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The evidence of the good, the bad, and the dangerous is all around us, which serves as a reminder to teach our kids to bring some old school values into the ever-changing digital realm.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Five\u00a0old school rules\u00a0that still apply<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>1. Learn how to keep a secret. <\/strong>Your password is top secret. Your best friend&#8217;s secret crush is also private. That means that your child doesn\u2019t share either with her friends, her boyfriend, or even a sibling. In an oversharing, chatty culture teaching our kids the importance of keeping secrets will keep both their digital privacy and friendships on track and secure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Be a gracious guest.<\/strong> We\u2019ve taught our children how to respect other people\u2019s homes but have we taught them how to respect someone\u2019s digital space? Let&#8217;s face it, open digital doors have made us all a little too comfortable and far less restrained in adding our two cents (positive or negative) to a real-time conversation. Recent examples of respect gone awry are in reports of permanent rifts caused by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2016\/08\/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-facebook-friendships-227175\">disagreements on Facebook <\/a>over the last election. Remind kids (and adults) to be respectful of other people\u2019s religious, political, and cultural differences. Learning to listen to others, consider contrary points of view, and exchange ideas respectfully without inciting is part of being a gracious guest on other people&#8217;s personal pages. Yes, adults could use extra coaching in this area as well \u2014 it&#8217;s never too late to learn the art of being a proper guest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. The power of please, thank you, and eye contact. <\/strong>Even in our one-click world, please, thank you, and face-to-face friendships matter now more than ever, in fact. Teach kids who love to abbreviate and use slang, that often a good old fashioned please and thank you helps build relationships that will outlast the digital space. Another lost art is the handwritten, thank you, birthday, or sympathy note sent via the beloved U.S. Postal System. It\u2019s great to celebrate or express genuine messages online, but for the big milestones, especially a loss, there\u2019s nothing more valuable to people than a physical, sincere note written outside of the very public digital space. Also, maintaining strong connections with a handful of real, loyal, face-to-face friends still outweighs hundreds of accumulated online friends. While your child may connect with hundreds of &#8220;friends&#8221; playing video games, snap chatting, or texting, nothing beats face-to-face conversation as a way to build and keep long-term relationships.<\/p>\n<p>The face-in-phone culture has become the norm but don&#8217;t let that affect relationships. Remember, checking your phone while traveling or having coffee alone? Absolutely acceptable. However, checking your phone while your friend or family member is telling you a story?\u00a0Just plain rude.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Modesty matters.<\/strong> Everyone (especially the youth culture) seems to be taking off more and more clothes online, and some reports claim that sexting among teens is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2015\/nov\/10\/sexting-becoming-the-norm-for-teens-warn-child-protection-experts\">becoming the feared norm<\/a>. But don&#8217;t let cultural trends move the value lines in your home. Rather than teach right and wrong, explain the &#8220;why&#8221; behind the rules. Teach your kids why modesty matters and why, in a world of sameness, it&#8217;s more important than ever to stand out as modest, confident, and worthy of respect. This old school rule applies to both females and males, who also claim to feel increasing pressure to show off their six pack abs or post a million selfies. Be mindful to focus more on your child&#8217;s abilities, talents, and character than his or her appearance.<\/p>\n<p>5. <strong>Walk on the messy side of the digital street.<\/strong>\u00a0Just as we&#8217;ve (hopefully) taught our sons to walk on the outside of a female along a sidewalk, in the online world, it&#8217;s important to teach our kids to look out for others and be willing to take a few steps into the danger zone to protect someone else. Words hurt deeply and in the digital realm, words hurt gets multiplied, which can cause incredible damage to kids. Teaching kids to take up for, have empathy, and show consideration to someone who is\u00a0vulnerable online, is an old school rule that will help stomp out bullying and echo the fact that we are all equal.<\/p>\n<p><em>Toni Birdsong is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/author\/toni-birdsong\/\">Family Safety Evangelist<\/a> to <a title=\"McAfee\" href=\"https:\/\/home.mcafee.com\">McAfee<\/a>. You can find her on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McAfee_Family\">@McAfee_Family<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tonibirdsong\">@ToniBirdsong<\/a>. (<a href=\"\/\/ow.ly\/1bdMH&gt;\">Disclosures<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are social creatures, and now that our social circles are almost entirely digital, the mass migration of millions of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":642,"featured_media":124937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10661,12],"tags":[75,100,2205,321],"coauthors":[3359],"class_list":["post-66760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet-security","category-family-safety","tag-cyberbullying","tag-facebook","tag-protecting-kids-online","tag-social-networking"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>5 Old School Rules to Carry into the Online World | McAfee Blog<\/title>\n<meta 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