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submitted: Sep 2nd 2008 | by: DanSewinski | Total views: 2 | Word Count: 481 | |

There is no question that the Internet has profoundly changed the way your kids are educated. The World Wide Web has opened up entire new universes of information which is now available to students with a few keystrokes and clicks of the mouse.

Of course, it is also a favorite way for your child to keep in touch with friends and make new friends. With social networking sites like Zubby, MySpace, and Friendster, your child can keep in touch with all of their friends and have some fun while they're doing it.

But even kids who are too busy to build relationships on social networking sites can still communicate with one another via email. Email, in fact, is the most used form of online communication because it transmits information instantly, and allows its users to store their correspondence indefinitely. One of the biggest drawbacks of email, however, is that could allow strangers to strike up relationships with your kids.

We have all learned through experience that the anonymity provided by the Internet has made it a favorite stalking ground for predators. Your child may unwittingly be providing their personal information and photos to a sexual predator just a few miles away, while thinking he or she is corresponding with another kid halfway across the world.

Such possibilities are frightening indeed, and even more frightening is the frequency with which they occur. But you, as a parent, can take steps to protect your children by keeping tabs on exactly who is emailing them or communicating with them in online chat rooms.

Talk to your child about how he or she became acquainted with each online friend. If your child is suffering from low self-esteem, you should be even more vigilant. Most predators are highly skilled at creating a bond of trust in kids with self-image problems, and then horrifically abusing that trust.

But there are now, thanks to the Internet, ways in which you can fight back and protect your child before tragedy strikes. Thanks to several Internet websites, parents can now learn the identities of people who are emailing their kids, and the only think you need to use these sites is their email addresses.

By typing in their email address, you can find their name, address, phone number, and background records. These background records are extremely important because they contain arrest records for federal and state correction facilities. They also contain the facts about misdemeanors and felonies this person may have been convicted of, and whether or not they are a sex offender.

Parenting is never easy, but it will be the most fulfilling thing you ever do. So become involved in your kids' online world, and do the same job of protecting them there as you do every day by working to give them a safe and happy home!

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