(Our Tech Blog) Social networking sites like double-edged sword for the children. In addition to training them to socialize, some cyber bullying from strangers sometimes be a threat to children. Not to mention the danger of terror of pedophilia. We are ready to protect children from such threats?
Effendy Ibrahim as Internet Safety Advocate & Lead Symantec's Consumer Business gives some tips about the role of parents to children as they mingle in social networking.
As reported by the detikINET. Before the children received new friends or sharing information in social networking, make sure the following items on our children.
- No talking, or accept friendship invitations from strangers on social networking, instant messaging, or online forums.
- No opinion is painful, gossip, or attacks against other people through social networks, blogs, websites, or chat onlline. This raises the potential of people, to harm our children.
- Does not provide detailed information about your home address, personal number, photograph because it will make the children become easy targets for criminals. Do not want our children to become targets of pedophiles is not it?
- Make sure children have a strong password for your e-mail, social networking, forums or online games. Make sure children do not tell to anyone, including his best friend, though occasionally.
- Confirm that the alien video link, really come from someone who is known before the child is clicked. Because some foreign link infiltrated the possibility of malware, which could potentially steal useful information.
In spite of it all, as parents do not be ashamed to learn from children. In fact, some children may know more about technology and the Internet than their parents. So what?
Remains as a parent, obviously we are more familiar procedure of behavior towards strangers in this era of social networking. Then the various information openly between child and parent is quite important.