Book Description

NEWLY UPDATED JANUARY 2012, includes the new Facebook Timeline design. Your children are playing in an international playground with more than 800 million strangers. Over 19 million U.S. children between the ages of 13 and 17 are registered Facebook users. Just as you wouldn't leave them alone on a physical playground, you need to watch and guide them on the virtual one too. The Parent's Guide to Facebook: Tips and Strategies to Protect Your Children on the World's Largest Social Network will: - Give you step-by-step instructions to set up your Facebook profile - Lead you through the new Facebook privacy settings including the new Timeline design - Reveal the top privacy concerns every parent needs to know about Facebook - Show you how to block bullies and protect your child from bullies on Facebook - Reveal the dangers of NOT educating your child on appropriate posting - Reveal the simple errors that could expose you to identity theft and show you how to avoid making them - Share the fun, friendship and social engagement available to Facebook users hwo know how to enjoy themselves safely. The Parent's Guide to Facebook is a step-by-step guide focusing on using Facebook as another window into your children's life, friends, attitudes and online actions. Facebook is the world's largest social network. To make sure people enjoy connecting with their friends and loved ones while protecting their privacy online, just follow this simple guide. Let the author walk you through the steps from the start of the sign up process all the way through setting up a group, uploading pictures, writing status updates, and do's and don'ts of privacy on Facebook.