Hello Everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend as always. Me I had a fun weekend with my daughter and our neighbor (my new found friend) here. Yesterday, Ness treat my daughter for her birthday at Chuck E. Cheese’s. We’re all had a good time. I’ll tell you more about it later in my next post. Anyway, I guess it’s been 2 weeks since my last post on Tip talk Monday. Sorry, guys I always busy every first day of the week. But trying to make time. Anyway, here’s a tips on parenting that I want to share to all the parents especially to mom’s out there.
Experts says that membership to “social networking” websites such as Facebook and MySpace are commonplace among teens-for many, it’s the primary form of communicating with friends. Teens often have a level of technological sophistication that exceeds the skills of their parents. How can parents cross the digital divide and educate themselves to protect their kids?
The most important thing to do, say experts is to monitor your children’s online activity. Parents are sometimes reluctant to do this, citing their children’s privacy and trust issues. Trust and communication are good things, but that doesn’t mean that kids necessarily have the common sense, maturity, or life experience to protect them from making serious mistakes.
Experts suggest that parents themselves join Facebook and ask to be recognized as a “friend” of their child, thereby allowing the parents to access the child’s Facebook profile. Experts also suggest that parents ask children for their social networking site passwords and username so that parents can periodically review the content. Another option is for parents to regularly sit down with their child together to review the child’s social networking website content.
Installing parental controls and security software allows parents to monitor where their children go online and with whom they communicate. Free or inexpensive subscription based services are designed to provide a safety net for online activity. Parents can also contact their Internet provider to ask if subscription services are available. Experts underscore that some children will always find ways to circumvent an adult’s attempts to limit certain access. This is one of the reasons that parents and children should keep talking about appropriate online activity. One goal should be to help children understand responsible and safe use of the Internet, whether they are being monitored or not.
Experts says that membership to “social networking” websites such as Facebook and MySpace are commonplace among teens-for many, it’s the primary form of communicating with friends. Teens often have a level of technological sophistication that exceeds the skills of their parents. How can parents cross the digital divide and educate themselves to protect their kids?
The most important thing to do, say experts is to monitor your children’s online activity. Parents are sometimes reluctant to do this, citing their children’s privacy and trust issues. Trust and communication are good things, but that doesn’t mean that kids necessarily have the common sense, maturity, or life experience to protect them from making serious mistakes.
Experts suggest that parents themselves join Facebook and ask to be recognized as a “friend” of their child, thereby allowing the parents to access the child’s Facebook profile. Experts also suggest that parents ask children for their social networking site passwords and username so that parents can periodically review the content. Another option is for parents to regularly sit down with their child together to review the child’s social networking website content.
Installing parental controls and security software allows parents to monitor where their children go online and with whom they communicate. Free or inexpensive subscription based services are designed to provide a safety net for online activity. Parents can also contact their Internet provider to ask if subscription services are available. Experts underscore that some children will always find ways to circumvent an adult’s attempts to limit certain access. This is one of the reasons that parents and children should keep talking about appropriate online activity. One goal should be to help children understand responsible and safe use of the Internet, whether they are being monitored or not.
Tips for Monitoring Kid’s On-Line Activity
- Put computer in a high traffic area (e.g. kitchen)
- Limit your children’s time spent online.
- Consider installing parental controls or using security software.
- Make sure kids understand basic rules for using social networking sites, especially the importance of keeping passwords private and never posting inappropriate photos.
- As a parent, join social networking sites.
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