Safety-tips-for-protecting-kids-online.html
Tip #4 Set Traffic Limits
Limit your children to 1-3 megabytes they can download/upload
per day to prevent them from downloading pornographic films or
non-licensed software.
Tip #5 Limit your children to only certain websites, newsgroups
and chat rooms
Sit down with your child and agree on types of websites your child
may and may not visit, limit the use of Instant Messaging and
chat rooms.
Tip #6 Never to give out personal information
Instruct your kids never to give out personal information (name,
address, telephone number, password, credit card number, and so
on) in chat rooms, email, or bulletin boards. Be aware that Web
sites for children—even the most reputable ones—sometimes
ask for e-mail and home addresses, telephone numbers, and parents’
professions before allowing children to enter.
Tip #7 Never to have online profiles
Instruct your kids never to have online profiles, so they will
not be listed in directories and are less likely to be approached
in children's chat rooms, where pedophiles often search for prey.
Tip #8 Use nicknames instead of real names
A nickname—an online alias (like KingStar or PinkPanther)—is
also vital to protecting privacy because it conceals a person’s
real identity. Consider sharing the same nickname and e-mail address
with your children under 14 so that you can closely monitor the
instant and e-mail messages that come to them.
Tip #9 Never allow a child to arrange a face-to-face meeting
with someone they met online.Instruct children to never arrange
a face-to-face meeting with another computer user without parental
permission. Never allow them to get together with someone they
"meet" online without first checking this “friend”
out to the best of your ability. If a meeting is arranged, make
the first one in a public place, and be sure to accompany your
child. Thus, someone indicating that "she" is a "12-year-old
girl" could in reality be a 40-year-old man.
Tip #10 Randomly check visited web sites log
Viewing the log of visited web sites can give you enough information
about your kid’s habits, interests and online friends. Normally
you should do this only occasionally but if your child becomes
secretive, then you should check more often. If you find that
the history of sites visited is deleted in your Web Browser, this
is a signal that something is going on and should be investigated.
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