Monday, March 25, 2013

Blogging Safety Tips

Blogs have been mainly reserved for older Internet users. It is an online journal which is a good platform for children to improve their writing, communication and social skills. The nature of blog is very personal hence there are risks to consider, for example, cyber stalking, if they make their blogs available to public so help your children blog safely.

Friday, March 15, 2013

How to Stop the Bullies

Before we allow our child to create a Facebook account, we need to tell them that if they think they are old enough to have one, they should learn to be more responsible. As parents, we also consider if our children are deemed responsible enough to be exposed to such a tool on the Internet.

Remember the theme for this year’s Safer Internet Day? Yes, it’s ‘Connect with Respect.’  We need to respect one another be, it in real life or online.

Check out this interesting article on what a teenager did to create drama on the Internet using the social media platform.

Friday, March 8, 2013

Facebook Safety Tips

Facebook is the fastest growing social networking site today with up to 250,000 new users being added every day. It has over one billion active users, more than half of whom use it on a mobile device and hence, the risk of others accessing your information is also high. Anyone can get valuable information and private photos from your profile. Today we’re going to share with you tips on how to ensure Facebook safety for your children. Read them here.