Tragedies make everyone’s heart full of remorse and sadness. One such incident I always get reminded of is when a child lost their life as their dad was taking out the car from garage and forgot to look behind and the child came under the wheel. It must have been utterly painful that he killed his own son by not paying attention that kids are small and they can move unexpectedly. Today the internet is like that fast lane where toddlers and tweens are moving around and it is parents utmost responsibility to give them the right seat belt, strong brakes and air bags. Monitoring software like Mobile Spy can be the case for this proposal.
Good Internet Practices
- When driving in a safe way, people usually don’t multi task and they concentrate on one thing. Likewise, never let children text while driving and keep adjusting with the ever changing age of your child. Some kids show signs of responsibility at any early age so these kids can be given a chance to explore more and learn what they already don’t know.
- Obeying traffic rules is a must when driving. Likewise, parents should make proper guidelines and rules of how much time kids spend on social networking, school research, how much to post and share, and what are the rules with strangers. With monitoring technology, parents would know exactly when their teen and tween missed the rules as they would get instant messages if they use prohibited words like porn or sex. They can also block websites, phones numbers and apps which they deem inappropriate.
- While driving it is important to keep at 180 degree view of the road ahead and to avoid impending accidents. Parents need to watch for all the traffic on the kid’s mobile like Android, BlackBerry, iPhone so that they will not come in contact with predators, pedophiles and cyber bullies. It is equally essential to keep up with their current friends as even parked cars can cause accidents. We have to make sure they keep a safe distance from unwanted people and also stay away from distractions.
Prevention is Possible if You are Prepared
If kids are getting online they are bound to use it for all purposes of research, school, social interactions, entertainment, information and collaborating. They will be using it in new ways and will be exploring it time and again. To become a fallen child, it only takes few bad blogs, few false tweets and little sexting texts, and digital history makes is footprints stronger than print or any other medium. Parents need to know each website, text, tweets, emails, chat and apps on the mobile device. Like when driving, it is essential to know directions, parents will get GPS logs and logs for all apps, photos, websites, emails and IMs/chats to help ensure a safe drive on the information highway.