The strategies are developed according to age group. For example, concerning teens ages 13-15, the article states:

At this age, parents should assume their kids are interacting online--using IM, e-mail, text messaging--on a PC at home, at school, or at a friend's house. This is the age when online and, possibly, offline encounters with strangers are the biggest problem; kids in this age group admit to meeting strangers offline and typically don't consider such behavior a risk. Cyberbullying also changes to sexual harassment at this age, according to Aftab.

She advises that parents work on developing their child's "filter between the ears."

The article then goes on to give specific guidelines for handling Internet activity for members of this age group. The same is done for other age groups through age 16 and above.

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This article previously appeared on the Orthodox Christian Bible Studies Blog , a publication of our partner, the Department of Youth Ministry of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. Visit the Orthodox Christian Bible Studies website for free online interactive Bible studies for Orthodox teens.