Keeping children safe online? Advice for Parents on Child Protection

http://www.globalchange.com Safety of children online. Advice to parents about online safety, child protection in a digital world, teenage access to social networking sites such as Bebo, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Protecting young people with agreed rules for online access, joint access to e-mail, networking sites, using computers in family / public areas at home. Problems with cyberbullying. Privacy online and monitoring history of web browser. Journey together in online activity parents engage with children so that discussions develop at different ages in appropriate way about what is allowed and what is not. Setting and keeping rules which all agree are fair. Parental restrictions can helpful in reducing peer pressure. Why it is really important not allow yourself as parent to be locked out of a childs computer, or out of areas where they spend a lot of time online. Warning of dangers of impersonation that paedophiles may pretend to be anyone else in order to try to build friendship. Children must take care not to give out e-mails or record them online where robot spammers can get addresses and then bombard children and teenagers with morally corrupting material. Finding balance between strict censorship and negligence. Parents MUST not abdicate parental responsibility. Discuss with other parents. Talk to teachers in the school. Communities need to address these problems together. Comments by Futurist keynote conference speaker Patrick Dixon for parents of Christ Church School Ealing London.

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Education

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• technology
• child protection
• social networks
• networking
• twitter

[DakotaZ162]

Thank you for this.

[pjvdixon]

Glad you found this helpful.

[TheMrSpartanking]

@jkdyoung Look, I am 14, I recommend talking to them and not blocking them or watching them or anything invasive like that. Chat with them about the dangers about the internet. And the reason I recommend not watching them or anything is because you should be able to trust that he won't do that, they appreciate space, so don't put your nose in everything they do. Give them freedom and you will be re payed.

[jkdyoung]

Excellent video, thank you very much for the education. I have three boys and the internet is a scary thing to imagine with them. I use it a lot and I know what one can find out and get into on the internet!

[yerk3]

@jjrants This. I cannot agree more. But Americans are obsessed with convenience. Want your kids out of your hair? Plop 'em down in front of Youtube, set it and forget it.

[jjrants]

99% of danger issues that parents face with their kids being online can be avoided by respecting a computer as an educational tool, and not a babysitter. Unfortunately (in the U.S. anyways) , when most parents won't take the time to help their children out with their homework coming straight out of a text book.... what makes one think that they would take the time to educate them on the proper use of and dangers of being online?

[tickyul]

@pjvdixon I actually do not have kids, do not really like them-too irritating. I think that kids online have to be watched really carefully, they are looking for trouble.

[pjvdixon]

Issue: do you feel your own children are safe online? Action:

[tickyul]

@pjvdixon: I think you are right, I did not do a good job of explaining myself. But, I think it would be beneficial to realize that each gender has its good and bad points. Men, in general are smarter, stronger and more inventive than women. But on the downside, men are more violent, reckless and prone to commit crime...that is just a fact. Most men do not become predators, but men are much more likely than women to be predators.

[pjvdixon]

Well I am not sure I like the analogy. The vast majority of men are not predators and I am concerned that language like this may seek some men to justify abnormal and immoral acts.

[tickyul]

@pjvdixon: Yep, males are natural predators, that is the nature of the beast.

It is like when a female lion comes back from giving birth to cubs. When she introduces them to the pride, she will be lucky if the male does not kill them.

[DakotaZ162]

@pjvdixon

What are your opinions on the currents bills of internet censorship?