16 Tips for Parents about Children’s Safety on Social Networks Following are some of the things that parents should do: The first thing to do is talk to your kids about the potential dangers and unwanted impacts of online life. It is of high importance that your kids understand your concerns. It would be best if they realize that there is a specific time and age for doing certain things. They should not use social networking until they come of age. However if they insist on having a Facebook profile before that –they should learn to be careful. You should create a profile and become friend with your kid’s profile. This way you’ll be able to monitor most of the things that the child is doing on Facebook. It is always better if your child befriend only known people. For example: relatives, classmates, teachers and neighbors Tell your child not to post personal information (like home/school address, phone number etc.) in public. Your child should not post a lot of his/her photographs. Such photos, even if perfectly normal, may land up in wrong places on Internet. Keep the profile information visible only to people in your friend list. Tell your kid to discuss with you if anything online causes stress/anxiety/fear to him/her. Don’t let your child post anything which can show that s/he is distressed. Online predators sift through thousands of profiles to look for kids who appear to be troubled. You don’t want to attract their attention. Your child’s profile and wall content should all be positive. Account password must be strong; must be kept secret and must not be guessable. Password should be changed often. It’s better if you know the password of your child’s profile so that you can make intervention if need be. Child’s computer should be kept clean of viruses, worms, trojans and other kind of malware. Regular scans of computer using a good anti-virus should be carried out...... techwelkin/childrens-safety-and-online-social-networks-tips-for-parents#.UfuIs3-WK1s
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 10:35:38 +0000
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