As I was looking through my feeds, I saw this little snippet about online safety being taught to kids by none other than Phineas and Ferb. If you have young kids, you likely know about these two. If you don’t – it’s a kids show on Disney Channel that’s fairly amusing.

I watched the little video and for the most part – I thought it was pretty good. Here are their tips in a nutshell:
1. Be careful what you put online – it never goes away, ever!
2. You never know who’s gonna see it!
3. Just because it’s online, doesn’t mean it’s true!
4. Not everyone is who they say they are!
5. If you wouldn’t do it in person, you shouldn’t do it online!

I’m all good on the tips up to this point, but after that last one, it gets a little iffy…
1. Get off the computer
2. Put down the phone
3. Nothing beats spending time with REAL friends!

That last one irked me a little. Seriously Disney? “Real” friends”? I mean, I see what you’re trying to do here, but could you not have phrased that better?

Anyway, in the light of the recent Facebook commotion, it’s kind of interesting to think about these little rules and how they may apply to all that’s going on there.