Parents are talking, which is good, but the communication usually drops off after that first talk and just communicating isn’t enough. Parents need to both communicate with and monitor their kids. How can you talk to your kids about internet safety if you don’t know how they use the internet? If you REALLY want to keep your kids safe online, you need to know what they are doing on the computer. You need to know if they have several social network profiles – which, trust me moms and dads out there, it’s a lot more common than you think. You need to know what websites they go to daily and who they talk to. Blocks and filters are easy to get around. But if you have monitoring software, like our PC Pandora, you will know everything they do and will be able to talk to them about it. If you aren’t monitoring and don’t know what they are really doing, how can you be sure they are safe? How can you be sure they are using the Internet responsibly and not putting themselves into bad situations?
KenS says
Parents are talking, which is good, but the communication usually drops off after that first talk and just communicating isn’t enough. Parents need to both communicate with and monitor their kids. How can you talk to your kids about internet safety if you don’t know how they use the internet? If you REALLY want to keep your kids safe online, you need to know what they are doing on the computer. You need to know if they have several social network profiles – which, trust me moms and dads out there, it’s a lot more common than you think. You need to know what websites they go to daily and who they talk to. Blocks and filters are easy to get around. But if you have monitoring software, like our PC Pandora, you will know everything they do and will be able to talk to them about it. If you aren’t monitoring and don’t know what they are really doing, how can you be sure they are safe? How can you be sure they are using the Internet responsibly and not putting themselves into bad situations?