This was the second lesson of the two. This stressed the importance of online safety such as never posting personal information online. Your address, home phone number, cell phone number, email address or age should never be visible online! This can only cause trouble.
Give passwords to a parent or guardian to email addresses or public networking sites like Facebook or MySpace. This way they can check if anything is wrong.
You've heard this all before but don't meet up with anyone you meet online!! Ever. You have no idea who they really are. They could be a 40 year old pretending to be a 15 year old!
Get a pop-up or a spam blocker. This way inappropriate ads don't make their way into your computer or child's head.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Good Person, Bad Person
Good Person, Bad Person is the first lesson of the six.
First off, who is a stranger? Many will say that a stranger is someone wearing a trench coat, or a creepy old man. But the truth is, anyone you don't know is a stranger. They could be mean or nice, big or small, male or female, but if you do not know them, they are a stranger.
Children and parents should have a code word that they can use in an emergency. For example, the parents can tell their friend the code word if they need them to pick up their child from school. If the child is suspicious, they can ask for the code word. If they know it, they can go with the friend, but the child should know that if the person does not know the word, they should not go anywhere with that person. It could be anything, but both parties must remember it! Remember, don't talk to anyone you don't know either!
Answering the Door: What should kids do if they hear a knock at the door? Look through the peephole or ask through the closed door to see who it is, or get an adult to answer the door. Or they can just ignore it!
Answering the Phone: Ignore it and let it go to voice mail. Or they can answer it. If the person the caller is looking for is out of the house, tell them they are in the shower or unavailable. If the caller asks any questions, tell them an adult can answer them when they are available.
Tips:
Don't have your name visible. People can pretend to know you if they know your name.
If someone tries to talk to you, you don't have to answer them! Be safe, not polite!
If you are ever in a situation or place where you don't feel safe, tell a trusted adult until somebody listens!
Use the buddy system. There is safety in numbers!
If someone tries to take you somewhere and you don't know them yell "I don't know you!!"
Remember "NO, GO, TELL."
Say NO. GO away. TELL an adult.
First off, who is a stranger? Many will say that a stranger is someone wearing a trench coat, or a creepy old man. But the truth is, anyone you don't know is a stranger. They could be mean or nice, big or small, male or female, but if you do not know them, they are a stranger.
Children and parents should have a code word that they can use in an emergency. For example, the parents can tell their friend the code word if they need them to pick up their child from school. If the child is suspicious, they can ask for the code word. If they know it, they can go with the friend, but the child should know that if the person does not know the word, they should not go anywhere with that person. It could be anything, but both parties must remember it! Remember, don't talk to anyone you don't know either!
Answering the Door: What should kids do if they hear a knock at the door? Look through the peephole or ask through the closed door to see who it is, or get an adult to answer the door. Or they can just ignore it!
Answering the Phone: Ignore it and let it go to voice mail. Or they can answer it. If the person the caller is looking for is out of the house, tell them they are in the shower or unavailable. If the caller asks any questions, tell them an adult can answer them when they are available.
Tips:
Don't have your name visible. People can pretend to know you if they know your name.
If someone tries to talk to you, you don't have to answer them! Be safe, not polite!
If you are ever in a situation or place where you don't feel safe, tell a trusted adult until somebody listens!
Use the buddy system. There is safety in numbers!
If someone tries to take you somewhere and you don't know them yell "I don't know you!!"
Remember "NO, GO, TELL."
Say NO. GO away. TELL an adult.
What is Good Choice, Bad Choice?
Good Choice, Bad Choice is the Girl Scout Gold Award project of a teen Girl Scout.
It started as six class session and expanded. It is a sustainable project as a local teen has been taught how to teach the six classes. The blog also makes the project sustainable. Over the course of two weeks, I taught 15-25 kids about stranger danger, "No, Go, Tell," online safety, basic home and fire safety, the police, EMS and the fire department.
I would like to help more people by creating this blog. I hope to spread the safety tips with more people to ensure the safety of more kids everywhere.
It started as six class session and expanded. It is a sustainable project as a local teen has been taught how to teach the six classes. The blog also makes the project sustainable. Over the course of two weeks, I taught 15-25 kids about stranger danger, "No, Go, Tell," online safety, basic home and fire safety, the police, EMS and the fire department.
I would like to help more people by creating this blog. I hope to spread the safety tips with more people to ensure the safety of more kids everywhere.
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