Posts tagged online safety
How To Monitor Child's Activity On The Laptop

Considering how laptops and tablets have become an essential part of everyone’s life in the digital era, ensuring maximum safety for your children while playing computer games or surfing online has become challenging. However, it is possible. There are a few very efficient ways to ensure you monitor your child’s activity on the laptop. Want to know what those are? Continue reading.

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How To Keep Your Children Safe Online: A Guide

These days, we’ve become all too used to seeing headlines about children who have fallen victim to online predators and bullies. While it may be tempting to ban internet use completely, this simply is not practical in an increasingly digital world. The internet is a way of life for young children but the laws to protect them don’t go far enough. In this article, we’ll take a look at different ways you can keep your children safe online.

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Staying Safe When Dealing With Strangers

In today's world, it's vital to be aware of the dangers that come with dealing with strangers. This means taking advantage of people search engines, trusting your instincts, and keeping your personal information to yourself. By following these tips, you can help protect yourself from harm and keep your information safe. There are a few simple steps you can take to make sure you stay safe when dealing with strangers. Keep reading to find out what they are.

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Parental Controls For Tech: Supervise Your Child’s Online Behaviour

According to a survey, 21% of the parents reported that their child experienced cyberbullying. The same survey reported that kids who belong to households with an annual income of $75,000 or less are more likely (almost double) to be victims of cyberbullying. Such instances can cause stress, anxiety, or depression in kids. Therefore, it is essential that you protect your kids and take utmost precautions using parental controls. Let’s learn about the same in detail!

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How Misleading Advertising May Harm Teen Safety And How You Can Stop It

Misleading advertising can cause harm to anyone. But it can be even more harmful to teenagers, as they are still in the process of developing. As a parent, it’s up to you to find out more about how misleading advertising can harm your teenage sons or daughters and take the right steps to prevent the damage from happening. Communication is the key. Talk to your teenagers about the dangers of misleading ads and show them examples of how misleading marketing is applied so that they don’t become victims of it.

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Photos & Self-Esteem: What To Think Of When Sending Your Photos To Strangers

In the modern-day, it is easier than ever to meet new people. Whether it be Twitter, Instagram, Reddit or even dating apps, meeting people and making friends online can be easy.However, if you are thinking about sexy selfies and/or sending silly photos to strangers, you also need to be careful. While you might have a small online relationship with these people, you still don’t really know who they are and thus, need to tread lightly. You don’t want your photos to accidentally find their way into the wrong hands. With that in mind, this article is going to go over a few things you should think of when sending photos to strangers.

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Everything Parents Should Know About The Yolo App

The new Yolo app has seen success levels far beyond what was expected by its developers. It hit the top 5 most popular apps in Apple’s App Store. However, its sudden success has raised some concerns about the privacy it offers and the type of content being distributed. Being a parent certainly isn’t easy, and the modern online world is presenting parents more and more challenges.

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