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How safe are you?
Answer the questions below to see how street smart you are!
1. If you are a good person from a good family nothing bad will ever happen to you. True/False
2. Which of the following chat rooms is probably the safest?
a) A private chat with people you don't know
b) An open sports chat on a .com website
c) An open chat for people looking for a partner
d) An open and moderated chat recommended by your teacher or lecturer
3. If people send you their photograph online it's ok to meet them because you know what they look like. True/False
4. You are being followed around chatrooms and getting unwanted and inappropriate IM's from someone you don't know. Should you…
a) IM the person until they get sick
b) Give them any info they want so they go away
c) Log off immediately and tell your parents
5. If you are being abused by a member of your own family it is best to keep it a secret. True/False
6. If you tell an adult that you are being abused and they get very angry with you, should you…
a) Go away and try and forget about it
b) Apologise for wasting their time
c) Find an adult who will listen
7. If you are abused (in any way) by an adult whilst you are under the influence of drugs or alcohol it is your own fault. True/False
8. Your best friend tells you that they are being abused and asks you to keep it a secret. Do you…
a) Agree to keep the secret, they are your best friend after all!
b) Persuade them to tell an adult and agree to help them
c) Tell her to try and forget about it. It will go away right?
To find out how street safe you are, scroll to the bottom of the page!
So, how did you do?
1. False: it doesn't matter who you are, abuse can happen to anyone
2. d: recommended and regulated sites are always the safest
3. False: never meet up with people you have met in a chatroom
4. c: never, ever give out personal information when online
5. False: abuse should never be a secret, no matter who the abuser is!
6. c: Never give up, if someone won't listen find someone who will
7. False: abuse is never your fault!
8. b: Never promise to keep secrets about abuse
