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Huntington School District Offers Online Safety Tips for Kids

Guidelines for parents to help children understand the importance of privacy settings, limiting the information they share and more.

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Officials at Huntington School District are making it a little easier for parents to help keep their kids safe when it comes to social media.

With so many students spending time online, parents would do well to offer safety guidelines when it comes to sharing information, photos, videos and more.

The district recommends that parents explain the consequences of online actions, why it’s important to limit the information they share, the value in using good manners, and the importance of maintaining privacy settings.

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In addition, keeping the dialog open with kids about online behavior can go along way.

According to the school district website:

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Get to know the social networking sites your kids use so you understand their activities. If you’re concerned about risky online behavior, you may want to search the social sites they use to see what information they’re posting. Are they pretending to be someone else? Try searching by their name, nickname, school, hobbies, grade, or community.

Learn more from the school district about keeping your kids safe when it comes to online activity.

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