Here at Street Smart Kids we do our best to give you the resources and information you need as a parent to keep your children safe here, there and everywhere.
Our Family Safety Guides take your education one step further. Please browse this feature for step-by-step guides on how to keep your children safe on the internet, on social networking sites and in their gaming.
Our resident expert on family safety “how to’s” is Mary Kay Hoal: 
Mary Kay Hoal is a married mother of five children (both biological and adopted) ranging in age from 6 to 19 years of age. She is an accomplished media professional who took it upon herself to leave a successful career and take action to make safety and privacy a key priority for children online. She founded her own company, Yoursphere Media Inc., and launched Yoursphere.com and YoursphereForParents.com.
Originally motivated by the concern that registered sex offenders plague social networks and have access to children, after immersing herself in numerous online communities, Mary Kay found that many sites didn’t abide by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), nor did they leverage all the wonderful benefits of the Internet and social media: the connectivity, the creativity, the education, the fun. Instead, she found that children were exposed to content, people, and a culture that was of deep concern and left little regard for a child’s safety, privacy and their well-being.
1 comment
Andrea Clark says:
October 26, 2011 at 2:06 pm (UTC 0)
This is brilliant advice on kids’ safety. As a Mum of four girls myself, I have recently created a website centred on child locators and safety, as my daughters are now at the age of venturing out on their own – and being a typical mother I am worried about them and want them to be safe. It is good to find a site like this dedicated to kids safety. Andrea