Digital Smarts - Catfishing in a Nutshell

There are many predictions that a big issue this school year is going to be “catfishing”, creating a false online identity to lure an unsuspecting person into an online relationship. Lonely teens, or those looking for more than what their crowd at school has to offer, are particularly susceptible. How can you protect your teen from falling victim to a fictitious relationship? Some online safety tips you may want to review with your teens are summarized in an article entitled Catfishing: Hook, Line and Sinker on the Psychology Today web site. Discussing online safety and the ease of falsifying information online can help protect your teen from being duped.