Safe Web Surfing: Top Tips for Kids and Teens Online

Would you ever walk into a giant arena full of strangers and make it rain postcards with your phone number and home address? No? Then what are you doing publishing those details online, where anyone in the WORLD can access them? It’s easy to forget that the information we put on social media is visible not only to our actual social circles, but to our friends’ friends and their friends’ that creepy guy halfway across the world who you’ve never met. So, today we break down the importance of setting strict privacy settings, choosing strong passwords and other steps you can take to ensure you stay safe online. Good news! Internet safety is easier than you think. Check out some other awesome episodes of WellCast: 1. Inside Puberty 2. Coping With Grief 3. Ways to Stop Bullying 4. Dealing With Rejection 5. Party Survival Guide for Introverts Want a package deal? Check out our playlists! 1. Top 10 Most Popular WellCast Videos 2. For Our Introvert Friends 3. Tips for your Social Life 4. Our Relationship and Dating Advice 5. Study Tips for School! ABOUT WELLCAST: In this twice-a-week show, we explore the physical, mental and emotional paths to wellness. With an emphasis on education, the show addresses both the latest trends and long-standing practices of wellness—everything from the efficacy of the gratitude experiment to the importance of sunshine and vitamin D. Follow along as your host, Kate, guides you through a bi-weekly journaling exercises that helps you apply what you’ve learned. The ultimate goal: one year, one show, one journal, one collective journey to wellness. Sign up for our WellCast newsletter for more of the love, lolz and happy! Like us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Find us on Google Follow us on Tumblr! Follow us on Instagram! Follow us on Pinterest!