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Internet
Safety Advice
10 Top
Internet Safety Advice for Kids
and Parents
Here are a few of the top
advice for Internet
Safety
1. Password
confidentiality
For kids: Do not tell anyone
about your password. Keep it
secret. Do not fill out online
forms. Ask permission from your
parents first.
For parents: Passwords are
private information. If your
child is only beginning to
learn how to use the computer,
you can guide him or her on
password, password security,
and password
confidentiality.
2. Unsolicited
mails
For kids: If you receive an
email from an unknown sender,
do not open it. Instead, tell
it to your parents. There are
malicious viruses coming from
emails particularity from the
unknown senders that can harm
your computer. This is
regardless of how attractive
the subject of the email
is.
For parents: Instruct your
kids not to open unsolicited
mails from unknown senders.
Tell your kids to consult you
about this matter first.
3. Meet ups
For kids: If you have met a
person online and asked you to
meet personally, ask for your
parent's permission first
before giving any answer. Do
not meet the person in case
your parents did not allow you
to go. You should never trust
strangers especially those you
meet online no matter how nice
they are to you. This is just
the right precautionary measure
to do.
For parents: Tell your kid
right from the very start the
rules on chatting so that he or
she would know his or her
limitations on meeting friends
online. If you allow your kid
to see someone he or she met
online, you can always go with
him or her.
4. Personal
information
For kids: Do not tell anyone
about your name, home address,
telephone number, the name and
address of your school and your
parent's work. Do not your
pictures to strangers.
For parents: Tell your kids
not to say to anyone vital
information about your family
(mentioned above).
5. Surf schedules
For kids: Stick to the
agreed surfing schedule both
you and your parents have made
and agreed.
For parents: Device a time
for surfing. Let your kid
participate in this process. Do
not impose the rule; instead,
you should both agree what time
to surf.
6. Surf
restrictions
For kids: Do not visit
prohibited site, plain and
simple.
For parents: There is an
option in internet browser
wherein you can limit the sites
that can be accessed by your
kids. You can also set up
firewalls and security settings
on sites you don’t want your
child to enter.
7. Downloads
For kids: Ask permission to
your parents first if you want
to download software from a
site.
For parents: Copyright
infringement is punishable by
law. Monitor everything that
your kid's downloading and make
sure they all come from legal
sites.
8. Offensive
contents
For kids: If you encounter
web pages with offensive
contents, tell it right away to
your parents so that they can
do something about it.
For parents: Offensive web
pages should be banned on your
computer. Restrict these by
setting up firewalls and
tightening up the security
settings of your internet
browser.
9. Violence
For kids: Avoid playing
online games with violence and
avoid watching flash movies
that involve blood and
killing.
For parents: maintain a
kid-friendly internet
browser.
10. For pure
learning
For kids and parents: Make
it a habit to share time
together surfing the internet
and learn new things together.
Make it an enjoyable
experience, and surf the
internet
safely
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