The Parent's Guide to Protecting Your Children in Cyberspace: UK Edition. - Softcover

Aftab, Parry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0077096746 ISBN 13: 9780077096748

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., 2000

Synopsis

This text gives a step-by-step guide on how to let your children enojy the benefits of the Internet, while avoiding its perils. It alerts parents to the possible dangers and provides practical tips on how to prevent children from being harmed. The text addresses such topics as cyber porn, cyber stalkers, chatrooms, and sites that promote violent fantasy role-playing, suggesting ways of preventing children gaining access. In a special section on British Internet related law, the author suggests where to go for advice and what to do if things go wrong.

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Review

The Internet is a wonderful tool for education and many families and teachers want to take advantage of it, especially now that access is mostly free in the UK. At the same time, there are elements on the Internet from which parents will want to protect their children. These include pornographic Web sites, sites that promote violence or intolerance, and paedophiles using e-mail or chat rooms to prey on children. Parry Aftab's book is designed to help parents and teachers protect children from such dangers when they are using the Internet--and, as the book makes clear, protect them from themselves. Children are naturally curious about what's forbidden, and don't always know when they are in danger--as some harrowing real-life examples have made clear.

The Parent's Guide to Protecting your Children in Cyberspace has been a success in the US, and it's pleasing that McGraw-Hill has localised this edition for the UK. The book directs parents and teachers to excellent UK resources such as the National Grid for Learning. Throughout, Parry Aftab gives no-nonsense advice on how to educate children about using the Internet and what parents can do to minimise risks. This includes advice such as keeping the family PC in a central location and not hidden in kid's bedrooms, and putting together a safe surfing "contract" that sets out what children should and shouldn't do.

A lot of what Parry Aftab says is basic common sense but she structures it in such a way that those traditional parenting rules such as "don't talk to strangers" are easily applied to the new world of the Internet. The book also acts as a useful introduction to the Internet for those parents who may know less about it than their children. By following the guidelines in this easy-to-read book, parents will go a long way in ensuring that their children's use of the Internet remains safe and happy. --Paul Fisher

From the Publisher

Helps you recognize and avoid the hidden dangers of the Internet
Allows you to supervize your childs internet access when you are not there
Lets you spot dangerous junk mail, scams, and inappropriate chat rooms
Shows how to use filters, bookmarks, and other technologies to screen content
Advises on setting up rules for Internet behaviour for both you and your child
Shows you how to handle any serious problems, particularly if your child is the culprit

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0077096746
• ISBN 13: 9780077096748
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 324