith provides is real details and tools that you can put into action. He identifies the risks and issues being exploited and provides the leading tools, his experiences, and recommendations to protect you and your children. Even experienced technology professionals will find the comprehensive list of tools and technologies in his book a huge help. I have been using the Internet and Web for a long time and there are several things in his book that I did not know about, and that I want to keep my kids from knowing about.
Excellent book.
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Protect your children, Oct 2 2007
By Anne Topp - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: How to Protect Your Children on the Internet: A Road Map for Parents and Teachers (Hardcover)
Greg Smith has written an important book for parents. Using his experience as a senior IT leader and a parent, he lets parents know the risks of children being connected and how to protect them.The author makes the reader aware of the many dangers of connected electronic devices, not only computers but also cell phones. At a very young age, children are using computers and the age when children have their own cell phones seems to creep down every year. Many parents are not as technically sophisticated as their children, especially parents of teenagers. He urges parents to take control by learning about technology, using the tools available to safeguard and monitor children's activities on-line, and talking with your kids. His easy to understand recommendations let parents know what they need to do, going as far as recommending specific products and providing "How-to" instructions, customized for the age of your child.
As Mr. Smith states in his book, "You're just two clicks away from just about anything." Make sure your children are safe.
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