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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@pjvdixon I …
June 24th, 2010 at 12:54 am@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.
Issue: do you feel …
June 24th, 2010 at 12:54 amIssue: do you feel your own children are safe online? Action:
@pjvdixon: I think …
June 24th, 2010 at 12:54 am@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.
Well I am not sure …
June 24th, 2010 at 12:54 amWell 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.
@pjvdixon: Yep, …
@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.
June 24th, 2010 at 12:54 am@pjvdixon
What …
@pjvdixon
What are your opinions on the currents bills of internet censorship?
June 24th, 2010 at 12:54 amGlad you found this …
June 24th, 2010 at 12:54 amGlad you found this helpful.
You are correct – …
June 24th, 2010 at 12:54 amYou are correct – most sexual abuse of children is by people they know (well). Sadly a significant part of it is stepfathers living in the home.
I read that 85% of …
June 24th, 2010 at 12:54 amI read that 85% of the abuse of kids is done by family or a person close and trusted by the family/child. Sure, you have to watch strangers around you kids, but according to statistics you better watch grandpa, babysitter, priest, teacher, etc, etc. The really horrible cases such as the Chelsea King murder are a rarity, abuse by family is a lot more common.
Thank you for this.
June 24th, 2010 at 12:54 amThank you for this.
In the children’s …
In the children’s section in the local public library in my area, the children crowd around a few PCs set up for them to use the Internet. It is monitored by a staff member.
The kids are ignoring the books in favor of the computers. What the kids are looking at online is horrendously insipid! I am deeply concerned about corporate content for children.
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