Parents

Video: Click to Protect. Change to Connect.

CPP has developed a video (abridged and full length versions) highlighting the people and places connected to the initiative.  Hear stories from young people and members of the CPP team as they speak about their experiences and the impact CPP is making in communities across Brazil and Thailand. 

Full length video

Short video

Engaging Young People in the Safe and Creative Use of ICT

Developed by the CPP Team of IICRD and Plan Thailand, this curriculum is intended to help educators and other caring adults engage young people in Thailand so they can maximize opportunities for positive and creative use of ICT, while mitigating and minimizing risks.

This resource is available in a working draft in English and a complete curriculum in Thai.

Safe Online Outreach Society (SOLOS)

SOLOS has been providing information to BC schools, parents and professionals since 2002. It has the knowledge and tools to help parents and educators keep our children and youth safe online. If you have concerns about online safety for you, your children, teens, staff or clients SOLOS has the information and resources you need!

 

www.safeonlineoutreach.com  

FBI- A Parents Guide to Internet Safety, What To Do..

While on-line computer exploration opens a world of possibilities for children, expanding their horizons and exposing them to different cultures and ways of life, they can be exposed to dangers as they hit the road exploring the information highway. There are individuals who attempt to sexually exploit children through the use of on-line services and the Internet. Some of these individuals gradually seduce their targets through the use of attention, affection, kindness, and even gifts.

Cyberstalking

Cyberstalking refers to harassment or unwanted communication via some form of technology including computers, global positioning systems (GPS), cell phones, cameras and more. The National Center for Victims of Crime (USA) defines cyberstalking as “threatening behavior or unwanted advances directed at another using the Internet and other forms of online and computer communications.”
 
 

Zebra Centre: Helping Abused Children and Families

Edmonton's Zebra Child Protection Centre, the first centre of its kind in Canada, enables our community to respond to child abuse with a professional, compassionate and highly integrated program of healing and justice.
 

Truth Be Told

Edmonton's Zebra Child Protection Centre, the first centre of its kind in Canada, enables our community to respond to child abuse with a professional, compassionate and highly integrated program of healing and justice.
 

EU Kids Online: 1 in 5 Search Web With Mobile Device

ONE in five children is using a handheld device such as an iPod to surf the internet, presenting parents with a new challenge in keeping track of what youngsters are viewing online.
 
The EU Kids Online survey examined the activities of children aged nine to 16 who use the internet regularly. It found that, within that group, the Irish used it less frequently than children in other countries.
 
 

A Teens-eye View of the Digital Future

"My kids never watch TV anymore. They are always on the computer."It's a common remark from the parents of teens and young adults. Probe a little deeper and you may discover that contemporary youth, like young people before them, are too busy socializing to watch TV --- in this case by texting their friends or logging on to Facebook. Or you may find out they are watching TV shows and movies on their computers, downloading them from file-sharing sites.