Mobile Phone Internet Safety To Teach Your Kids

Phones are rather a common sight for children nowadays

. Also, computer and internet user are getting younger by the minute. Sometimes, old folks have a harder time using computers than the younger ones. That is why we must be able to implement the right rules and guide our children to be more responsible with their phones and using the internet. Here are just a few good tips tp get started.

1. Educate yourself and your child on mobile phones and the internet. You need to educate yourself first before you do so to your child. You don't want to mislead your children or offer them false information. So talk to your child about mobile phone ans internet safety. Some mobile phones can have access to the internet, when you ban your child from a site, they might just get motivated even more to connect to that site. Talk to your child about the importance of keeping some things private and thinking before they text or post something. Teach them not post any personal information and even pictures of them, about them or the family. Educate them on the importance of not talking to strangers, online or offline since often times people are not what they seem. As a parent, we should always be good examples to our children.

2. Know the pending dangers of being in social media and other sites that children tend to access. It's very important that you give your child a heads up and tell them about the different scenarios in social networking. Communication is your best tool to let your child understand the risks, be open with your children so that they will open up to you. While you can control the environment you have at home, it's unlikely that they will get the same environment once outside. The same rules and concerns that you have for your child might not be the same elsewhere. So communicating to your child and letting them understand the dangers online is the most important thing you need to convey.

3. Manage your child's time on the internet and on their phones. Organizing, scheduling is the best way to control the hours your child spends on the internet or on their phone. Set guidelines and limits on their internet usage and you can reduce the risk of them being exposed to inappropriate content. Some children try to sneak and use their phones late at night, so it's best that you check once in a while. Or you can always set a rule for them to check in their phones at night and get it in the morning. Also, put your family computer on the living room. Chances are they don't want to open any sites which you are against to.

4. Set guidelines about their phones and internet and enforce consequences if ever they fail to follow them. Show your kids that you are not bluffing and you mean real business. Like when instead of studying they are on the computer playing games, then you need to implement the consequences. Like, they are not allowed to go on the computer the next day, you can confiscate their phones, etc. Make sure that your child understands the conditions and the terms, so that they will not get confused.

Be open to your children, you want them to be safe, then foster open communication. Communicating with your kids is one of the best ways to let them open up to you. So those are just four common tips to keep your child safe and lessen the risk of being exposed to inappropriate material, content and harmful environment or people.

by:Andrea Carless

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