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http://www.ic3.gov http://www.missingkids.com http://www.netsmartz.org http://www.staysafe.org http://www.isafe.org/ Online predators: Help minimize the risk How do online predators work? How can parents minimize the risk of a child becoming a victim?  Talk to your kids about sexual predators and potential online dangers.  Use family safety settings that are built into Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista.  Follow age limits on social networking websites. Most social networking sites require that users be age 13 and over. If your children are under the recommended age for these sites, do not let them use them.  Young children should not use chat rooms—the dangers are too great. As children get older, direct them towards well-monitored kids' chat rooms. Encourage even your teens to use monitored chat rooms.  If your children take part in chat rooms, make sure you know which ones they visit and with whom they talk. Monitor the chat areas yourself to see what kind of conversations take place.  Instruct your children to never leave the chat room's public area. Many chat rooms offer private areas where users can have one-onone chats with other users-chat monitors can't read these conversations. These are often referred to as "whisper" areas.  Keep the Internet-connected computer in a common area of the house, never in a child's bedroom. It is much more difficult for a predator to establish a relationship with your child if the computer

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