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Overview
When CNN and FOX News asked Vicki Courtney to discuss child safety and the Internet on-air last summer, the best-selling author who is popular among both teenagers and parents knew this urgent issue had to become the core topic of her next book.
For sure, gone are the days when kids were safe just as long as they were at home and under your nose. Today’s children can access the world from a growing number of portable gadgets, and depending on what they do with this ability, could potentially invite a world of danger into their lives.
Logged On and Tuned Out is a timely wake-up call to low-tech (tuned out) parents whose high-tech (logged on) kids use modern computer and cell phone technology like second nature. In simple language, moms and dads overwhelmed by today’s digital world will learn the imperative basics and checkpoints of Instant Messaging, text messaging, social networking Web sites (MySpace, Facebook), chat rooms, and photo and video uploading. The book even has its own related Web site where parents can download online safety contracts, get updated information about safety filters, and more.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780805456967 |
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Publisher: | B&H Publishing Group |
Publication date: | 09/01/2007 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 208 |
File size: | 616 KB |
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments V
Introduction 1
A Call for Parents to Log On and Tune In 7
Instant Messaging: The Party Never Ends 35
Cell Phones: The Average Teen's Lifeline 49
Social Networking Sites: The Virtual Malt Shop 65
Pictures and Videos: Smile, You're on the World Wide Web! 107
Caution-Danger Ahead! Avoiding the Pitfalls of a Digital World 133
Talking Points, Rules, and Safety Contracts 163
Notes 193