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Unbreakable. · 28-09-2013, 01:35 PM

I think it's great that there are such classes. :)

Like I said, I know there is no such things for even kids around my younger cousins' age [they are 16 and 18 and have used FB for 4+ years by now]. It's good to hear though that awareness seems to increase and that schools offer such classes. I still have to say there might be parents who are not able to attend for a variety of reasons [work schedules, not finding anyone to take care of the kids etc], but hopefully the existence of such classes makes people in general more curious about that.
I actually also vaguely recall the public library in the town where I used to live offering classes for kids and parents on internet safety.

Liv, I completely agree. Keeping up with technology is a task that can never be finished. When I was a teenager internet safety and risks mostly referred to chat rooms and emails as that was what kids used it for at that time. Social networking came only later, though hopefully it also means that my peers where old enough to take responsibility for their own safety.
I remember my cousins getting limited internet access only when they were younger, and they were always told to not talk to strangers on ICQ etc. and to tell their parents if anything dodgy was going on [which they did the few times it happened]. But FB and privacy settings were just too new and too different for them to assess it for new risks. I personally changed my cousins' privacy settings, with their permission and by asking them which things they'd like to stay private and which they wouldn't mind public. They were old enough to understand the concept and be concerned, it just hadn't occurred to them that the settings were automatically public.

28-09-2013, 01:35 PM	#15
Unbreakable. We can try. We can always try. Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Your mum's bedroom	I think it's great that there are such classes. :) Like I said, I know there is no such things for even kids around my younger cousins' age [they are 16 and 18 and have used FB for 4+ years by now]. It's good to hear though that awareness seems to increase and that schools offer such classes. I still have to say there might be parents who are not able to attend for a variety of reasons [work schedules, not finding anyone to take care of the kids etc], but hopefully the existence of such classes makes people in general more curious about that. I actually also vaguely recall the public library in the town where I used to live offering classes for kids and parents on internet safety. Liv, I completely agree. Keeping up with technology is a task that can never be finished. When I was a teenager internet safety and risks mostly referred to chat rooms and emails as that was what kids used it for at that time. Social networking came only later, though hopefully it also means that my peers where old enough to take responsibility for their own safety. I remember my cousins getting limited internet access only when they were younger, and they were always told to not talk to strangers on ICQ etc. and to tell their parents if anything dodgy was going on [which they did the few times it happened]. But FB and privacy settings were just too new and too different for them to assess it for new risks. I personally changed my cousins' privacy settings, with their permission and by asking them which things they'd like to stay private and which they wouldn't mind public. They were old enough to understand the concept and be concerned, it just hadn't occurred to them that the settings were automatically public.