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Absolutely Everything You Need To Know About Keeping Your Child Safe On Facebook

January 14, 2011 By
  • If your child/teen posts a video, it is crucial that this video contains no indentifying markers.  The most seemingly innocent video could hold information as to your child/teen’s whereabouts and invite what would be a cyber stalker, to escalate into a real life stalker.
  • Make sure that your child/teen NEVER gives out his/her mother’s maiden name.  This is one of the many security questions that Facebook and many other secured sites use to indentify you or your child/teen and even allows access to not only a Facebook account, but could allow access to other private sites as well.
  • Make sure that your child/teen is very cautious with his/her password.  The best idea is for your child/teen to not give out his/her password to anyone that isn’t a trusted adult.
  • To avoid a case of stolen identity, you may want to slightly alter your child/teen’s Date of Birth.  For example, if your child/teen was born on July 4th, 2000 considering changing that Date of Birth to July 5th, 2000.   This slight alteration will not only avoid any chance of your child’s identity being stolen, but may also help to deter would-be cyber stalkers.  Proceed with caution in doing this.  NEVER alter your child/teen’s Date of Birth so much that your child/teen’s birthday is listed as 18.  Once a child/teen lists his/her Date of Birth as over the age of 18, all minimal Facebook safety settings are relinquished and default to a fully open profile, which becomes very dangerous.
  • Don’t leave the poke option enabled on your child/teen’s page.  Leaving the poke option enabled shows the name of your child/teen’s friends and is generally not suggested.
  • Be weary of the networks/groups your child/teen is joins.  It’s an unfortunate fact that what may seem innocent, often times is not.  If your child/teen is starting a network/group of their own make sure that he/she is extremely cautious with whom they include in their network/group.
  • Don’t accept Facebook requests to events.  The safer option is to select either “Not Attending” or “Maybe” and phone the appropriate friend to let them know your child/teen will be attending this event.  Accepting requests to events through Facebook events lead to your child/teen’s photo being posted in a public way and could lead to stalking, bullying, or predators getting his/her information.
  • Stay involved with cyber safety and work with others in your community.  Consider joining sites such as WiredSafety.org or even creating a cyber-neighborhood watch in your local area.

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