RSSMillions of parents send their children back to school, which is basically a perfect time for parents with their children to sit and discuss with technology both at school and at home. Tim Woda, Internet safety and child experts and co-founder of uKnow.com, a provider of information systems, offer to the parents that parental following these tips can help their kids have a great year of school:
Review of “House rules”-check your family “House rules” for computers, game consoles and mobile phones. Because your child is a year older, you decide when it’s time, access to certain content, sites and activities. Discussing the consequences for breaking rules and do not forget, in a conversation with your children about the dangers abroad online.
Understanding of the policies of the school for mobile phones-schools have different policies for the use of mobile phones and other mobile devices. At national level the average teen sends or receives a text message now every nine minutes, they are awake. It is a major distraction in the classroom. Make sure you you and your child, political school includes a penalty for the message class, or if the phones are allowed in the school altogether.
Speak openly with your child from cyber-bullying-cyber-bullying is the use of the mobile phone or tease internet technologies, to humiliate and taunting of a person. Become Cyber bullying in children. Twenty percent of the children are harassed on the Internet, and 17% were harassed by text. As a result, many schools much more serious sanctions for cyber-bullying implemented as seen in the past few years. Ask you in your school policy to deal with cyber bullying and what is expected of you and your child in the treatment of incidents of cyber bullying.
Set legacy-student may no SMS, Facebook or YouTube. Setting the expectation with your child, to investigate the time to consider a “” lock-up period on the Web or for mobile phones (unless they use for a map). Moreover, to ensure that your phone is not a derivation of a good night’s sleep. According to research by the Pew has 4 to 5 young people have their mobile phone made the bed, which can lead to late in the night of the unexpected SMS. Mobile phones in the kitchen or a public space of the bedroom closet and contact your local telephone provider, to determine if the SMS feature may be switched off in certain periods, 22-07
How to check and be involved. Yes, your child’s privacy is important; but never as important as the security. Check phone records, at least the pages of the history of the Internet and the phone often. With the advent of smart phones is a system of parental intelligence really how easy and more constructive with children, mobile and social networking activity. These services ensure that you return your child without having to constantly look over your shoulder.
“When I was in school, we have passed notes;” Send the children lyrics today, “said Tim Woda, expert in child and co-founder of uKnow.com security and Internet.”. “Children have no really much more years has changed, only tools for use by children to communicate have changed.” Parents should understand that their first line of Defense is the common sense and technology to be intimidated by themselves, their children do not allow. “Talk to your child open memorandum of understanding on rules and supervision, to ensure that it meets your expectations ensures that your child cannot be of the technology, that for a great year of school.”.