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Get involved with your children: Visit Childnet’s Chatdanger website with your child for real life stories about other young people’s experiences when chatting online. www.chatdanger.com

Have clear rules: Visit the Helping Your Children section of this guide to make your own Family Agreement.

Keep records: For instructions on how to save a record of abusive messages in MSN’s Instant Messenger visit:
http://www.websafecrackerz.com/hacktevist_reportabuse.aspx?ID=133

Protect your children: Check what parental controls and help are offered by your internet or mobile service provider.

Schools: Talk to your school about the steps they take to keep your child safe when in their care and the advice they give to your child on how to protect themselves when they use the internet outside of school. The school will have policies about safe and responsible Internet use, including an Acceptable Use Policy, (outlining the ways in which children and staff can and cannot use the ICT at school), as well as an anti-bullying policy. 

Beat the Bully: For more information on how to protect your child from cyberbullying see www.dcsf.gov.uk/bullying

Report Abuse: If you suspect an adult is trying to contact your child on the internet you can report it through the The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP).

Help children to talk: Children can contact ChildLine. to talk in confidence on 0800 1111

All organisations and their website links are correct at time of writing (July 2008).