Visit these Web sites and educate yourself: www.missingkids.com and www.netsmartz.org.

Keep the computer in an open area in the home.

Talk to your children if they use chat or e-mail about never meeting a person whom they have met online.

If your child has a MySpace account or an account on another social networking site, parents create your own account and have your child add you as a buddy so that you can see who your children are talking to online and who their friends are. Also keep your child's profile private.

Internet accounts should be in the parent's name with parents controlling passwords and using blocking and or filtering devices.

Use common sense with your children. If their behavior changes in any way, talk to them about Internet safety and see if something is making them feel scared or uncomfortable.

Do not have Web cams available for your children to use.

For a list of computer acronyms, go to www.MissingKids.com.

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