By Melina Ann Collison
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St. Louis - This online tool is a program from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to help answer parental concerns regarding Internet safety and children. You can search their knowledge base for answers to your questions or ask the experts and send new questions.
NetSmartz411 answers the question: “Why come to NetSmartz411?”
We know where you're coming from. Sometimes adults feel like they don't know quite as much as their children do about the Internet. This site is your opportunity to learn more. Anyone – a parent, guardian, grandparent, stepparent, teacher, or concerned friend – is welcome to use NetSmartz411 to better understand the opportunities and challenges children face online.We are experts. Your question will be answered by professionals who know a lot about Internet safety – the real-life analysts at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. We handle daily reports about the online exploitation of children, and know steps you can take to keep the children and teens in your life safer online.” (NetSmartz411.com, 2009)
Parents have a place to go where they can find information about webcams, monitoring software, what online abbreviations mean, what is sexting, dangers of online websites, and having your child’s photo online.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is a well known organization that helps many families and law enforcement professionals each year. You can find more information about them online at MissingKids.com.
Contact NetSmartz411 online at their website NetSmartz411.org or by phone at 1-888-NETS411. You can ask an expert your question on the website.
For more info:
The Cyber Tipline is always seeking information to help fight child exploitation. Call them at 1-800-THE-LOST or visit their website online.
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