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Ontario Block Parent® Program Inc.

Ontario Block Parent® Program Inc.

The mission of the Block Parent® Program is to provide immediate assistance

through a safety network and to offer supportive community educational programs.

STOP!You’re going the

wrong way! To startat the beginning,

go to the end!

STOP!You’re going the

wrong way! To startat the beginning,

go to the end!

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Online Safety Tipsconsider what u post n say online... pics n names r online 4ever

Q? what u c online... ppl often lie about age, gender n interests

talk 2 parents b4 meeting an online friend

tell adult if u c anything online that makes u feel uncomfortable

use web cams with caution... any1 can change ur image

dont say anything online u wouldnt say in real life

protect ur psswrds... make them hard 2 guess ... tell no1

Q? everything

See if you canfigure out these online

safety tips!

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Back Home, Safe & SoundI’m so glad

you’re safe butyou should have

talked to usabout this.

I was so scared!

It could happen to anyone.You never know who you’re talking to online, so you always need to be careful.

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HELP! HELP!!

It’s okay,Amanda, I’m a

Block Parent and you’re safe here. I’ll call

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Don’t be frightened,Amanda!I’m your friend!!

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Who are you?

I’m Jake!

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HI,AMANDA!

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BeCareful!

Are you surehe’s okay?

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Have you seenAmanda?

She just left.

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Next Day...

See you later.

Have fun!See you tomorrow.

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AmandaQT:I’ll c utomorrow!!

This is different.Jake is my friend.

You stillbetter becareful!

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If it wasn’tfor that BlockParent, I would

have been beatenup and lost my new bike.

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Mike did the rightthing by

running tothis BlockParent®

home forsafety.

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You think...

you canfight...

...all of us?

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Nice bike,man!

I think we’llkeep it. No way!

Get lost!!

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He’ll behere soon.

Let’s see yournew bike,

kid!

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That’s notAndy.

It’s his mean big brother.

Hey,where’sAndy?

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Last Summer...

Don’t forgetyour helmet and becareful with your

new bike.

Mom, I just got an email fromAndy and we’regoing to ride bikes.

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ARE YOUCRAZY!?!

Don’t youremember

whathappened

to me last summer

when I got my new bike?

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AmandaQT:How about tomorrowafter school?

He just is.I’m going to meet

him tomorrow after school.

How doyou know he’s your

age?

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Is hein yourclass?

No,I met him on

this cool gamingsite.

He’s myage but hegoes to adifferent

school.

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jake2kewl:What time can we meet?

Who isjake2kewl?

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No one.

Who are youtalking to, Amanda?

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AmandaQT:I can’t wait 2 meet u!

jake2kewl:Awesome :)

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Amanda is excited about a new friend she

met online. His name is Jake and he is 12 years old.

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Meet Mike and his sister Amanda.

Mike is 14 and Amanda is 12.Amanda loves chatting online...

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