Many
children these days have the knowledge and skills on a keyboard often
develop faster than their ability to recognize a potential threat. The
innocence of a young and natural sense of confidence can be put in
dangerous situations, especially on the internet where everyone is
virtually anonymous.
Here are ten tips to help you protect your children when they use the Internet:
- Do not leave your children alone at the computer. Either use the Internet in a common area of the house where you can see the sites you visit and the types of activities you are involved in. So it is important to have a filter on your computer for your child n 't bad salts websites is also important not to rely on the filter 100 percent. Some filters are not yet any lock, and your child may even have the technical knowledge to work around it. You still have to look at what you see.
- Activate the security settings of your favorite search engines. Google, for example, has a safe search option , which allows you to block explicit sites from appearing in search results sexual content. You can find this option by clicking on " Search settings " on the main page of Google.
- Let the children know the importance of not opening e- mails or download attachments from senders to those unfamiliar. If you let your children use email and instant messaging, remember that these services are ways to connect with existing friends and no way to make new friends. Emphasize that they should not approach strangers online or respond to emails from people who do not know . And if a stranger approaches them online, you should know immediately. Ask your children you know immediately if something unexpected happens on your computer ( if they get a window asking for personal information , for example, or if someone you do not know sends you an instant message ).
- Install a filter or firewall so that your child can not access to potentially dangerous sites. It is easy to find filters that are inexpensive or even free . Begin your search for CNet, which lists a series of filters with a variety of features for different ages and stages of a child.
- Let children know to never give your name, phone number, address, e -mail address or password. They should know never to give information that could identify a certain way, the school they attend. Make sure they know to ask for your permission before entering their email address in an online form or registering on a website.
- Bookmark Sites friends or family to save a link directly to the office to your favorite websites in one click. It would save him from falling on the wrong site because of a typographical error.
- Teach your children what they should do if they feel scared or threatened while online. Make sure your children know they can come to you with any problems.
- Keep your children from activating malicious pop -up windows using the settings pop-up blocking in your browser. You can also consider disabling Java, depending on the types of sites visited by their children.
- Consider creating a family messaging ( instead of allowing individual), so you can access and control the e -mails.
- Emphasize that, just because something is published on the Internet, it doesn't mean it's a fact. Give children and teens guidelines for discerning which sites are trustworthy and give them examples of sites that you turn to for trustworthy information.
