- Children and teenagers should never text personal information to people they do not know well. This includes things like home address, real full and legal name, which school they attend, or other information that predators can use to find or follow adolescents.
- Like personal information, pictures sent via text message can give potential predators an unsafe amount of information about young people. Pictures in front of identifiable buildings or landmarks could help predators zero in on a child's precise location, as could pictures in school or youth sports uniforms. Kids should not send pictures to anyone but their family and close friends.
- Children should report cyber bullying to adults immediately. Cyber bullying is the harassment of another individual via electronic media, including text messages. Cyber bullying is a major mental health concern for children and teens, and some suicides have reportedly been the result of this practice.
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