According to a Microsoft-sponsored survey by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) teachers are failing to adequately train students on online safety and security. ("Teachers get failing grade in cybersecurity education" 04 May 2011)
Well, that may be so, but concerning matters of childhood education, I always throw the ball back in the parents court. Schools, tutors, and teachers are tools to educate our children, but it is our responsibility as parents. We are solely responsible.
Ok, so back to the tech! Parents, among your other plans for teaching, leading, and nurturing your children, teach them safe cyber habits!
A good place to start might be with the NSA Home Network Security Guide, the Bin Laden Cyberscam Alert, and the Sony Playstation Network Hack I posted about recently. Also, just like stranger danger in your neighborhood and public places, we need to be discussing online dangers with our kids. That's assuming, of course, that we understand them ourselves. We do, don't we?
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