Bob Kessinger

Be Careful What You Type Kids are curious and cyber shark attractors know it. We all need to be careful when doing an online search-you never know what you  might find.  Simple searches can  get kids to undesirable web sites. Sometimes they find their way there using a link sent from a friend. Another trick that attractors use to pull in visitors takes … [Read more...] about Protecting Your Kids From Cyber Sharks: Cyber Savvy Tip #3

Cyber-bullying happens in the real word as well as online, but the internet and social networks can magnify the damage and the hurt. 4 out of 10 kids have been bullied online, and 5 in 10 admit typing mean or hateful things about classmates. That's close to half, but according to the Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies, the main reason kids don't report harassment on … [Read more...] about Protecting Your Kids From Cyber Sharks: Cyber Savvy Tip #2

Pictures, once shared on the Internet are out there to stay, with no guarantee you can delete them. It's not just drunken photos on Facebook or MySpace that might come back to haunt your teen at job time, that you have to worry about.   Innocent photos, in combination with other personal information posted and shared online, can provide more than enough details for a … [Read more...] about Protecting Your Kids From Cyber Sharks: Cyber Savvy Tip #1