An increasing number of parents who provide sophisticated gadgets in their children since their teens helped inflate the number of users under the age of social networking. This increase is quite good on the one hand because it makes children and facilitate their technological literacy establish broader communication.
However, in some cases, children tend to 'pour' serving life or excessive personal information on social networking. Not infrequently they caught a case of cyber-bullying to the kidnappings that everything stems from social networking. Therefore, the role of parents do not stop after they buy a gadget or PC alone, but must participate and supervise children's activities on social networks.
In addition to monitoring, parents can also provide a good example for children, especially about the ethics of using social networking is good. Various types of other approaches can also be done to make children use social networking responsibly and safely.
A psychotherapist and expert 'parenting' named Amy Morin reveals some useful tips for parents to secure children as active in social networking, Mashable (21/09).
Preferred social networking 1.Kenali children
To be able to give advice or make the best rules for children to interact in social networking is to get to know the social networking itself. Parents are advised to recognize that multiple social networks used by children, such as Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
Parents can improve the social networking experience to create an account on the social networks. Wear personal experience of social networking is expected to make parents better understand the differences and how each interaction in social networks.
For example, when a child uses the Instagram parents can tell them the kind of photographs that may be uploaded to social networking. Unlike the case when using Facebook, parents should teach children not to expose themselves to excess information, given the social network is more widely used and contain a higher hazard than other social networks.
Knowledge of the types and characteristics of social networks can make more parents take the best course of action when the children face problems in social networking. For each social network has its own risks.
2.Terapkan minimum age rule usage of social networking
Every social network has a minimum age limit of each of which has been adjusted in accordance with the level of communication that occurs in it. For example, to join Facebook kids should at least be 13 years old to register.
Much better inform and educate the children about when the time is right to join in social networks rather than directly prohibit them register. Sometimes a ban would make the children more motivated to sign up secretly without the knowledge of parents.
Most social networking is set age 13 as the minimum limit for the list, if the minor's personal information that must be included with the permission of the parents. Minimum age restrictions before signing up at an early age also better adhered to by the parents and not directly give permission to enroll when the children want it.
Remember, age restrictions on social networking not only to avoid criminal actions that may occur, but it also protects children from the pattern and content of the communication be true yet their daily consumption.
3.Sampaikan dangers of social networking for children
Minds of the children who are innocent sometimes make them not see clearly the negative impact that may occur due to the use of social networking. This is where the role of parents in children is needed in order to better understand the risks of communicating through social networking.
Children are rarely aware if their activity can be seen easily by others. Other users can even easily get access to personal information including pictures uploaded. Often, delays in realizing this could adversely affect the future of the child.
Parents should not only preach to children associated negative effects of social networking, but also discuss and provide concrete examples of such cases of kidnapping or cyber-bullying that can occur at any time on them.
Activities such as these discussions make children more open with parents and later do not hesitate to ask if they found suspicious things or not fun at social networking. As a result, in the future they will be accustomed to think twice before uploading or leave a comment.
4.Letakkan computer in an area that is easily monitored
Parents can also begin to restrict access to social networking tools, such as through a computer or a PC at home. In addition it is important to not put the PC in the child's room. Therefore, it is actually difficult for parents to monitor children's activities while interacting in social networking.
Parents can put the computer in the family room or other casual space that is easy to control. Children are more often using proven social networking for the benefit of which is not good when they are under parental supervision.
Furthermore, parents can prohibit not only alone, but can give advice or demonstrate social networking content that may be able to accommodate the interests of children. Activity with using social networking such as this can improve the relationship between child and parent.
5.Buat rules relating to the use of social networking
When the kids are whining to make or made an account on social networking, parents can be complied with certain rules include a requirement. In addition to making children happy, it also can be used as a means to exercise that responsibility is good enough for children.
However, it is better not to make too strict rules when using social networking. Rules are made to restrict their activity on social networks is a rule that should not be too restrictive and could still make the children enjoy their new activity.
Rules that curb too can actually make them do things that are not desirable parents clandestinely.
Creating a fun and rules are also deemed responsible to cultivate good habits in social networking activities are good for children. For example, parents can restrict the time to access the social network on a child can be for one week.
Another example is to set certain times that can be used to log in on the social networks, such as the hours parents home office. Thus, parents can accompany children when using social networking.
6.Cek child's social networking privacy settings on a regular basis
The last step can be done to secure the child's activity on social networks is to check the privacy settings on a regular basis. In view of social networking applications often publish an update that changes its privacy settings, parents should be quite introspective toward the emergence of social networking updates.
Since the beginning of social networking also makes parents can arrange for the posts of the children are not directly visible to the public, but only for people who are known only. After that, gradually parents can monitor a child's readiness to publicly display their posts.
This step can help children get active in social networking experience enough before making greater interaction and complex.
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