157 - Cyber Safety & How to Keep Your Kids Safe Online. Top Tips From FBI Agent.

On this episode I share the tips I got from a meeting at my school with a FBI agent and local detective on Cyber security,  online safety, sex trafficking, and more. The FBI agent is from Violent crimes against kids and sex trafficking department.

If you find your child in a dangerous situation online, CALL FBI and POLICE immediately. Do not clean your phone before sharing, take videos or photos from your phone if the messages on their phone do not screen shot on their phone then the person on the other end can see the screenshots and may ghost them.

Highlights: 

1. Do you have the passwords for all your kids' apps and devices?

2. Do you keep their phones/tablets/computers by you at night away from them and turned off?

3. Do you know what apps they use?

4. Have you discussed not to use your name on games and not to go to any other platforms with people they meet on games?

5. Online Enticement: child meets adult online seems innocent until they develop feelings or feel groomed.

6. Sextortion: start as posing a minor then once in relationship they reveal their older and take it sexual and try to meet up

7. Location services turned off all things but the Life 360 app for you

8. Educate yourself on their apps

9. Talk to kids often

10. Look out for signs of anger, frustration, depression, sadness, suicidal thoughts, in your kids.

Resources I shared: 

• https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/parents-and-caregivers-protecting-your-kids
• https://www.missingkids.org/NetSmartz/resources#tipsheets

Next Steps: 

• How can you start implementing one thing you heard today on this podcast?
• Who is one or two people you can send this to help them as a parent?
• How can you start up a conversation with your kids and maybe their friends &  parents about this?
• Can you ask your school to host something like this?

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