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==Welcome to the educator to parent website about teaching children the responsible use of their mobile devices and the Internet. We feel that the best way to help keep your child safe in the technological world is to talk with your child about what they do online. It is essential to have these conversations early and often.==

Our philosophy is that it is more beneficial to have conversations with your child about appropriate use of the Internet, rather than just ban their use of it. Let's face it, teens are going to find ways to use the Internet and social networking sites, whether we try to prohibit them or not. So let's open up discussions with them about ways to behave responsibly and be safe online. One way to begin may be to create a "Family Internet Use Contract." You may use the sample one provided to get started.

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Throughout the various pages of this Wiki, you will find real life letters from high school students reflecting on their own experiences with social media, cyberbullying, texting, sexting, and cheating in school through the use of their personal technology devices and the Internet. Through these "words of wisdom" from the HS students, we hope that you will sit down and talk to your pre-teen or teen about their own experiences using the conversation starters we provide, or come up with some of your own.

In addition to there will be links to other useful resources for parents on this topic. If you would like to provide us with comments or feedback so we can help improve this site, then please request membership to this wiki. Thank you for taking the time to visit our site.