11 Tips of why military or regular parents think that their kids can’t do anything. (Especially social media)
Social media is an essential part of our lives today. Even though you’re too young to get a Facebook account, you need to understand that once you get the account, the world is at your fingertips. You can find anything and everything there. You can make new friends or keep in touch with the old ones. Before joining any social network, you should learn about the good and bad parts of it. Social networks provide a unique and efficient way to stay in touch with distant acquaintances. But before you post information on these sites, make sure you’re being safe. Be careful what you share. It’s important to tell your kids about importance of positive usage of social media.
What's
Good About Social Media
Social media is a great way for your kid to connect with
friends, family and the world around them. It’s not just about posting selfies
and keeping up with what everyone else is doing. Social media can lead to many positives, including enhancing
relationships, finding new hobbies, and staying connected to friends, family
and your community.
What's
Bad About Social Media
It’s hard to turn off the pressure that social media
places on you. It’s one thing to have a meant-to-be-private
conversation go viral, but something else altogether when it is full of hateful
and offensive comments. And while
social media is a place to connect with friends and family, it can also be a
playground for things you didn't even know were possible. It can put your child
in danger without them even knowing it.
What Can
Parents Do?
Keeping your kids safe
online is an important job, but you should trust them. You'll
find practical tips on web
for keeping them safe, along with unbiased information about Internet safety
issues that can help protect your whole family.
Make your kids
learn some important things about social media
² Please
be polite and respectful.
² Kids
should never post mean or embarrassing messages, messages that threaten others
or that make others feel unsafe, or messages that say anything you wouldn’t
want your parents or teachers to see.
² And
if someone sends a mean or threatening message to our chat group, let us know
right away so we can discuss what to do about it.
² The
Internet can be a source of great fun, but online pranks and games can quickly
turn dangerous. If you're thinking about posting information online, think
twice before you hit “enter.”
² People
in the past were uneducated about how to keep themselves safe on social media. Internet is offering a solution to be
kept updated with your kids on social media, so you know what they're doing.
² You
need to be careful about what your kids are posting on social media.
² First,
it’s good business practice to use privacy settings. Things you post may come
back to haunt you later in life.
² To
help keep your personal information private, you can use privacy settings on
games and apps. Privacy settings enable you to choose who can
see the things that are on your screen and what others are able to do. They’re
a great way to ensure your information stays private.
² Your
kids are posting lots of personal information on the Internet and they invite
strangers to chat in social networks, play games with them and interact with
one another. The problem, however, is that there are scammers who will pretend
to be “friends” just to steal your kids’ identities and even extort money from
them.
²
Make a Contract with your kids that they don’t use social
media for negative activities.
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