The Internet As Teacher

written by:
Brooke Jones

If you were to ask your children 
"what did you learn in CyberSpace today?"
the answer they could give 
might just scare the socks off of you!



> There are currently more than 2,200 Web Sites specifically
devoted to racism, hatred and genocide...and thousands of new
Sites appear on the Internet every single day. 

> These Web Sites are carefully designed to appeal to children and
young adults.

> Membership  in groups such as the KKK, the Aryan Nation and the
Neo-Nazi Party is now at an all-time high, due in large part to
the online recruiting efforts of such groups.

> Dozens of  Web Sites offer easy-to-read instructions for the
building of bombs and the making of drugs.
 
> Many Web Sites offer step-by-step instructions on how to delete,
defeat or circumvent Blocking and Filtering programs.

> Almost anything that can be purchased in the real world can also
be purchased online.  (example: guns, drugs, and the materials
needed to build bombs)
 
> Software programs that Block or Filter can help cut down the
amount of objectionable material that comes into your computer
from the Internet, but they cannot tell you what strangers are
saying to your children.  For this reason, we strongly suggest
that you purchase a software program that enables you to read
every word that online strangers say TO your kids.  



{Former Hollywood screenwriter and Talk Radio Host Brooke Jones is
a single mother, a freelance writer, and a nationally-recognized
expert in the field of Internet Safety.  She is also the Media
Director of the Ribbon Of Promise NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO END SCHOOL
VIOLENCE.  Her articles on Internet Safety and what parents can do
to safeguard their children have been published in countless
newspapers and magazines around the country, and are often posted
on a variety of parent-oriented Web Sites.  In addition to writing
articles, Ms. Jones conducts Seminars on Internet Safety, and the
well-cloaked dangers that lurk on the World Wide Web.  Ms. Jones
can be reached at: bjones0399@aol.com)}