Digital Friendships

How do you keep online friendships safe?

Lesson Objectives 

• Compare and contrast different kinds of online-only friendships.

• Describe the benefits and risks of online-only friendships.

• Describe how to respond to an online-only friend if the friend asks something that makes them uncomfortable.

Vocabulary 

benefit: something positive that results from a situation

private information: information about you that can be used to identify you because it is unique to you (e.g. your full name or your address)

risk: something negative or dangerous that could come from a situation