This document discusses the changing online world and its impact on children and parenting. It notes that the internet allows unprecedented access but can also lack inhibition. While some fear online predators, research shows that most abuse is from family or those close to the child. The presentation aims to redirect focus from internet fears to the real risks children face and empowering them with online opportunities. Resources are provided to help parents guide children safely online and continue improving society.

1. You, Your Kids,
creative commons licensed (BY-NC-SA) flickr photo
by afagen: http://flickr.com/photos/afagen/8637598334
&
Your
Phones
(a conversation
with parents)
a “Stand Alone” presentation for parents
by Darren Kuropatwa
Curriculum Coordinator
St. James-Assiniboia School Division
January 2015

2. our world is changing ...

3. faster than before

4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynetter/904636334

5. Increasingly, our online lives breed a lack
of inhibition in ways not seen offline.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdQBurXQOeQ

6. creative commons licensed (BY-NC) flickr photo by
Beachy: http://flickr.com/photos/chrisbeach/9421665
The internet is a reflection of our society
and that mirror is going to be reflecting
what we see. If we do not like what we see
in that mirror the problem is not to fix the
mirror, we have to fix society.
Vint Cerf (father of the internet)

7. creative commons licensed (BY-SA) flickr photo by
AJC1: http://flickr.com/photos/ajc1/13893168079
danah boyd, Harvard Researcher at the
Berkman Center for Internet & Society
creative commons licensed (BY-SA) flickr photo by
Marc_Smith: http://flickr.com/photos/marc_smith/109981702

8. Should we be
concerned about
online predators?

9. creative commons licensed (BY) flickr photo by Elon
University: http://flickr.com/photos/elonuniversity/4562733453
This breaks my heart!

10. Perpetrators by Relationship
to Victims (2009)

11. 2008

12. Investigations With At Least
One Relative Perpetrator
95%parents, family members, or adults
known to child victims of abuse

13. DSC_5839 by Elon University
This breaks my heart!

14. DSC_5839 by Elon University
Why are we so obsessed with the registered sex
offender side of the puzzle when the troubled
kids are right in front of us?

15. DSC_5839 by Elon University
Why are we so obsessed with the Internet side of
the puzzle when so many more kids are
abused in their own homes?

16. DSC_5839 by Elon University
I feel like this whole conversation has turned into a
distraction. Money and time is being spent focusing
on the things that people fear
rather than the very real and
known risks that kids face.

17. Online predators aren’t as big of a concern
as the media makes them out to be.

18. We, as parents and teachers, have the
biggest impact on our kids.

19. Kids learn what they see ...

20. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d4gmdl3zNQ

21. Empowered by the internet in ways that weren’t available
to us as kids; our kids are doing amazing things online ...

24. they share the
value of kindness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6-xNEtgYFQ

25. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6-xNEtgYFQ

28. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/bullied-student-tickled-pink-by-schoolmates-t-shirt-campaign-1.682221

29. Bullied student tickled pink by
schoolmates' T-shirt campaign
Today, it’s an
international movement

30. Pink Shirt Day
Feb 25, 2015
facebook.com/pinkshirtday

31. resources for parents wanting to learn more ...

33. A variety of resources and tools that will help you
keep your child safer while they're exploring and
enjoying the online world. From learning what online
activities are popular and how your child uses them, to
discovering ways to talk to your child about healthy
versus unhealthy relationships, this website will give
you the important information you need.
thedoorthatsnotlocked.ca

35. https://www.cybertip.ca/app/en/internet_safety-safer_internet_day

36. http://mediasmarts.ca/

37. in closing ...

38. These words have never been more true than today ...
(how ironic Ann Frank would never appreciate the depth of the truth she wrote)

39. “How wonderful it
is that nobody
need wait a single
moment before
starting to improve
the world.”
cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by Andrew Lament:
http://flickr.com/photos/andrewlament/2044207102/
Anne Frank

40. thanks
cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by Andrew Lament:
http://flickr.com/photos/andrewlament/2044207102/