Protect your children on the Internet

[kappa84]

The Internet is getting more dangerous day-by-day and even if we know how to protect ourselves from bad thing still remains a big problem: children's protection.
Thinking some of you have kids at home, I tried to creat a helpful ( I hope ) little guide about “ How to protect your children on the Internet”.


1. Bookmark the sites that are safely for kids to navigate on and teach them how to use its. It’s better to know your children are surfing on safe websites.

2. When they want to visit other sites, teach them to ask permission.

3. Adult websites are the most dangerous websites, crawling with malware, infected pop-ups etc. This websites should be strictly forbidden for them.

4. Tell them not to click on banners, pop-ups and different ads.

5. Use a pop-up blocker, an updated firewall and an update antivirus.

6. Enable Google Safe Search Filter from Google’s Preferences, you can set it to Strict, Moderate or None.

7. They shouldn’t download anything without asking permission.

8. Create an account for your children with restricted controls.

9. Adjust browser’s security settings.

10. Check from time to time your browser’s history, to see if your kid visited websites that you didn’t allow to visit. Always tell him that if he doesn’t require permission he’ll get banned from the Internet for days/weeks etc.

11. A very problematic issue are bad-intentioned people. Teach your kids that talking with strangers is not permitted, more than that, explain them not to send pictures of them, write the address or telephone number etc. If you let them using IM try to see to whom they are talking with and explain them how to identify questionable persons or websites.

12. You should have all their passwords to their email, IM, website, social networks etc, and more than that, tell them that you check them, so they should never cross over what you allow them.

13. Share with your kids websites that are enjoyable for them, cartoons, online games for kids etc.

14. Do not allow them to stay more than 2-3 hours/day in front of the computer. Those hours should be chosen especially when you’re at home and you can supervise them. They should play more outside with other childs than killing monsters on DOOM 3.

15. Try to install on the computer several educational software, teach them how to create graphics on PC, use Encarta for geography etc. If you use fun software this could distract them from the Internet. For a while..

I could come up with more advices, but those are being derived from the above ones. Maybe some of those tips look a little harsh, but consider this is the best sollution for your kids to stay safe on the Internet.
If you have kids and you use other methods you could share its with us, maybe we’ll learn more ways to protect our children from dangers on the web.

When I’ll have a child I’m pretty damn sure that I’ll use something to control my kid’s activity on the Internet.

[deluxdon]

Whatever you do to protect your children on the Internet but they finally caught by some sites at the end

BTW good tips you have suggested.

DON.

[OldWelshGuy]

I just chopped my daughters fingers off. Now she is unable to type, far cheaper than net nanny

[kappa84]

It's your daughter OWG, you choose. . Just kidding, hope it's not true.

I opened this thread because I saw a video on YouTube where some girls were slapping another girl just to have something to upload on the net...

[deluxdon]

Originally Posted by kappa84

It's your daughter OWG, you choose. . Just kidding, hope it's not true.

I opened this thread because I saw a video on YouTube where some girls were slapping another girl just to have something to upload on the net...

Lot of this types of stuffs going on on net so very difficult for everyone to keep away from those

DON.

[OldWelshGuy]

Youtube and other video upload sites need to start getting charged by the police for distributing illegal material. If it is illegal to carry out an act, it is ALSO illegal to incite such an act. happy slapping is a craze that has been made popular by the media.

We need to step in and protect out children. What next, badger baiting videos, child rape live on youtube? harsh maybe but illegality is illegality and I am all for the zero tolerance approach. Drop the silly laws and enforce those that matter. move to a 2 tier offence system as in America misdemeanours and felonies.

[kappa84]

Untill they enforce the laws, we should protect our children as much as we can.

[Blacksnow]

You should teach your child what is good and what is wrong. Nothing stop him if he wants to watch adult web. BUT his wish is a mirrow of bringing up of your child