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Facebook is Fun! Keep it Safe Too!

Facebook provides a fun way to keep in touch with friends and family. It also, however, provides identity thieves, stalkers and predators a clear window into your home. When your child signs up for a Facebook account they are submitting their first and last name, email, location of residence and often their birth date as well. This is all information that makes tracking your child very easy.

To protect your family you need a tool that can track their Facebook activity and monitor their interaction with potential threats. You need Net Nanny.

A few of the valuable features Net Nanny provides to ensure your family's safety on Facebook are:

• "We're watching" Pop-up reminder notices. Each time your child enters Facebook a pop-up box lets them know that they are being watched by Net Nanny. This is a little reminder for them to remember to make correct decisions.
• Picture posting reviews. Each time your child uploads new pictures to their profile you are given access to view the pictures they have just posted.
• New friend reviews. Whenever your child ads a new friend you are given access to view the main picture and name of the new friend. This enables you to monitor who is contacting your child and gives you the opportunity to talk with them about their new friends.

Along with using Net Nanny, following these steps will help ensure your child's safety while they use Facebook:

1. Know your child's email addresses. Often parents don't know their child's email addresses. Ultimately, this means you will not be able to bring up their Facebook accounts to see what kind of communications they are sharing. The best way to ascertain their email addresses (aside from Net Nanny which can get it for you automatically) is to just ask them.
2. Ask to see your child's Facebook account. Even if you are using NetNanny, which will provide you with automatic access to see what your child is posting and communicating on Facebook, you should still ask them if you can see their page. You should at least ask to be marked as one of their "friends" so you can view their page. If possible, you should ask if they will share their login information with you so you can see everything they are posting. This will ensure your child that you care about them and their online safety. This way, if you discover through Net Nanny that they are communicating with a potential predator, they will understand when you ask them to divert their attentions elsewhere.
3. Communicate your expectations. Open up channels of communication with your child to let them know you care. To avoid miscommunication let your child know what you expect of their online activity.
4. Help them set up their account. If you sit down with your child and help them set up their account you will be communicating that you care about their safety. You will also have an opportunity to teach them some basics about Internet safety. When setting up their account:
   • Do not enter their last name. There are millions of Davids out there, but only a few David Jones. Let them know that if any Facebook application ever requires this that they should simply enter something humorous, such as Goat.
   • Do not enter your real zip code or address. While Facebook is an excellent website and they use your zip code information for website improvements your zip code can also be a leading indicator into your child's personal life. With this little piece of information potential threats may be able to locate your child.
   • Do not post too many pictures. It is a sad truth that many child predators surf through Facebook profiles looking for their next victims. Profiles without too many pictures are often skipped over by these predators.
5. Teach your child safe Facebook practices. Ensure your childs online safety by teaching them the following practices to safe Facebook posting:
   • Don't accept friend requests from anyone you don't know. If your child accepts a friend request from a predator their profile is now visible, including any private information that is set to a "share with my friends" status.
   • Don't put anything in your profile that you would not feel comfortable with a teacher, parent or colleague seeing.
   • Don't ignore online bullying. Your child may think that they should just ignore online bullies. However, simple online threats can easily turn into offline threats as well. Encourage your children to report any threats/bullying to you. If the bully is a school mate you should report it to the school.
   • If something sounds too good to be true, it is. Identity thieves and other information gatherers can use Facebook to inform your child that they have won something or just inherited something of value. Encourage your child to report anything abnormal to you so you can further investigate whether it is or is not real.