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Life Skills
Hot Topics
- Do You Know What Your Kids are Doing on MySpace? It’s Not as Scary as You’ve Heard and You CAN Keep Them Safe (Dr. Larry D. Rosen)
- Parenting Your Net Generation Child or Adolescent (Dr. Larry D. Rosen)
A Parent's Guide to Understanding the Internet
- Internet Definitions for Parents (NetSmartz)
- CD9. NIFOC. PRW. Cracking the Code on Teen Netspeak (Education.com)
- Many Kids and Teens Exposed to "Unwanted" Online Porn (The Nemours Foundation)
Keeping Your Children Safe Online
- Appropriate Use of the Internet (American School Counselor Association)
- A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
- The Internet at Home: Making It Work for You and Your Kids (NYU Child Study Center)
- Use Your NetSmartz: Tips for Helping Your Child Safely Navigate the Internet (NetSmartz)
- Teens & Internet Safety (University of Florida IFAS Extension)
- Resources to Safe Web Surfing (NetSmartz)
- Safety Pledges (NetSmartz)
Talking to Your Child
- Active Listening: A Communication Tool (University of Florida IFAS Extension)
- What To Do When They Just Won't Talk (Advocates for Youth)
- It Takes Two: Comunicating with Your Child (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- Empathic Communication (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
Social Networking Sites and Your Child
- Social Networking Online: How to Safequard Your Child's Experience (SchwabLearning)
- Social Networking Sites: Online Friendships Can Mean Offline Peril (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
- When Kids Network Online: The Benefits and Risks (SchwabLearning)
- MySpace in College Admission (for teens) (National Association for College Admission Counseling)
What is Cyberbullying?
- Cyberbullying (Stop Bullying Now)
- Online Harassment Rate Up for Young Internet Users (The Nemours Foundation)
- Bullies in Cyberspace (Education.com)
- The Scope and Impact of Bullying (Stop Bullying Now)
- The Buzz on Bullying (American School Counselor Association)
- When Girls Bully (Education.com)
Helping Kids Deal with Different Forms of Bullying
- Tips to Help When Your Child is Bullied Online (NetSmartz)
- Helping Kids Deal With Bullies (The Nemours Foundation)
- What Parents Can Do About Childhood Bullying (SchwabLearning)
- Tips for Parents: Teasing, Bullying, and the Role of Friendship (Davidson Institute for Talent Development)
- Bullying: How to Talk With Educators at Your Child's School (Stop Bullying Now)
- What to Do About Bullying: Tips for Parents (Committee for Children)
