This document summarizes tips for parents on keeping kids safe online from a Utah Women's Conference presentation on the topic. Some key points made include that 1 in 3 high school students have viewed pornography in the last week and 1 in 4 have participated in sexting. The presentation advises parents to communicate with their kids about what social networks they use, have access to their accounts, treat online friends like in-person guests, and train kids in social etiquette. Specific apps popular with teens like Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Ask.fm and Instagram are discussed along with do's and don'ts for parenting and using social media. Kids are advised not to share personal information or passwords online.

1. UtahWomens Conference
Keeping kids Safe Online
Amy Iverson Natalie Wardel
aiverson@ksl.com nwardel@ksl.com
@amy_iverson @nataliewardel

2. The problems with kids and
access to tech
 Cyber Bullying
 Sexting
 Access to pornography
 Identity theft via messaging scams, or your
teen giving their information away
 Relationships forming with people with
malicious intent
 And more.

3. -Summit County Sheriff’s Department
1 in 3 have viewed some kind of pornography in the last week
Utah High School Student Statistics
1 in 4 have participated in sexting in the last week

4. However.
This isn’t new.
We just need to be ready.

5. There isn’t a need to fear, there
is a need to be aware.
Remember when we played MASH on paper. Now teens
play it on their phones. Same game. Different method.

6. The do’s and don’ts of
parenting and social media
Do:
Communicate and know what social networks
your child is using
Have access to the accounts
Treat new friends and followers like you would
guests in your home.
Train your children on social etiquette so they
will be socially savvy when they leave the home
Don’t
Rely on your children to tell you everything
Comment on every picture, post, etc.
Stalk your children endlessly without
communicating with them.

7. 73%
27%
Teens: Do you have at least one social networking profile?
Yes!
Nope
12-17 year olds
- Pew Research 2010

8. The apps your teens are using
right now. And what to do.
Check out
who they
Friend
Facebook
Set their
Account to
private
Twitter
Don’t let a
false sense of
security fool
you
Snapchat
Hot center
for cyber
bullying.
Monitor.
Ask.Fm
Account set
to private;
turn off
location
check-in
Instagram

9. What to tell your kids
Do not give
out personal
information
Tell someone if you come
across information that makes
you uncomfortable then block
Do not use hashtags
or check into locations
that identifies your
school or home
address.
Never share
passwords or
click on
pop-ups
Everything
you post
online lives
forever

10. Prepare your children now so
they are good citizens of
the social world.