Family Guide to Child Safety on the Internet

This was a great guide to read and had a vast amount of important information for families using the internet. It was very clearly written as to what the mission statement, or the reasoning behind the importance of this internet safety guide. One of the purposes of this guide was that it “was established to educate parents on ways to make the best of the Internet’s benefits while protecting their children from these potential dangers” (Guide, p. 3). Although some parts of this informational packet were specific to the Baltimore community, there were several great websites that anyone could access.

One part of this guide was specifically written to parents in the sense that some parents may not feel completely okay with the fact that children use the internet when they are alone or with friends. There are not just ways for parents to prohibit their children from internet usage, but more of an understanding of where to come to an agreement, and most importantly, staying safe.

I really enjoyed this article, and with the permission, will hopefully use bits and pieces of this guide for my future classes and their parents. What I liked most about this article (or guide) was that because the creators of this guide said that this was a family guide, they really stuck to their words and used language for both parents and their children to understand. However, although the checklists of what to remember as a parents, it would have been nice to see a small checklist for their children to have, that wasn’t so overwhelming in length.