An important way of protecting is arming yourself and your children with knowledge of the dangers so that they can be avoided.

PBS Frontline Documentary

• Growing Up Online: Just how fast is the Internet transforming the experience of childhood?
• This documentary shows the lives of teens across the U.S. and would be a good way to become informed about some of the issues teens and parents are facing.
• The cases in this documentary are a stark reminder of how important it is for parents to show leadership regarding technology in the home.

iSafe.org

• iSafe.org has some great resources for parents and schools including an iParent newsletter that keeps you updated on current Internet safety issues and video training for parents and teachers.  (Most of the resources on this site require you to register for an account to access them.)
  
• Quick Links - in this area of the site you can acess webcasts created by teens for teens and the iParent Times newsletter, and a newsletter for children called iBuddy Times.
• iLearn Online - this is a portion of the site where you can access training videos to inform you about safety issues.  There are training videos for educators (iLearn), parents (iParent), and seniors (iFifty+) to address their individual needs.
  

NetSmartz.org

• Netsmartz.org is a great place for parents to inform themselves about how to teach Internet safety to their children.
• They have a section for parents with a wide range of online and print resources to learn from.
• NetSmartzKids.org - this companion NetSmartzKids website has games and activities for young children to teach them basics of Internet safety. It doesn't link to resources outside of the site.
• Resources for teens - this portion of the site has some great short videos that can be watched with teens to learn about Internet safety issues.

iKeepSafe.org

• iKeepSafe.org has good online and print information for parents, kids, and teachers too. 
  
• It features the Faux Paws Internet safety video that was created by at BYU.

Internet Safety Podcast

• http://www.internetsafetypodcast.com/
  
• A weekly podcast created by Chuck Knudsen a BYU computer science professor.
  

Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies

• Final Report of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force to the Multi-State Working Group on Social Networking of State Attorneys General of the United States