Digital Smarts - Myth or Truth? Talking About Kids and Internet Safety

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Common Sense Media posted a blog focusing on the five most popular myths about internet safety, reminding parents that the best way to keep kids safe is to stay informed. Addressing topics such as thinking parental controls are the best way to monitor kids’ online activities (it is actually best not to rely on only one method), and the idea that kids act worse online (most kids say the opposite is true), the post dishes out very sensible advice on how to avoid having an overly alarmist mindset when it comes to kids’ lives online.