There are moments when parents forget to take in consideration that no surveillance on children while they are surfing on the Internet might have serious consequences. Imagine for example a full afternoon when you come home from work and your house is up side down. Do you take the time to stay with your child and learn him about how to search different thing on the Internet, how to avoid pop-ups, not to reveal private information to strangers? Even if you did this, believe me, you will never be aware of all the dangers going on the Internet.
That’s why I propose some topics to be take in consideration about parents.
- Make researches and read reviews about games your child can play online accordingly to its age. It’s important to find constructive games that will open his imagination and to avoid violent games which can badly influence his behavior.
- You can download and install a browser specifically created for kids who will protect children against porn, predators, and other Internet dangers.
- There are some programs created to block or restrict access to specific applications (like chat, multimedia, etc), during specific hours. On the other side, you can choose to install filtering software, which will block access to websites that might contain inappropriate content.
- Organize different websites for children on categories like: artistic, fun, puzzles, educative and your child will enjoy for hours. (http://www.kidsites.com/)
- Take part to discussions in different forums with other parents and find out what are they doing to protect their children online while assuring them an educative and entertaining virtual world.
- But the most important think is to talk to your child and explain the dangers that can be encounter over the Internet.
The World Wide Web has hundreds of ways to keep your child entertained and learning while clicking away at the computer. You only have to show him the way.
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I feel like you do on this subject. There is plenty of good stuff out there to pile on our computers to make it safe but it is hard to stay ahead of the bad stuff. I’ve actually put some keystrokers on my computer that were supposed to protect my family. So your words are appreciated, but the picture is what caught my eye. It was perfect for the post.