11 March, 2012

Safety tips for kids: How to keep your kids safe on internet



The increasing cyber crimes have enforced the parents all over the world to thinks of the security of their kids over internet. Internet safety policies and guidelines can help you in this context. To make the Internet a safer place for you & also for your family members you need to follow some particular guidelines. There are things that you need to keep in mind when you are on your computer at home or at school. And I’m providing the top and most important tips and tricks to keep you clean and safe over internet. So, please follow the guidelines given below to make you internet surfing safer and happier.

·        First of all, never to give out your personal information like your name, location, school name or phone number etc. in a chat room or on bulletin boards. And also never give a picture of yourself to someone you chat with on your computer without your parent’s permission.

·        Never reply to someone who has made you feel uncomfortable or scared.

·        Don’t ever meet someone or have them visit you without the permission of your parents.

·        Sometimes when you are on the Internet, you may meet bad people or may see bad things accidentally; it's NOT YOUR FAULT!!! If something you read or look at is of kind upsetting, just stop looking at it, and tell your parents or teachers right away about the fact.

·        Tell your parents right away if you come across anything on the internet that makes you feel uncomfortable.

·        Sometimes people online may not be the same who they say they are. Someone who says that “She” is a “12-year old girl” could really be an old man or someone else.


·          Don’t open emails from untrusted source or someone you don’t know.

·      Don’t fill out the online forms without the permission of your parents or teachers.

·        When subscribing to public newsletters or programs like the media plugins or downloads that require you to give out an e-mail address, use a separate e-mail address from your personal one. This will reduce the number of unwanted e-mails that you receive.

·        Always tell your parents about the people you meet or talk to on the Internet.

·        Set up some rules for going online by talking to your parents. Decide upon the time of day that you’ll be online. You must not access other places or websites. Never break these rules without their permission.

·        Discuss all the things that you did on internet with your parents every day. Tell them what you learnt today and other stuffs.

·          Never give out a credit card number or password online to anyone.

·        Be alert when someone is offering you something for nothing in return such as gifts or money or stuffs like this.

·        You should help your parents understand how to have fun and learn things online and teach them things about the Internet, computers and other technologies.

·        Talk to your librarian or teacher or parent about safe and accurate websites for research. The public libraries offer lots of resources.

·        Many social networking websites like Facebook, Twitter, Second Life and MySpace and blog hosting websites have minimum age requirements to sign up. All these requirements are there for your protect. So don’t sign up giving your fake age.

·        Make promise to yourself that “I will be a good online citizen and I’ll not do anything that hurts people or is against the law.”

These are the very useful tips for you and also for your family to make yourself safer and happier on internet. YOU SHOLUD PASTE A COPY OF IT NEAR YOU COMPUTER FOR your BETTER REFERENCE AND SECURITY.

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