Stop.Think.Connect. Toolkit: Chatting with Kids About Being Online
The Internet offers a world of opportunities.
People of all ages are:
- posting video from mobile devices
- building online profiles
- texting each other from their mobile devices
- creating alter egos in the form of online avatars
- connecting with friends online they don’t see regularly in person
- sending photos to friends
- broadcasting what they’re doing to hundreds of people
These ways of socializing and communicating can be fulfilling and, yet, they come with certain risks: