Child Safety Online: Rules Parents Need to Know

Parents have a huge responsibility to tell their child about all safety measures when working in Networks and communication on social networks.

Everything can be found on the Internet - this is a huge advantage of the Internet and its huge disadvantage. It is important for the child to keep their distance from potential suicide sites, drug platforms, pornographic content and adult dating sites.

TOP 10 children's rules for safe Internet surfing

1. Files that come to your mail should be checked for viruses, even if the sender is a familiar person.

2. Don't follow links to unfamiliar sites.

3. Do not launch attachments that have been emailed to you.

4. Don't share your passwords with anyone.

5. Think of passwords wisely, do not use words that come to mind first and sequences of numbers.

6. Do not disclose your personal information when communicating with users.

7. Don't meet people you meet online without first talking to your parents.

8. Do not provide significant personal information when registering on the site, if necessary - discuss registration with adults.

9. Do not believe everything that is posted on the Internet.

10. Don't leave your tabs open on a public computer.

How to teach a child of 8 years to use the Internet safely?

Create a list of rules for safe computer use, using the general rules mentioned above.

Try to explain to your child why breaking these rules can be dangerous. Ideally, the child should understand that you are taking care of him, and not limiting his freedom out of harm or to make him angry.

Attention! Do not be afraid to use programs to restrict access to certain resources, or at least track your child's online activity.

Place a computer in the common room so that you can observe the child's work while going about your business.

Install a child search engine.

Give your child access to their family email account so they don't have to create their own.

Explain that you cannot upload files without antivirus scanning.

Do not forget to ask your son or daughter about friends on the Internet.

Safety tips for children 12 years old

To all of the above, we add that at the age of 12, children have their first romantic attachments.

During this time, many make pen pals and plan to meet with them. Psychologists recommend that you definitely talk to your child about friends on the other side of the screen. You should not deny the child a meeting with a friend (so you yourself push him to ensure that this meeting takes place behind your back). Try to negotiate a compromise solution - if the child really wants to, go with him and stay at a safe distance throughout the meeting.

At the age of 12, it is desirable to educate the child in the direction of information security, teach him how to properly filter spam, distinguish truthful information from false information on the most typical markers, tell us why some sites cannot be trusted, and how solid ones look companies.

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