Keeping kids safe online

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A lot of parents ask me, how do I keep my kids safe online? Well the first thing you can do is monitor their usage. Make sure that computer is in a public area of your house, not in your child's bedroom. You wouldn't let your child talk to a stranger in their bedroom, and that's just what we're doing when we let our kids have access to the internet in their private bedroom. So have that computer in a public area, a common space at your house. Another thing we can do in terms of internet safety - install some blockers or some filters. Sometimes kids will innocently Google or click on a website that has inappropriate language or pictures. If we install some filters or blockers, we can really minimize the chance of that happening. Talk to your kids about not going into chatrooms. Set up ahead of time where they're allowed to go online and where they're not allowed to go online. Give them some very specific websites they can use that are always safe.
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Pattie Fitzgerald

Child Safety Expert

Pattie Fitzgerald is the founder of Safely Ever After, Inc., and is recognized as a leading expert in the field of childhood sexual abuse prevention education, child abduction prevention, and Internet Safety education.  She is certified as a Child Safety Educator and Child Visitation Monitor, and has worked tirelessly as children’s advocate for over ten years.  As a former preschool teacher, Pattie blends her expertise as an educator and, more importantly as a mom, to teach parents and kids everywhere the most effective, up-to-date safety strategies without using fear tactics.   

Admired for her positive approach and warm, compassionate style, Pattie is also the author of the newly released children’s book, No Trespassing – This Is MY Body which parents and children are embracing across the country.  Pattie’s programs and curriculum have been implemented in public and private schools throughout the United States and have been also been utilized by The Santa Monica Police School Resource Department as well as the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department through their MERIT Program.   

Prior to the inception of Safely Ever After, Inc., Pattie worked as the Community Outreach Educator for the national child advocacy agency, Parents For Megan’s Law.  Her published work has appeared in national newspapers, parenting magazines, and trade journals throughout the country, and she has been featured on Good Morning America, CNN Headline News, MSNBC, KCBS, KABC and KNBC news as well as countless national radio programs.

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