10 More Tips to Protect Your Children Online

Protect Your Children Online
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We must protect families, we must protect children, who have inalienable rights and should be loved, should be taken care of physically and mentally, and should not be brought into the world only to suffer.

Indira Gandhi

The Net is full of content deemed unsuitable for your child. Such content is indecent, false, misleading, and violent nature. It is necessary for your child to be on the alert whenever he is online. Here are some more steps to be taken:

1. Educate your child: Encourage him to ask questions about people he meets online especially when he is uncomfortable about things he has encountered.

2. Importance of offline activities: It is important that your child meet up with friends to socialize and take time to exercise because the Internet is not everything in life.

3. Personal contact with people met online: Meeting people contacted online or invitation to your house is a no-no because they may not be what they claimed to be. It is very risky.

4. Your child to tell you places that he has been on the Net: Instruct your child to keep you posted about sites that he has visited. This will allow you to monitor and discuss with your child the suitability of the sites.

5. Inform kids about misleading information on the Net: Ask your child to check with you if he is not sure of the truthfulness of some sites

6. Self-control: Discuss about setting a limit on the time spent online with your child. Too much time surfing will affect school performance as well as health

7. Keep your password to yourself: Do not share your password with others. This is to avoid the malicious intentions of other people using your password.

8. Monitor your child’s online activities: You can review the History list of web browsers to find out the places that your child has visited online.

9. Communicate with people you know: Encourage your child to connect online only with people he knows in person.

10. Cyber-bullying: The National Crime Prevention Council’s definition of cyber-bullying is “when the Internet, cell phones or other devices are used to send or post text or images intended to hurt or embarrass another person.” Inform your child that if he has been cyber-bullied he should inform you immediately.

Taking necessary precautions means surfing on the Net is safe, fun, and enjoyable.

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