Keeping kids safe online

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You know, nowadays parents have to think about not only keeping their kids safe in the neighborhood but safe online. it's a big question and a lot depends on the child's age. But if you start early, when your children are young, 4-5, teaching them the rules of online safety and manners, it will be really helpful. So they'll know that they can't just go and use a new program without checking with you. They'll know that there are parental controls on the computer. There's a lot of great software out there that you can find. You also want to look at privacy settings, to think about who's seeing that information when you're posting your sonogram picture, or your child who's had their first birthday. Keeping children safe online is about connecting with them. It's about putting the computer in the living room, not in the bedroom. it's about engaging, having fun, finding things to do together online, and being willing to be the authority who can say no when you need to say no.

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Rona Renner, RN

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Rona Renner has been a Registered Nurse for 46 years with a wide range of experience in health care. In the last 20 years she has focused her attention on pediatrics, parent education and advocacy, ADHD and learning differences. In 1992, she was trained by Kaiser Permanente Medical Center as a temperament counselor to help parents understand their child's behavior, and she co-wrote the temperament based parenting class manual. In 2002, she founded Childhood Matters, a non-profit organization producing radio shows in English and Spanish. "Nurse Rona" hosted a weekly call-in radio show for over nine years, and has appeared on many television shows, including CNN and 20/20. Rona is the author of Is That Me Yelling, a book aimed to help parents learn how to effectively communicate with their kids by focusing on their child's unique temperament, and their ownShe loves working with parents one-on-one, in groups, or in large workshops. Rona is happily married, has four adult children, and two grandsons.

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