Applying Internet Safety

So I discussed internet safety with a member of my family (they will remain nameless but I will say that they are in their late 20's and have two kids) and I asked them how they applied this to their children (both of whom are under five). He--whoops, I mean "they"--laughed at me. Just as I thought they would.

(Obviously this kid is internet safe.)

But when I asked them to please stop mocking me and explained that this was for an assignment they were very agreeable.
I started my research by checking out AdCouncil.org. They have an article on there about sex offenders and how to avoid them online, as well as who's being targeted. They talked about some Public Service Announcements that have been put up concerning this issue and I went back to YouTube to find another video. This one is called Think Before You Post.
It's probably wrong of me to say that I thought a little bit of this was funny. But I might as well just admit it now that I asked. But in all honesty it struck me more than the others that I looked up. I think it's simply applicable to anyone; to all ages.
So as I was talking to my family member, I asked what they do to protect their kids. They said that right now they don't even have the internet on the computer the kids use. It is only used for the educational games they have installed onto it. We then talked about what to do when the kids are older. The answers seemed obvious--don't give anyone your full name, don't meet up with anyone you met online, don't tell them how old you are. An interesting one I found in a video was to never use a screen name that tells your gender. But I think internet abstinence for their youngsters is key. I personally don't think it is necessary for kids to be chatting online with anyone they don't know and so I also think that would be a great way to avoid tricky situations.
We finished up the conversation talking about Elder Bednar's talk that I mentioned in my last post. I think the biggest safety issue for us (meaning my family and I) would be more closely related to spending too much time building up our cyber worlds instead of focusing on our family life. That isn't to say that that is actually a problem now, that would just be the more likely problem, I think.
They were very nice to me once I told them I was doing an assignment and we had a more serious talk when we brought the Gospel into it.