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Home>What We Do>Prevent>Awareness>Internet Safety

Dangerous Messaging Apps and How to Protect Your Kids

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Technology, including social media and classified websites is a continually changing landscape, and are widely viewed as being responsible for the explosion of sex trafficking in the United States. Our own research backs this up.

To make matters worse, predators are luring child victims through online communications — via tablet, phone, even video game consoles. And there, our children are being sold for sex. So how do we protect them?

We must invade the darkness of the online world where the predators are communicating with our kids. With the strong support of caring friends like you, Shared Hope is doing just that. -Linda Smith

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Our Response

Shared Hope is developing comprehensive tools for parents, teachers, and all those working with youth to protect children from the traps predators lay with a plan to get these tools into as many adult hands as possible.

They will raise awareness of grooming tactics, equip adults with knowledge of technology dangers, and provide tangible “how-to” safety tips. These tools include:

With our years of research and our experience in the field, we developed a comprehensive Internet Safety Toolkit – made with you in mind. This critical information will help you keep the children in your life safe from internet-based danger.

This toolkit includes everything you need to know about online predatory grooming, warning signs, and proactive actions with practical tips on special topics like these here:

  • Popular Apps
  • Video Games and eSports
  • Monitoring Online Activity
  • Sexting
  • How to Talk to Kids about Online Interactions
  • Caregiver Tech Tips (English and Spanish)
  • Phone. Gaming. Exploitation (Youth Handout)

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Shared Hope International cares deeply about you and the children in your life and aim to help you protect them in this ever-changing digital age.  Download your copy right now to use and share with those you love.

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“No, They’re Nice”

Our youth-friendly website written by youth to educate on the dangers of the internet.  This mobile-friendly, 5-page website informs teens and provides actionable information so they can protect themselves and understand red flags among their classmates.

The Internet Safety Video Series

Say hello to Kelly, Shared Hope’s internet safety expert. She wants to connect with you through our new educational video series to help you navigate the latest technology and apps that predators use to target children.

Internet Safety Webinars

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Internet Safety Basics Webinar

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Internet Safety: Caregiver Response

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Internet Safety for Gen Z: Webinar

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Three Things Tech Could Do to Effectively Fight DMST

Additional Downloadable Resources

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Download the mini guide - a new internet safety guide to keep children safe from being enticed by online sex traffickers

How to Keep Your Kids Safe From Online Sex Traffickers – This mini-guide includes critical information and practical “how-to” safety tips for parents. Download a digital copy for you and those you love now. Hard-copy bundles of 25 are available in the Shared Hope store, great for small groups or classrooms.
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Internet Safety Mini-Guide in Spanish - Cómo Mantener a Sus Hijos a Salvo de Traficantes Sexuales en Línea

Internet Safety Mini-Guide in Spanish – Cómo Mantener a Sus Hijos a Salvo de Traficantes Sexuales en Línea
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Mobile Apps to Watch Out For

Are your kids using these apps? You can stay on top of the most popular apps used by children and teenagers today and their risks with this digital download.
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Internet Safety for High Schoolers

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Internet Safety for Middle Schoolers

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Read and Watch for Warning Signs

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Tips on identifying a safe adult

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While Shared Hope does not necessarily endorse online dating, we do want to make sure those who are engaging in it are doing so in the safest way possible.

Additional Video Resources

Internet Safety Amidst the COVID-19 Outbreak

Internet Safety with Bark !

Ultimately, adults are empowered, children are protected, and we stop
child sex trafficking before it ever happens.-Kelly

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Learn More How to Keep Kids Safe

Join Us

Internet Safety Presentation Request

Through over 1000 Ambassadors of Hope spread across the United States, Shared Hope is eager to share these age-appropriate lessons of Internet Safety with Adults, Youth, and Children via churches, schools, and civic organizations.  Connect with our team today and schedule.

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