How to Ensure Your Kids Stay Safe Online

Amid all the benefits that computers have brought, there’s a whole raft of security threats that sometimes even involve loss of life. One of the groups must vulnerable to these threats are children.

Two key issues are the risks of meeting up with unsavory types through social media like Facebook and in chat rooms, and the possibility of your kids encountering pornography and other unsuitable material. There’s also the danger that they might unwittingly download malware onto your PC, with the attendant risk of theft of sensitive information.

The most important thing you can do to prevent this is to talk to your kids about the dangers, especially of assuming people they “meet” and sites they visit are who or what they say they are. Never allow them to physically meet anyone unless you’re with them and don’t allow them to download anything without your consent.

These days, you can buy software that will both monitor everything they do and restrict the sites they can visit. To them, such measures probably sound draconian, but that’s a reflection of their trust and innocence. You know better.

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