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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Essential Points For Your Kids To Surf The Web Safely

By Carlos Montebello Xavier


Children like to explore and push parents to the limit, so being a policeman while they surf the internet will probably bring the wrong results. How do you know what they are doing without watching them? Hopefully your children have enough common sense to avoid trouble, and then you will have no trouble trusting them. However, you also have to provide some guidance at times. The rest of this article will offer help for giving your children a measure of freedom when they are online, and also give them some protection.

Looking at the Internet all alone is a way for children to look at websites that they shouldn't look at. The Internet is a place that you go individually on your computer, and you don't necessarily like someone watching you, and children are no different, but with some of the bad places you find there, children need to be monitored. Any place that they whole family uses, is a good location for the computer that the younger children are able to use, with or without supervision. Children like spending a lot of time in their own rooms, especially when online, but it is not a very good idea. It is important as a parent to have some idea what sites your young children are visiting, and who they are talking with.

While many kids are approached by potential predators online, in most cases nothing comes of it, as long as the child knows enough not to respond. Yet, you should be alert to any warning signs in case the wrong person has somehow succeeded in making contact with your child.

It is too bad that there are so many predators seeking children online, and of all the different places they are at, chatrooms seem to be where they are the most. According to the FBI, a child going into any kind of public chatroom will almost certainly be contacted by such a predator. Unfortunately, this sad fact of modern life is true. Younger children do not belong in chatrooms, because they are not old enough to know who to trust, especially without supervision. It is important to be wary of the people you meet online,especially if you are underage, and never give them your photograph or any personal information. Aside from chatrooms, another area to watch is AOL Instant Messenger, because predators use this way to contact children.

Many predators are lurking in chatrooms, and plenty of other places, with the sole purpose of seeking out children. Any child going into a public chatroom more than likely will be contacted by a predator, according to the FBI. This is sad but true fact of modern life. That's why you shouldn't let younger children enter chatrooms at all, especially when you're not nearby to supervise. Children should never give out any personal information or photographs, and even older children should never believe a person's identity at face value. AIM or AOL Instant Messenger is another area you should pay attention to, because next to chatrooms this is the next likely place for predators. Just being ever vigilant towards your kids and their web applications can let you rest at ease. Of course you want your children to develop a certain amount of independence, but when it pertains to the internet, there is a level of danger that needs to be addressed. As long as you keep a watchful eye over your kids' internet activities, you should be able to feel confident that all will be well.

An effective way to develop a positive family environment is to take plenty of pictures of your kids and put them up throughout the house. This could be relatively inexpensively if you possess the right kind of printing device. To make certain, talk with your neighborhood personal computer shop today.




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