Parents/Trusted Adults are the #1 reason that students do not get in trouble and stay safe when using the internet.
For parents/guardians that do not understand technology, they can do these four things to ensure their childs safety.
1) Monitor the computer use of your children by being physically present when the children use the computer.
2) Keep the computer in a central location, like the kitchen or the family room.
3) Remove the powercord or battery when parents/guardians are not present to monitor the computer and establish times for computer use.
4) Talk with your children about their internet use, know their usernames and passwords, and monitor their internet activity.
What Parents Should Know
A Parent’s Guide to Internet Safety- FBI
One More Talk You Need to Have: Drugs, Sex, Online Activites
Ryan’s Story: Know your child’s passwords and monitor their online activities.
A responsible parent has to know their child’s password and username, and what use they are putting the computer to at home. Parents are the number 1 reason students don’t get in trouble when using a computer, a parent should always be present at the time when children sre using a computer, because you never know what they could be on.
It’s good to have that up there because if parents didn’t know this stuff there could be many more deaths, crimes, and such. So now that the probability of parents reading this is higher, there is also now a hogher level of our kids in this world to be even safer. Now I don’t know about you but that just makes me really happy to know that children in this world can do what they want while also being safe at the same time.