VPNs, V-Bucks, Fortnite, TikTok, Internet safety explained.
Kids bamboozled you with VPNs and V-Bucks? Makes you feel a bit out of your parenting depth keeping the kids safe online. Surveys find somewhere between half and a third of parents give up and let their kids use the internet without any restrictions. Don’t give up!
Freedom: Four things you can do today to protect your computer
We forget the vast amounts of personal data we share with our devices daily. On any given day we could be tackling sensitive work emails, planning our next holiday, or just booking some doctor’s appointments.
Thankfully, it’s pretty easy to tighten your device security. Read on for four easy things you can do today to protect your personal info along with your devices.
COVID19 – KILLING TIME WITH KIDS ONLINE
Changes to everyday life due to the Coronavirus, we need to help our kids, tweens and teenagers adjust to the new and unfamiliar situation of indefinite school and childcare creche closings.
Internet Safety for Pre Schoolers
Babies, Toddlers & Pre Schoolers on Devices
Nowadays kids are being introduced to Phones in the maternity ward. New parents have to manage their new life parenting, work and technology including phones which in many cases are required by work so the phone can’t be avoided. As well as having to look after your newborn, you have to juggle how to manage your babies exposure to devices and the internet.
THE TROUBLE WITH TIKTOK
The problem is quite simple. TikTok’s minimum age is 13, Tiktok does nothing during the sign-up process to check – meaning huge numbers of children join below the required age with no legal protection. TikTok also serves adverts and recommendations which may not be suitable for children. Families will find it is difficult to contact TikTok to get videos taken down.
Even truthful 13-year-olds are then given an option to make their accounts public.