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Sound Internet Safety Strategies For Active Parents

Written by OSAblogger on Friday, May 15th, 2009

In the past few years it seems that kids are untaught computer literate. They know precisely how to work the computer while their parents who generally did not grow up with computers struggle along. But parents need to know where their children are and where they are going and this is truer than ever on the Internet.

We have all heard the stories on the news update about Internet predators and how simple it is for them to masquerade as something that they are not in order to persuade children. The Internet is a notable place to withhold your identity and seem to be something that you are not. This is a menace to everybody but children and young people are specially at danger.

Internet predators can be a hazard to our children but unfortunately kids and young people can also be at risk from their own peers. Cyberbullying is reaching rampant proportions. There are websites out there promoting perilous lifestyles and sexting is also on the rise. We need to coach our children to use common wisdom when they are on the Internet.

As a parent it is your task to be on familiar terms with as much about the Internet as your kids do. If you are not as familiar with being online as they are then you need to gain knowledge of whatever you have to so you can catch up. You are responsible for defending the safety of your children so you need to know where they are going and what they are doing more than ever online. You can learn how to confirm browsing history or how to use monitoring software so that you are an educated parent.

Email can be another consideration. You may want to share an email account with your child until they arrive at a definite level of maturity. Most parents have rules about certain things like dating; there should be rules about email usage also. You can monitor incoming emails and remove distasteful spam if you split an email and after your child becomes mature enough to deal with it then maybe they can get their own email address.

Social networking sites are the rage right now. Your kids may say to you that it is not cool for parents to be hanging around on myspace, facebook, twitter and more but you ought to have an account anywhere they have an account. You need to be sensibly aware of what is going on and where your kids are playing just like you would be if they were at the neighborhood park. Another thing to take into account is that cyberbullying can become so negative and all-encompassing because we don’t disconnect and unplug. Both you and your kids need to have a life outside of the Internet and unplug and get away from it often.

There are numerous Internet monitoring software programs that you can install that will allow you to track all Internet activity, including messaging, websites visited and even chat room exchanges. You can be unobtrusive about this but if you are attentive you can diffuse potentially dangerous interactions before they get out of hand.

The Internet is a superb tool that can coach us and help us to grow but if it is abused or not monitored it can quickly become a dangerous hazard. You watched your child and you’ve done everything you could to keep them safe and sound, you need to continue that awareness with the Internet.

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Great points on helping parents keep tabs on their kids. Here are a few points for the parents themselves…

-Use FireFox instead of Internet Explorer
-When accessing public WIFI don’t login to online banking.
-Use a VPN (virtual private network) when using a public internet connection for an added measure of security. You can find good & free software online.

 

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