How to ensure the safety of children on the Internet

The epoch of information boom has made enormouschanges in the consciousness of billions of people. Our world is gradually transforming, developing new and incomprehensible standards, the main source of which is practically uncontrolled global Internet. One way or another, literally all young people sooner or later become part of a virtual environment whose power of influence is difficult to overestimate. To whom, if not to us, to parents, accomplished personalities and wise people's experience, should we provide maximum protection to our offspring from everything that could threaten their development, upbringing and even life? Children's safety on the Internet is the most important task, which should be solved now. How to do it and what should be done? What should be feared first of all and what can the situation lead to when parents lightly ignore the serious consequences of uncontrolled Internet sessions of their children? The obvious lies on the surface - the child unconsciously can expose himself, and at the same time his own, far from comic danger ...

Point of no return

So, when your child is left alonewith the operating system, it awakens a genuine interest: how to manage all this and what needs to be done to watch your favorite cartoon? From this point on, a somewhat silent problem, namely the safety of children on the Internet, becomes your headache. Because it is you who will show your child how to enter the Network and what needs to be done to ensure that the screen of the monitor is illuminated by the long-awaited frames of children's joy. The modern child is incredibly shrewd, you can rest assured, he will easily catch the meaning and sequence of your actions. After that, in the hours of your absence, a son or daughter will necessarily apply the knowledge gained in practice. Perhaps, at first you will feel some sense of pride from the fact that the child can independently enter the network and play multimedia content. You might even think that this is incredibly saving your time. However, the information security of children on the Internet today is quite a serious problem, because, in fact, the World Wide Web is incredibly dangerous for the child. Believe me, you have every reason to worry about your child when you are not around during his Internet sessions.

Global Threats

Not every adult understands what is neededbeware of the unlimited digital space of the Internet. However, your child should not only be informed of the threats that exist, but also understand how to avoid them in case of unusual situations. First of all:

• The danger of infection through malware.
• Unhindered access to unwanted content (content of Internet pages).
• Acquaintance and communication with other users of the network.
• Posting of confidential data.
• Implementation of an uncontrolled purchase.

Do not delay the discussion of these items with your child, conduct an original event on Internet security. And let such conversations become a family tradition.

Important recommendations

Allocate enough time to ensure that nothing distracts you, and then tell the child in detail about what can not be done on the Internet.

• Pop-up suggestions with text: "Install it for free" may well be an attempt by malicious users to install on your PC "spyware" software. That is, some application, voluntarily implemented by the user, will constantly send your data to hell and where it is not clear to whom. Explain that any file downloaded from the network is a potential threat. It is not superfluous to mention that a computer can simply fail because of the installation of an "innocent" game in general.
• The safety of children on the Internet depends,how clearly parents explained to the child that you can not communicate in a virtual environment with strangers, and also share with them any information concerning personal data.
• Caution your child from the actions associated with filling out various forms of forms, where you need to indicate your name, first name and patronymic, and in some cases, enter the address of residence.
• To date, such a service asonline purchase through the network, incredibly developed. It is perfectly permissible that the child will indicate the number of your bank account. Explain how serious the consequences of such a frivolous act can be.

A separate conversation is the topic: "Security of information on the Internet." It does not matter how old your children are, how confident you are about what the child will not do, how much you rely on the prudent behavior of your child as a whole. Only trusting relationships with your son or daughter will help you respond to an unfavorable situation in time. Always keep abreast of childish interests, pay attention to the slightest change in the behavior of your child. The following recommendations will allow you to better influence the upbringing of your children, as well as provide an opportunity to understand the psychology of the younger generation more subtly.

Family Agreement

Get together with the whole family and offerdevelop a kind of document, which will reflect all the rights and obligations of each of the participants of the Internet community, that is, each of the home, one way or another using a PC to access the Web, including the rules for the safety of children on the Internet. Do not be afraid of such an official approach to everyday life. Children love when they are "grown-up". Therefore, their attitude to the family agreement will be taken with all the seriousness available to children's understanding. Such an Internet security event will allow the child to respect the attention given to him. The result will not be long in coming.

So on the agenda!

• What kind of Internet resources (sites) can your children visit and for what purpose.
• How much time a child can stay on the Web (meaning the total time, taking into account the periodicity criterion)
• What actions need to be taken in the case when something bothers the Internet "newcomer".
• How to protect personal data.
• Politeness and principles of behavior in the information space.
• What rules of safety of children on the Internet exist.

All of these points should be clear and unambiguous.understood language. Of course, over time, something will have to be corrected, somewhere to amend. However, the essence of the agreement should remain unchanged - the unconditional fulfillment of the obligations undertaken (children will be delighted).

Teach your child to use the browser and messengers.

