- Never give out personal information, such as your name, address, school name or address, or parents' or teachers' names or addresses, online.
- Never create online profiles.
- Never visit chat rooms or join an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) without permission.
- Never go to private chat rooms or meet online friends in a private online setting.
- Never go to new Web sites without permission.
- Never respond to rude or offensive e-mail, instant messages, or postings.
- Never post, send, or receive pictures (usually files that end with GIF, jpg, jpeg, or tiff).
- Never meet online friends offline without a parent present.
Note: These tips were excerpted from 20 Internet Safety Tips for Parents, provided to Education World by the office of Lynne A. Battaglia, U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland.
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