Turn on the computer and you open the world to your children – all the wonders, all the facts, all the fun! Unfortunately all the bad stuff as well, keep them safe by observing some simple house rules.
- Always know ‘where’ your children are online, younger children can quickly get lost, so explore with them.
- Make rules for older children and enforce them.
- Keep the computer in a public room & take an interest at what they’re looking at.
- Make sure they know NEVER to give out personal details, i.e. name, age, address, phone number or your credit card details!
- Talk to them about the internet and it’s dangers, most children use it from an early age now and need to know that people can lie about who they are on-line.
TOP TIP
If you use Internet Explorer 6 or 7 go into properties and add ratings to your internet browser. If it notices any damaging or adult content on a page it will ask for a password before opening it (which you set).