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The Internet Safety That Your Kids Must Have
In this digital era, much of our daily work revolves around the internet. As such, you cannot ask your kid to not use the same internet for homework, socializing, or playing games to unwind. They have reasons to use that may be for studies or to be in contact with their friends.
Ways To Offer Internet Safety
As your kids use the internet they must have desired internet safety so that they remain safe. So, you must know how to maintain such level of security for your kids. One way of doing so is to restrict their usage of the internet.
A good start would be to agree as a family when the internet would be used by all. You can easily give it a name like “tech time.” These rules must be applied for all. So, all must know when it is their turn to use the net. This will enable you to restrict the time when your kid is in front of computers and other screens and devices.
When they are in front of computers to be on the internet, make them learn how to use that safely. They must be taught as to not to disclose personal details to unknown persons or sites. Another good practice would be to restrict their access to unsafe sites, and teach them how to navigate away from them on their own. Help them to have a strong password and implement privacy restrictions.
There must also be certain sites and games agreed on where your kids can be. It is seen that your kid lack security from various sites and games where they should not be. If you see that a verbal advice is not stopping your kid from being at such sites then there would not be any other way left but to block those sites and games.
Try playing games online with your kids. This will enable you to be with them when they use the internet. Being with them you can monitor so that they do not visit or be at sites which are not implemented for them.
During the period when your kids have a lot of time to be in front of computers, plan something which offers fun and amusement to them. It is seen that during vacations or weekends, kids use the net more frequently, as they have more free time. So, during those times plan an excursion or being to some places where kids can have fun and amusements.
If you see that doing all these also you are not able to offer the best of internet safety for your kid then it would be wise to go off-net or “tech-free” totally. This is a harsh decision to take but for the safety of your kids, I think it would not be a hard one to take.
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