Online Safety for Girls

 

Due to the emergence of technology, it has become very challenging to parents of children - and most especially of girls, who are already well connected to technology. The challenge is considered most crucial in the case of girls who are well exposed to the internet. This is because nowadays the Internet has become one of the most important tools for the gathering of information.

 

The problem is that it becomes very hard to monitor what they are browsing online. There are predators anonymously surfing online and looking for those very vulnerable to their clandestine activities, and who are seeking to attach themselves to young girls so they can gain access to them and where possible hack into their accounts as well as lure them into crimes either as victims or as participants.

 

However as a parent it is imperative to make sure that some rules are taken seriously for the girls on cyberspace browsing. You should make sure that the rules that you set up are thoroughly enforced so as to make sure that your girls are not exposed to the anomalies of cyberspace.

 

Below are some parental tips that you can consider for making your girls safe on the internet.

 

1) The first thing that you ought to do is to make sure that you are conversant with everything about Internet or better still, know most of the basics. You should make sure that you’re aware of the sites that your girls are visiting by checking them out thoroughly.

 

2) The other thing that you should make sure that you is to really scrutinize the chat rooms that the girls use. Another thing is to make sure that you are also aware of any other internet facility that your girls are involved in like messaging and e-mail among many others.

 

The internet has diverse sites which are both useful and harmful at the same time. This is the reason why you should make sure that you put some measures on Internet search and time as well.

 

3) You should make sure that the girls are aware of the sites that they have the privelege of visiting and those that they are not. You should also advice them on the hours of Internet use, and how to be careful about whom they choose to communicate with online.

 

Since the Internet has lots of information to offer which is both positive and negative, it is important and advisable to make sure that the computer is placed within an area such as the living room. The reason for this is so that the adults can have a peak at what the girls are browsing while in cyberspace.

 

4) The most important thing that you should do as a parent is to make sure that you develop a trusting relationship with your girls. This is important because then they will feel freer to tell you when something is not right about some bad encounter on the Internet.

 

5) Lastly, be aware of where else your girls get access the Internet because it will help you in monitoring them. You should make sure that you have the capabilities of blocking, and monitoring and filtering the sites that you believe are not safe. You should also educate them on how not to divulge personal information to strangers.