Internet Safety for Kids
What you as parents say and do now will set the tone in your home for how kids will use their devices and behave online and on devices. It's not a democracy, it's your home. Tips and tricks of the trade to make sure your kids win online.
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As internet use grows, learn about the steps you can take to improve your kid's positive behaviour online and how you can teach your child to stay safe when gaming, online or simply on her devices
Police rescue a nine-year-old girl about to meet a registered paedophile in a park near her house. She spoke to him on Instagram a year before and told him she had a dog 'Snowy'. A year later, he came back and tricked her into meeting him by asking her, 'How is Snowy'? Luckily her mum intervened and rang the police.
Social media wasn't built for kids. Facebook was meant for college kids, Instagram owes its creation to its founder’s love of bourbon, and YouTube was a video dating site.
Kids under 13 already have online social lives. Building worlds socially on Minecraft, FaceTime with friends, and send texts and emojis through tools like Facebook Messenger. But they love social media especially TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram.
Here is some advice for managing kids aged 8- 11 online. Apps, phones, online gaming, how much time a day is good, social media and how to set up correct privacy settings. Friends not followers and beating device addiction. Building better online habits
In our talk, we recommend using Real Names, Real Photos and people question this which is understandable. This is a social media preferred by many Police forces around the world.
Games are more popular than ever, we discuss the issue of controlling time spent online, how to do it using parental control. We have some simple tips you can start using today to make gaming safer today in your house.
Virtual gaming platform Roblox is developing content ratings for games and easier parental controls for their kids, says the company’s chief privacy officer Remy Malan
TikTok is the internet sensation that became kids and teens favourite in 2020 through 2021. TikTok is easy to set up and ease, it is well designed and has blown Instagram away but not Snapchat. If you haven't tried it yourself, try it and you will see what I mean.
Free parental control just isn't good enough, it just isn't clever enough, doesn't do enough, and ultimately doesn't protect your kid's online. According to you here is what matters when it comes to parental control, Time limits, safe search and content control.
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