The Children promise:
- Never to give out personal information without permission:name
- addresses
- telephone numbers
- parents' work address/phone
- school name or location
- Not to tell anyone our Internet password (even best friends) except for trusted family members.
- To tell our parents straight away if we see anything that makes us feel uncomfortable.
- Never to get together with someone we "meet" online without checking with our parents first.
- Never to send a person our photo or anything else without checking with our parents first.
- Not to respond to any messages that are rude or make us feel uncomfortable and to tell our parents straight away.
- To show our parents how to surf and teach them about the Internet.
- To be good online citizens and not do anything that hurts anyone else or is against the law.
The Parents promise:
- To know which services and Web sites the children are using.
- To watch the children when online and remind them of the safety rules.
- To accompany our kids if we agree to a meeting with an "e-pal", in a public place.
- Not to overreact if our child has a problem. To try to solve the problem and prevent it from happening again.
- Not to use a PC or the Internet as an electronic babysitter.
- To help make the Internet a family activity and plan family events using the Internet.
- To get to know the children's "online friends" just as they try getting to know other friends.
- To be good online citizens and not do anything that hurts anyone else, or is against the law.
I agree to the above
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Child sign here
I agree to the above and will help my child to follow this agreement
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Parent(s) sign here