The basics are based on this skill.Internet security. First of all, the World Wide Web gives us the possibility of unlimited communication. That's why instant messaging services are so hugely popular. However, the process of communication on the Web still requires adherence to elementary safety rules.

• Using chat, never expose your personal data.
• Do not talk to strangers.
• Do not be rumors and gossip.

These are just some of the safety rules inThe web. Otherwise, you, parents, need to constantly monitor your child for new acquaintances on the Web and follow the history of the web pages visited by your child, which, in general, is not so difficult to accomplish by performing a few simple actions in the browser.

Ward Mature

Trust is good! However, let's not forget that not everything can be foreseen ... There is no guarantee that a child will not be tempted (perhaps his peers will tell, or "caring uncles and aunts" from television) to go where he absolutely cannot be. How to foresee such a situation and what should be done?

Securing the Internet

Perhaps you have heard of such a service as"Parental control"? It is with the help of this software that you can reliably protect your children from the often-occurring situation - “it is still early.” All the examples below are relevant for Windows 7.

Step # 1: Create a new account

• In order to add a new user to the system, go to the “Start” menu - “Control Panel” - “User Accounts” - “Manage ...”.
• On the left in the lower part of the window, click on the “Create ...” item of the same name.
• Enter the name of the new user and complete the adding process by pressing the confirmation key below.

Attention!

To enable all security settingsInternet, since the Windows 7 system has some functional limitations, it is recommended to download an additional component of parental control, namely “Family Safety”. You can download this application absolutely free of charge from the official Windows Live site. However, for the correct operation of this service, it is necessary to register in the system, which, in general, will take only a few minutes of your time. However, you will get a terrific monitoring and control tool. By the way, in the Windows 8 operating system, the negotiated component is integrated into the OS. It is worth noting that the configuration process is almost identical to the option presented below. So if you are the owner of the G8, you just have to use the stipulated recommendations.

Step # 2: Set Up Internet Security

After installing the selected component, go to the “Start” menu and activate the “Family Safety” icon.

• Enter the registration data in the appropriate check-boxes.
• Select the account you have created for the child and follow the link reflected in the upper part of the window.
• After you get to the Family Safety page, activate your child’s account and make the appropriate settings.

Service tools and their purpose

In the window that opens, you can set the appropriate Internet security settings specifically for your child.

• Web filter - you can restrict access tocertain Internet resources. Also, parents have the opportunity (the next tool of the same name) to create white and black lists of sites. Please note that filters can be combined with each other. For example, the lists of allowed or prohibited sites created by you will also be correctly taken into account by the service that controls the main security measures.
• Reporting is an option that allows you to(administrator) view brief information about which sites the child visited and how much time he spent there, as well as which programs he downloaded from the Web or used on the computer.
• Time limit - you are granted the rightset a limit on the use of Internet traffic, according to the specified hours of activity. That is, the security of the Internet connection takes full control.
• Restriction of games and applications are two independent tools with the help of which you can close your child’s access to the use of this or that software product.

Incredibly user friendly service that allowsis called, to delicately designate the unsteady line between the concepts of “can” and “not”. It makes sense to activate the option "Prohibit the download of files", especially in cases where the child is only mastering the rules of security on the Internet and is not entirely confident in their actions.

Step # 3: Antivirus Protection

It’s hard to imagine what could happen touser machine (PC) when working on the Web, if it does not have the appropriate software installed, which is able to counteract malicious code in the form of various program viruses. But the information security of children on the Internet directly depends on the effectiveness of anti-virus protection. For example, the popular software product Kaspersky Internet Security blocks unwanted sites for viewing. This antivirus has in its arsenal a lot of built-in filters, including its own "Parental Control", so to speak, increased vigilance. However, there are many equally effective software solutions, the “vigilance” of which sometimes may seem excessive to an inexperienced user, since the built-in firewall requires certain specialized knowledge of configuration. Despite this, in order to ensure the complete safety of children on the Internet, parents should learn all the nuances and subtleties of antivirus "tuning".

Some tricks, or What is capable of inquiring mind of a child

First of all, make sure your password isThe admin login was out of reach for anyone. Secondly, your child can easily circumvent some limitations by changing the system time in the BIOS of your computer. An elementary solution - put a strong password to access the base system.

Summing up

Only when your child knows the basics.Internet security, understands and unquestioningly implements the recommendations of its parents, the Network thus becomes a source of joy and new knowledge However, we all need to understand that without the organization of unobtrusive but effective control, all our efforts to protect our children from the harmful effects of corrupting information are reduced to nothing. So do not rely on software protection tools, do not exclude educational work after you make sure that all the “gaps” are eliminated. Be wiser, because any barrier can be bypassed, but prudence is unlikely to be deceived by anyone. Fruitful work with children!

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