Difficulty: Moderately Challenging
Step1
Create house rules for Internet and computer use. Control the number of hours the tween spends on the Internet and also control the amount of privacy your tween computer users will have. Tweens preferably should use the Internet where others can also see the screen.
Step2
Parents of tweens should have a good grasp on computers and the Internet. Parents need to know how to check a web browser's history for inappropriate visited sites.
Step3
Maintain a relationship where tweens and parents can talk openly. This way if a tween sees something inappropriate on the Internet, they will tell you instead of hiding it as if they did something wrong.
Step4
Do not allow tweens to communicate with strangers. In this case a stranger would be someone that they have not met in person like a classmate or relative.
Novice 
Comments
PreteenMovier said
on 3/20/2008 I've said Hello to quite a few people. Amazingly enough, I'M STILL ALIVE!
AHermitt said
on 3/18/2008 For a tween, or preeteen, of course it does. Kids should only deal with people they know, or have met in person. You never know if a 40 year old is posing as a kid to attract other kids into danger!
PreteenMovier said
on 3/18/2008 Hello doesn't kill. You met your best friend. What was your best friend? A stranger. Your husband/wife? A STRANGER. So, this whole stranger deal really isn't all that bad.