The Parent's Guide to Protecting Your Children in Cyberspace

by Parry Aftab

One of the world's top child cyber-safety experts provides a much-needed guide for anyone concerned with children's use of the Internet. Illustrations. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0071357521
• ISBN13: 9780071357524
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

I'm a teen and this book helped save my girlfriend

I read this book when my mother bought it for me and my friends to read. I was very interested in what this person said about online safety and teens. Most talk about how terrible the internet is, but she thinks it's great for teens as long as we use it following safety rules.My girlfriend was chatting with a boy she met online. He sent her pictures and said he loved her. She even talked to him on the phone. When he asked to meet her at the mall, I told her about the stories I read in this book, and gave her the book to read.She didn't meet him after she read the stories about bad men who tried to trick girls into meeting them offline.Her parents found out and found out that this boy wasn't really a boy.Mrs. Aftab helps keep teens safe. I want to work for her group and help other teens.Thank you Mrs. Parry Aftab for caring about teens. we love you!a sixteen year old girl

It's the best book on the subject, I've read them all

I read Parry's first book, and all the other ones that copied it. This is by far the best book out there. It's got every answer to every conceivable questions, easy to understand and fun to read.I'm a teacher and need to keep up on this subject, and no book, not even her first one, comes close to this book. It feels like she is giving you free tutoring on any question you have about your kids online, right at your side.I recommend this to all the parents at our school. Trust me on this...only buy one book - this one. And if you have any questions, e-mail Parry, she answers all of them personally. parry@aftab.com (her name)

every parent and teacher need this book!

I had a problem with someone sending threats to my son online, threatening to hack into our computer. This person knew where we lived and far too much other information about us. When I called the school and the police department in town they both recommended this book for us. I read it and learned what I needed to know to arm my family against online hackers and harrassers. then i read about this same outstanding woman in Readers Digest and how she helps thousands of people online...and doesn't even get paid for it. She does this from her heart. I've even heard that the money she gets from this book helps to support online safety programs she runs. Buy this book, and support her programs, buy this book and keep your family safe from some of the dangerous people out there...buy ten of these books and give them to everyone you care about. You'll love it, too. It's fun to read.

Thank God!I don't know what I would have done without it!

My son was involved in a pretty scarey situation. He's fine now, chiefly because of this author, who is the top internet safety expert in the world.He was being threatened and stalked by someone who knew where he lived and went to school. I found a site where people help parents when things go wrong online. The head of this site is a cyberlawyer who also wrote this book. I had read about her in Readers Digest and saw her on the Today show, and knew that she worked with the FBI on finding child molesters in cyberspace, and saw that 20/20 recommended her site, cyberangels.org, for help in cyberstalkings. I wrote her in a panic. She answered my e-mail right away, personally, and helped us, personally. I'll never forget her or how she made us feel. Like we were the most important people on earth and she had nothing else to do but help us. I bought her first book last year and this book as soon as I heard about it on television last month. I bought one for my sister and for my two brothers too. I don't think any parent should have to go through what we did, and I don't know what I would have done without help from this incredible woman. Her book is the best! and my son now knows not to give away personal information to strangers online. And I know how to teach him to use the Internet safely. She reminds us constantly, that even if they know more than we do about the technology, we are still the parents. Hurray for people like this. Parry is a real angel, not just a cyberangel. Buy her book. Buy several. The money helps support the kids internet safety programs she runs. And its fun to read.

Parents don't get your internet account till you read this!

Ms. Aftab has written the most comprehensive, easy to follow guide for parents or anyone about how to keep yourself and your family safe while surfing the World Wide Web. It cuts through the hype and the media presentation of the dark side of the web to really show people how to use the internet the way it was meant to be used. I have been online for over 6 years and I am a very experienced user yet I read it cover to cover and learned more than I ever could have imagined. This book is a must read, don't assume that your children know what they are doing online, read this book and learn now how to keep them safe.