Internet Safety

Talk to any parent and many of the issues they raise about their child and the Internet inevitably point to safety matters like online predators, cyberbullying, and sexual content. Young people are also concerned about building a better digital world. Here are some useful links, sites, and reports that deal specifically with Internet safety.

• Teens, Online Stranger Contact & Cyberbullying: What the Research Is Telling Us, Pew Internet & American Life Project

• Cyberbullying, Pew Internet & American Life Project

• The Internet Safety Technical Task Force, Berkman Center for Internet & Society (Harvard)

• Growing Up Online, Frontline (PBS)

• NetSmartz.org