NO SUBSTITUTE FOR PARENTAL CARE:
Posted on June 5, 2008
Filed Under Cyberbullying, Internet, Online, Social networking sites, Teens, child safety |
When it comes to the Internet and your kids don’t leave anything to chance. The problem with regard to the internet is been increasing every minute.
In an interview with Jace Galloway (internet safety advisor), the top five threats online includes:
Electronic bullying
Social networking sites
Pornography
Sexual predators
Lack of knowledge
In present day’s scenario we cannot imagine a teen’s life without internet and mobile phones.
Electronic bullying is the bullying done by the usage of electronic gadgets like cell phones, computer in the form of text messages, videos, images etc
Social networking sites act as a platform for children to interact with people where they may get involved with too many strangers and the chances of leakage of personal information are very high.
Many children come across Pornography which they had not intended to view. This disturbs the child and they develop behavioral changes.
Sexual predators target the children and they first aim at winning the child’s trust over them through IM or chatting. Then they slowly introduce sexual materials and encourage children to perform such acts.
The reason behind all the above mentioned threats is the lack of awareness among both children and parents. Many parents give the reason as not being aware technically or the problem is as very serious.
We have a variety of filtering and blocking devices available in the market which enables the parents to block certain sites or creating an online environment by bookmarking sites for toddlers.
These are though efficient, we have problems like they are not fully trustable or may even lead to blocking of certain sites which may be helpful .In order to avoid these complexities its safe to educate kids regarding the problems which they may face online.
It’s very difficult to create a danger free environment for our children as the chances of them getting exposed to these potential threats may not always be under parental guidance.
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