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Protect your children from dangers that lurk on the Internet. Learn to identify the real threats--be they pedophiles, cyber-stalkers, hackers, spyware, viruses, or adware--and formulate an effective protection plan. Choose the best software for your needs and your budget from the book’s independent review of firewalls, web filters, anti-virus products, and more. Plus, a companion Web site hosted by the author includes updated data and information. Get FREE eTrust EZ Antivirus Software for ONE YEAR with Purchase of This Book--a $29.95 USD value.
Ebook Keep Your Kids Safe on the Internet Simon Johnson 0783254044180 Books
"As a mom of twin toddlers ~~ this book is a must-read in my opinion! Not only is it for parents ~~ everyone should read this book if nothing more than to have a refresher course on the dangers (and fun) of being on the Internet. This book is written simply in layman's terms but it doesn't "talk down" to the readers as some of the other computer manuals do. It is not a dummy version of a computer "how-to" either. This book is very well-written and well-thought out. It is a must-read for the moms in my mothers' group as well as for all the parents and friends involved in the cyberworld.
I have a personal experience to share with you. I haven't heard much about phishing on the Internet till I read Mr. Johnson's book. In there, he mentions what phishing is and how to avoid them. He also offers practical advice on how to deal with unwanted emails/spam, how to avoid getting a virus through an email or even on certain websites. He mentions the real dangers of predators preying on children through instant messaging or even in chatrooms. He offers simple but well-thought out directions in how to encounter certain situations (like if your child is talking to a sexual predator, what do you do and how to handle the situation, always admonishing the parent to remain calm). He didn't write this book to stop children from being on the Internet ~~ because the Internet does offer a wide-range of activities that will help educate the child with his school work as well as other things. He just writes to warn of the possible dangers that each one of us face while surfing the net.
This is definitely a book I would recommend to everyone. It doesn't matter if your child is fifty years old ~~ it's a great refresher course for all of us. For parents, it opens our eyes to potential trouble spots to keep our children safe. After all, that is our primary job as parents ~~ keeping our children safe.
I am glad to have a copy of this book in my personal library. I plan to pass this one around to my friends. It has a lot of helpful resources in here and my husband has even started looking up different software programs to ward off unwanted potential trouble spots for our sons who will eventually be learning how to work the computer in the near future.
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Keep Your Kids Safe on the Internet Simon Johnson 0783254044180 Books Reviews
- This book not only has a lot of great information in it to keep your kids safe, it is also a great reference guide. It points you to websites that you can go to and report cyberbullying or any other unscrupulous website.
Highly recommended. - In search of a useful parental guide, we looked at many works. The one we find most useful, for a certain type of parent at least, is Simon Johnson's Keep Your Kids Safe on the Internet. Johnson comes to the task with strong credentials. He has been working in the Internet industry in Australia, has a great deal of experience in security in particular, and is a parent as well.
The strengths of the book are that the author sees safety for children as a subset of the wider issue of Internet security. By protecting our computers and ourselves we also begin the task of protecting our children. For those of us whose heads have long been abuzz with such terms as "firewall," "filtering," "virus," or "phishing," the work serves as a systematic introduction to computer security. Using it as a guide, one could effectively heighten the security on a home computer system, as well as guide a neophyte user, whether child or adult, through the dangers of the Internet...
For a full review see Interface, Volume 4, Issue 5. - As a mom of twin toddlers ~~ this book is a must-read in my opinion! Not only is it for parents ~~ everyone should read this book if nothing more than to have a refresher course on the dangers (and fun) of being on the Internet. This book is written simply in layman's terms but it doesn't "talk down" to the readers as some of the other computer manuals do. It is not a dummy version of a computer "how-to" either. This book is very well-written and well-thought out. It is a must-read for the moms in my mothers' group as well as for all the parents and friends involved in the cyberworld.
I have a personal experience to share with you. I haven't heard much about phishing on the Internet till I read Mr. Johnson's book. In there, he mentions what phishing is and how to avoid them. He also offers practical advice on how to deal with unwanted emails/spam, how to avoid getting a virus through an email or even on certain websites. He mentions the real dangers of predators preying on children through instant messaging or even in chatrooms. He offers simple but well-thought out directions in how to encounter certain situations (like if your child is talking to a sexual predator, what do you do and how to handle the situation, always admonishing the parent to remain calm). He didn't write this book to stop children from being on the Internet ~~ because the Internet does offer a wide-range of activities that will help educate the child with his school work as well as other things. He just writes to warn of the possible dangers that each one of us face while surfing the net.
This is definitely a book I would recommend to everyone. It doesn't matter if your child is fifty years old ~~ it's a great refresher course for all of us. For parents, it opens our eyes to potential trouble spots to keep our children safe. After all, that is our primary job as parents ~~ keeping our children safe.
I am glad to have a copy of this book in my personal library. I plan to pass this one around to my friends. It has a lot of helpful resources in here and my husband has even started looking up different software programs to ward off unwanted potential trouble spots for our sons who will eventually be learning how to work the computer in the near future.
12-1-04 - As a new parent, author Simon Johnson realized how the Internet--though a wonderful and almost essential tool in the 21st century--poses great danger to children. He thus wrote this book to warn many innocent (or just plain old "ignorant"--my words) parents about their possible blindness to the riskiness of the Internet. And "Keep Your Kids Safe" does a good job providing basic information that even the most simple-minded person can understand.
Among other things, Johnson rates virus and firewall programs as he explains the importance of computer software. However, parents need to keep in mind that the Internet will never be completely safe, espeically since our children can quickly learn how to outbamboozle (my word) their parents. This means that mom and dad need to be as informed as they possibly can about cyber-space reality and hopefully avoid silly mistakes.
I do like Johnson's writing style, which doesn't make the reader feel stupid but also doesn't talk over one's head. He makes plenty of references to Austrailia, where he is from, but the book should be also owned by every American parent. The problem of predators and pornography will not go away in this lifetime. I would not want your family to be as affected as mine, as I have a direct relative who is spending hard time in prison for his actions on the Internet. Thus, it's vital that we take the bull by the horns and quit acting like the proverbial ostrich with his head stuck in the sand! (Doesn't this bird live in Austrailia?) Again, I recommend that all non-computer literate parents buy this and read it before it's too late for their loved ones.
