Internet, although a source of limitless information, but still keep a threat to its users, especially for children.But the baby does not mean we should not recognize the internet. Here are 5 tips to introduce a safe internet for children who quoted detikINETfrom eHow on Wednesday (06/15/2011):
1. Communication
This is an important factor for the relationship between parents and their children. Try to establish good communication flow with the baby. When introducing the Internet to children, explain the rules of the game. Do not let your kids too far online.
2. Limit Online Time
Better not to place computers with Internet facilities at the nursery. But put a computer in the family room or space where you can control children when surfing.
If necessary make a list of sites that if they can be accessed. Determine all the time online, certainly not until late at night. American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that if the limit of children to be in front of the screen to a maximum of two hours per day.
3. Social Networking
Children today must have been familiar with the name chat, Facebook, YouTube or Twitter. Nothing wrong with letting your kids play in it. It's just needs to be monitored his movements.
If indeed your children are old enough, there's no harm in helping them create profiles on social networking. But it is better to use nicknames rather than real names. Do not enter personal data in the profile description. Use image favorite athlete, cartoon characters, or other Illustrated as picture profiles.
Next is to remind children not to interact with people they do not know through cyberspace.
4. Recognize problem
Observation of children surfing habits. If he often violated the agreement by staying online until late at night it never hurts to act decisively. Stay away from their online activities for some time. Because if left unchecked will increasingly be feared. This is where the role of communication so necessary, try to speak from heart to heart without having to draw veins.
Occasionally the parents is a good idea to check the browser history to find out what sites are frequently visited by your children.
5. Strengthen Security Systems
Parents certainly can not be any time watching the kids. As a result, required the availability of software that can fence off the children from the existence of negative content on the Internet automatically. Today, many applications have filtering or parental controls that can be used for your home computer. With this application is expected to block pornographic sites and other negatively charged sites before seen the children.
Security applications also include antivirus software to protect the overall computer. In addition, parents should do the setting on the search engines like Google to just do a search system that is safe (safe search). So when the kids use Google to search for information, the content that appears will be filtered.
