A Few More Tips to Protect Pre-Teens
Placed in Tips & Trick |
|
Many of the tips above apply for pre-teens, but parents of younger children also can:
• Take extra steps to protect younger kids. Keep the computer in an open area like the
kitchen or family room, so you can keep an eye on what your kids are doing online. Use
the Internet with them to help develop safe suring habits. Consider taking advantage
of parental control features on some operating systems that let you manage your kids’
computer use, including what sites they can visit, whether they can download items, or
what time of day they can be online.
• Go where your kids go online. Sign up for — and use — the social networking spaces
that your kids visit. Let them know that you’re there, and help teach them how to act as
they socialize online.
• Review your child’s friends list. You may want to limit your child’s online “friends” to
people your child actually knows and is friendly with in real life.
• Understand sites’ privacy policies. Sites should spell out your rights as a parent to review
and delete your child’s proile if your child is younger than 13.
Admitting Your Child Is Fat - Is Summer Weight Loss Camp the Answer?
One of the challenges faced by overweight children and teens is the reluctance of doctors and parents to admit the child is actually overweight. This misguided diplomacy that makes us reluctant to label a child...
Surviving the Teen Years
Looking for a roadmap to find your way through these years? Here are some tips: Educate Yourself Read books about teenagers. Think back on your own teen years. Remember your struggles with acne or your embarrassment at...
Social Networking Sites - Parental Guide
• Explain that kids should post only information that you — and they — are comfortable with others seeing. Even if privacy settings are turned on, some — or even all — of your child’s...
A Single Parent’s Guide to Financial Security
A single parent multitasks all the time. Sometimes she's the chef, other times the taxi driver or housekeeper, and she's always the breadwinner, family psychologist and teacher. Managing a family, a household and holding down...
The important to recognize the risk of international parental kidnapping
There are two reasons why parents should be alert to the possibility of abduction and take steps to prevent it. The most important reason is to protect your child from the potentially harmful effects of...
- child (1)
All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and marks are the properties of their respective owners.