Cup of Hope: Back to School Edition
It’s August!
As we think ahead to school starting in a few weeks, we want to help you and the kids in your life feel more safe and confident on the internet. This month Cup of Hope will post every Wednesday with resources that will help equip you and your kids to navigate the digital world. Click on each line to be directed to the resource.
Week One: Get Prepared
- Check out our previous Cup of Hope episode with David Mehi, Google Cloud Architect
- Do the “Be Internet Awesome” Program with the kids in your life
- Confused about Parental Controls and Privacy Settings? Internet Matters has a guide for every device
- Download the “Protect: Internet Safety” App by Protect Young Eyes
- Watch Childhood 2.0
Week Two: Interactive Learning for Youth
- Social Identity Quest is designed to challenge students to make choices and build skills to reduce risks they may encounter on the internet.
- The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children through NetSmartz created a differentiated video series to present digital safety lessons in a fun and age-appropriate manner.
Week Three: Online Gaming
- Enough is Enough “Internet Safety 101: Introduction”
- NSPCC: How to Ensure Your Children Stay Safe While Playing Online Games
- Shared Hope: Video-Games-and-Gaming-Fact-Sheet
- Netsmartz: Gaming Safely Tip Sheet for Parents
- Protect Young Eyes: Parental Controls for Every Digital Device
Week Four: Sexting/Sextortion
Resources for Parents: Facts and Tipsheets!
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- The Phenomenon of “Sexting” and Its Risks to Youth (NCOSE)
- Sexting Fact Sheet (Shared Hope International)
- State-by-State Differences in Sexting Laws (Bark)
- Talking to Teens about Sexting – Tipsheet (NCMEC)
- Sextortion: What Parents Should Know – Tipsheet (NCMEC)
- Sextortion – Report/Get Help (NCMEC)
- The “Sexting Talk” video (Shared Hope International)
Resources for Youth: Tipsheets & Videos!
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- Internet Safety Tips & Tricks to Keep Yourself Safe From Online Creepers (LOVE 146)
- Stop Sextortion – Yup. It’s a thing (THORN)
- “Your Photo Fate” – Video (NCMEC)
- Videos for Middle & High School Students (NCMEC)
- Think Before You Send – Tipsheet (NCMEC)
- You Sent a Sext, Now What? – Tipsheet (NCMEC)
Week Five: Online Pornography
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation ( NCOSE )
-NCOSE offers a wide range of recommended educational resources pertaining to sexual exploitation, including pornography. They are also a leading organization for policy reform & targeted campaigns related to pornography.
-Learn more about the science & psychology of porn addiction. Your Brain on Porn is an extensive collection of expert & peer-reviewed research on the impact of porn on the brain & human behaviors.
Critical Porn Analysis | Youth Wellbeing Project
-An educational framework that responds to the researched harms of porn as a public health crisis. Critical Porn Analysis moves beyond the micro focus of how individuals interact with porn, to comprehensively consider its effect on individuals’ safety, health & wellbeing, relationships, families, communities, & cultures.
-“Good Pictures Bad Pictures” children’s books, downloadable guides to help parents talk to kids about pornography, up-to-date parenting articles, free webinars, & more.
-Helps educate parents about the hypersexualized media & online pornography that children are exposed to today, as well as Provides guides on how to talk to your kids about it.
-Free resources for parents & kids, including an app for parents with OVER 500 digital safety lessons
-Resources for parents + educators on how to help youth navigate the digital age. books for kids & parents, educational resources, & programs (also available in Spanish)
-Watch #RefuseToClick on YouTube for the connection between Human Trafficking and Pornography
