KEEPING YOUR KIDS SAFE ON THE WEB
Excerpts from "Keep Your Kids Safe From the Big Bad Web, No Matter Their Age"
--Dan Tynan, Yaho Tech, Jan 2014
Ages 2 to 5: Lap Surfing: The best time to introduce kids to the Internet is when they are still small enough to fit on your lap. Co-surfing lets you teach them the basics of how to navigate the Web, as well as things like the difference between Web content and ads, and the kinds of information they should never share. At this age, you want to limit their access to a small collection of sites you know are kid-friendly and safe..
Ages 6-9: Training Wheels: By the time they're too gib for your lap, kids should have a grounding in how the Internet works. ..You'll need to expand the list of sites they're allowed to spend time on. Limit the time they spend online, and make sure you're in the room when they're browsing.
Ages 10-12: Brace Yourself: Up until now, regulating your kids' internet access has been easy. Those days are over. Your kids are probably more tech-savvy than you are. At this age, personal privacy and the risks of oversharing become important.
Ages 13-16: This stage can be very scary. By now they have become teenagers with smartphones and accounts on social networks you've never heard of. The biggest dangers of young teens are not what they can find on the Internet as much as who can find them. You'll want to ease off the blocking but amp up the monitoring. You'll also need to secure their phones and check them regularly.
Over 16: Cruise Control: Your kids should be pretty savvy netizens by now...but you probably still want to monitor them periodically. Here the biggest worry is the damage your proto-adults can do to the own reputations. What happens on Facebook doesn't stay on Facebook--and the same goes for any social network.
Excerpts from "Keep Your Kids Safe From the Big Bad Web, No Matter Their Age"
--Dan Tynan, Yaho Tech, Jan 2014
Ages 2 to 5: Lap Surfing: The best time to introduce kids to the Internet is when they are still small enough to fit on your lap. Co-surfing lets you teach them the basics of how to navigate the Web, as well as things like the difference between Web content and ads, and the kinds of information they should never share. At this age, you want to limit their access to a small collection of sites you know are kid-friendly and safe..
Ages 6-9: Training Wheels: By the time they're too gib for your lap, kids should have a grounding in how the Internet works. ..You'll need to expand the list of sites they're allowed to spend time on. Limit the time they spend online, and make sure you're in the room when they're browsing.
Ages 10-12: Brace Yourself: Up until now, regulating your kids' internet access has been easy. Those days are over. Your kids are probably more tech-savvy than you are. At this age, personal privacy and the risks of oversharing become important.
Ages 13-16: This stage can be very scary. By now they have become teenagers with smartphones and accounts on social networks you've never heard of. The biggest dangers of young teens are not what they can find on the Internet as much as who can find them. You'll want to ease off the blocking but amp up the monitoring. You'll also need to secure their phones and check them regularly.
Over 16: Cruise Control: Your kids should be pretty savvy netizens by now...but you probably still want to monitor them periodically. Here the biggest worry is the damage your proto-adults can do to the own reputations. What happens on Facebook doesn't stay on Facebook--and the same goes for any social network.
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