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How to Protect Your Children on the Internet: A Road Map for Parents and Teachers | 
| Author: Gregory S. Smith
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
List Price: $44.95
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Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 216
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0275994724
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.235
EAN: 9780275994723
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How to Protect Your Children on the Internet is a one of kind book that breaks down complex computer technology terms and software into an easy to use set of recommendations that average parents can use to protect their children as they navigate the Internet. Written by an IT expert and educator, Gregory Smith puts his finger on the pulse with regards to how to monitor teen Internet use and how to manage and restrict Internet technologies to mitigate the risks of going online. How to Protect Your Children on the Internet brings to light some chilling examples of how minors and adults conduct themselves online and follows up with recommendations to mitigate the risks by a variety of online tools and countermeasures. Part One provides an introduction to the Internet with a highlight of the benefits and risks of going online. The bulk of this part of the book explains some key technologies and why they're important for parents and educators to understand, along with the risks associated with going online and what parents are doing to protect their children. Part Two is designed to give parents and educators a map and clear set of recommendations on how to protect children if they use a variety of the Internet-enabled tools and technologies that introduce risk in the first place. These include email, IM, Internet browsing, blogs, cell phones with text messaging, PDAs, online chat, social networking sites, and even Internet-connected video cameras. The final chapter concludes with some helpful hints for parents to talk to their children about the risks associated with using the Internet.
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 Very good December 20, 2008
Nutshell review - This is an excellent book for parents and educators who do not have an IT background. It covers many important topics and provides some excellent recommendations for creating a safer computing environment for our children when using the internet.
It is somewhat limited in the specific protective software recommendations which largely come down to two main programs which are heavily promoted throughout the book. They are both good but there are additional and alternative technical measures that we can and should employ which could have been covered.
Although you can "lock-down" your own computers fairly well kids will still be exposed to the dangers via 3rd party computers at school, at internet cafes, and less well protected computers at their friends. Ultimately we need to educate our children on the dangers, make them more street-smart, and avoid an over-reliance on technical measures that often will not be within our control.
 Excellent, Comprehensive and Comprehensible resource October 26, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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!
A wealth of practical information October 8, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
Protect your children October 2, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
Excellent road map for parents! September 7, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book provides useful and easily understandable information for parents regarding protecting their children on the Internet. Even if you think your kids aren't using the Internet, they are. Statistics show that 96% of 13 yr olds use the Internet on a regular basis. So as parents, and as a teacher, it's important to know and understand how to keep your child safe.
I highly recommend this book for all parents. Even if you think your child is safe or that you know all there is to know, you can never be to safe when it comes to your children.
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