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Talkable Quotes ...
Like most things, when it comes to a family’s policy on technology, there’s no “one-size-fits-all” approach.
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from https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-your-child-social-media-savvy-1516111365
“No amount of monitoring is going to teach responsibility or judgment,” Mr. Aldrich says. “The kids have to learn to live in a world where that’s the reality.” Instead, he and his wife “focus on, how do we create an environment where Jackson has the chance to learn judgment, by participating in setting limits and creating boundaries for himself.” -
Time Management - sleep, chores, eat, play, etc ...
He and his wife also encourage Jackson to think about everything he posts as part of his permanent personal brand, Mr. Aldrich says, asking him: “Think about what you might have chosen if you’d gotten a tattoo when you were 3? What if you got a Barney tattoo, and now you’re in middle school? Would you want to be walking around with a Barney tattoo?’”
If social media distracts them from homework, “the Wi-Fi goes off and the books come out,” Ms. Dennedy says.
She refrains from making judgments about teens’ social-media habits.
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- Placement of the computer
- Communicate boundaries
- Treat online strangers as you would real life strangers
- Use Parental Control / Family Protection Software
- Take the Online Safety Pledge
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from https://internetsafety101.org/agebasedguidlines
Key principles for all age groups include:
- Keep lines of communication open
- Create a list of Internet rules with your kids (See Rules 'N Tools® Youth Pledge)
- Set parental controls at the age-appropriate levels and use filtering and monitoring tools as a complement--not a replacement--for parental supervision.
- Supervise all Internet-enabled devices and keep computers in a public area of the home.
- Talk to your kids about healthy sexuality in the event they encounter sexually explicit online pornography at home, school, a friend's house, the library or their mobile device.
- Encourage your kids to come to you if they encounter anything online that makes them feel uncomfortable or threatened. (Stay calm and don't blame your child; otherwise, they won't turn to you in the future for help when they need it.)
- Teach them not to interact with people they don't know offline, because an online predator or cyberbully can disguise him/herself.
- Check the history file on your computer to see which sites your child has accessed.
- Teach your child the golden rule: do unto others as they would have done unto themselves.
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from https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/tips/ST05-002
What can you do?
- Be involved
- Keep your computer in an open area
- Set rules and warn about dangers
- Monitor computer activity
- Keep lines of communication open
- Consider partitioning your computer into separate accounts
- Consider implementing parental controls
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Internet Safety 101 : Age-Based Guidelines
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23 Great Lesson Plans for Internet Safety
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Internet Safety Month: How to protect your childโs privacy online - Malware Bytes
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Internet activity monitoring best practices - McAfee
