{"id":12730,"date":"2019-01-28T06:12:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T11:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/kasper-sky-book\/12730\/"},"modified":"2020-03-23T20:21:21","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T16:21:21","slug":"kasper-sky-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/kasper-sky-book\/12730\/","title":{"rendered":"Kasper, Sky and the Green Bear: A book that teaches kids to stay safe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kids are called digital natives these days, which means many of them get online even before they learn to talk. They\u2019re raised connected<\/em>. But although they easily master the Internet on a level you\u2019ll probably never reach, you still need to teach them some basics on how to stay safe there.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s as much good as bad on the Internet, and just as kids need to learn to cross the street safely or to brush their teeth the right way, they also need to know how to behave on the Internet, what to do and what not to do online. And for kids, the consequences of doing something wrong may be significantly more serious than for adults. But how do you teach your kids about \u201cstrong and unique passwords\u201d or avoiding cyberbullying and phishing?<\/p>\n

Well, if your children love reading, you have a new tool. Although there aren\u2019t a lot of Internet safety books for kids, some do exist, and now there\u2019s one more \u2014 Marlies Slegers has written a book called Kasper, Sky and the Green Bear<\/em><\/em>, a short illustrated story for kids ages 6 to 9 (good ages to expand a child\u2019s knowledge of online safety) that was written to be fun for kids to read and that can help them understand what is OK in the digital world and what is not.<\/p>\n