Tuesday, 6 March 2018

MAKE YOUR CHILDREN USE INTERNET PROPERLY! 8 TIPS FOR PARENTS

MAKE YOUR CHILDREN USE INTERNET PROPERLY! 8 TIPS FOR PARENTS

New technologies are a double-edged sword. They can be very useful for minors since on the one hand, these can be very helpful for their education, entertainment and development; however, these also carry some risks.

Below we offer you a series of tips to protect your children from the dangers that the internet holds for them. Take note!

  1. Avoid prohibiting the use of technology. Children should learn internet usage habits with the lessons they can receive from their parents. In this way, with the passage of time, you can make a more responsible use of this, do not forget that you are their role model.
  2. Educate children about the dangers of the Internet. Talk, inform and reason with them about the importance of the dangers that the internet can entail. Emphasize the importance of being careful with their identity, their data, their photographs, their behavior...
  3. Mark limit times and clear rules of use. Assign a schedule for your children to spend time on social networks or online games. Using the screen must be a reward after the obligations, and not a prerequisite to perform them. When we are sailing, we lose track of time and it flies by. Therefore, help your child to maintain a proper balance between the use of the Internet and other activities.
  4. Find out how the Internet and social networks work. Knowing firsthand how they work and what they are used for where your children surf is very important, since in this way you ensure that your children do not enter pages of malicious content. Learn about how to protect their privacy on social networks (photos, comments, friends...) and then transmit it to your child.
  5. Communication is the key to being aware of what your child is doing. Be interested in what they do with the technology, but without it becoming an interrogation. Respect their privacy and let them know that, in the face of any problem, there is enough trust for their parents to be the first to know. Make it clear that you will always be on their side, trying to help.
  6. Teach him to take care of his actions in the network. Talk to them about the responsibility that their acts in the network have, since many of the young people hide in the anonymity of the network to carry out actions of harassment to other minors, violation of privacy, cyberbulling, sexting...The fact of holding minors responsible for their actions in the network is very important, in this way they will know that this type of actions cannot be carried out.
  7. Monitor web history. Eventually, you can review the history of browsers to control visits to web pages on different devices.
  8. Block offensive or addictive apps. By blocking different apps that may be inappropriate for minors, we improve the safety of our children online.

One of the easiest ways to perform all these actions and the said controls, is the use of different tools that exist in the market, such as FamilyTime – parental control app for Android, with which you can ensure the safe use of mobile devices and the internet by your children.