| The Seven Signs of Unsuitable Use or
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| | unsuitable material through their
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| Contact From the Internet
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| | Internet connections. These services
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| Home security is about protecting your
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| | have also allowed the parent to restrict
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| family, and the most overlooked means of
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| | even more the online experience of their
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| entry is sitting in your living
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| | children. It is important that a parent
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| room...your computer. The Internet has
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| | reviews these increased security options
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| become a vast and great resource for our
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| | and determine if they are applicable to
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| children to learn things they would never
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| | the online situation.
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| have had the opportunity to learn
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| | However, most of these sites still allow
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| otherwise. We all remember having to go
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| | access of minors to sites that are
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| to the library to research our next term
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| | conducive to chatting and instant
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| paper using the World Book encyclopedia
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| | messages. It is these areas, as well as
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| or the Periodicals catalog. The Internet
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| | electronic mail, that provide the
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| Age has allowed our children to receive,
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| | greatest risk to our children. Unlike
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| almost instantaneously, information it
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| | the typical phone call, the Internet has
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| would otherwise have taken days to
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| | no "face" or "voice" from which to
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| receive. This "instantaneous" aspect of
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| | somehow identify the person our child is
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| the Internet yields split second access
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| | communicating to. The person happily
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| to materials unsuitable for children to
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| | chatting with our child via the Weather
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| see or hear.
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| | Channel chat room about cumulonimbus
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| So with that said, here are seven warning
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| | clouds and the report the child is
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| signs that may show your child is using
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| | writing could just as easily be a 50 year
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| the Internet in unsuitable ways:
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| | old pedophile waiting for his chance to
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| 1 - Your child spends most of their home
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| | trap the child into divulging personal
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| time on the Internet.
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| | information about themselves and their
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| 2 - Your child quickly turns off the
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| | location.
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| monitor or shuts the computer down when
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| | It is extremely important that we
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| you enter the computer room.
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| | advocate to our school communities the
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| 3 - You receive phone calls from
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| | hazards which exist for our children on
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| strangers asking to speak to your child.
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| | the Internet. There are resources
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| 4 - You recognize outgoing phone calls,
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| | available to you that will expand on the
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| mostly long distance, from your residence
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| | signs of abuse and the steps to take in
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| to phone numbers you do not recognize.
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| | protecting your child from experiencing
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| 5 - Your child begins receiving gifts
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| | this unsuitable content on the Internet.
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| from people and addresses that you do not
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| | In the next addition, I'll detail steps
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| recognize.
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| | the parent can take in monitoring and
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| 6 - Your child's personality begins to
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| | helping to ensure that their child is not
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| change, becoming more combative when
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| | being exploited on the Internet.
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| asked to reduce his/her computer usuage.
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| | ©Walter Stone
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| 7 - You pull up pornographic or other
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| | Home Security Online
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| unsuitable materials from your computer's
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| | Security Systems, alarms, motion
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| hard drive.
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| | detectors.
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| The major Internet access sites,
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| | Read more on protecting your home.
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| including America Online, MSN, Earthlink,
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| | **Usuage of content requires author name,
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| and others, have made it increasingly
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| | bio & links remain intact as displayed.
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| difficult for children to receive
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