It used to be that if your child was home they were safe.  Today, if you have a computer connected to the internet, it's like inviting the outside world into your home.  There are some risks with using the internet that parents should be educated about.  This seminar will help educate parents about those risks and what to do in order to make the internet a safer place for your child.

Prepared by Net Smart Kidz, the seminar will include the following topics:

• The internet and your children
• Risky on-line behaviors
• Online Predators
• Online Enticement and "grooming"
• Encouraging reporting
• Revealing too much information
• E-mail, IM and chatrooms
• Cell phones
• Web Cams
• Social Networking
• Cyberbullying
• Texting
• Online gaming
• Exposure to inappropriate material
• File Sharing
• Spyware, spam and scams
• Set your own rules
• Safeguard
• Communicate
• Resources

The seminar will be held at New Horizons on Saturday, March 21 from 10am to noon.  Please call 947-4474 and ask to register for the Parental Internet Safety class.