How to Keep Kids Safe Online

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In the wall street journal article, it explains that “we as a society are still struggling to figure out how to navigate a world where every danger imaginable – predators to porn to that infernal “Chocolate Rain video” –lurks mere mouse clicks away from our child.” Danger is everywhere and now its attacking or have already attacked our children.

The internet is a major role in all our lives today. It is easy, convenient, and helpful. We as people today have grown to want things instant. We now have the internet in our homes, jobs, and on our phones. For the older generation its hard to understand to some, and to the new it comes as easy as 1,2, 3. In this article, The Harvard University-led Internet Safety Technical Task Force concluded a software program called Net Nanny could possibly help with some of the different dangers lurking for our young children on the internet. It would filter any inappropriate content from the children using the internet. For example, it describes that text-based filters would alert you when your child gets an instant message soliciting sex or asking if his parents are at home. Although the The Harvard University-led Internet Safety Technical Task Force says that ”these filters tend to be focused on pornography, rather than violence, tech-savvy parents can customize the software to their liking.”

I believe that having the Net Nanny software program or something like it would be a great idea. So many young children are getting the wrong education from the internet, for example some children might think that it is ok to show off their body on the web, just because they see those images on the web, but they do not know that there is pedophiles on the web that just love little children. Children don’t see any harm or danger. We as parents and software developers must do something to stop this danger from the internet that is attacking our kids. Parents also need to a take control over the internet, “kids do not have a right to privacy when it comes to internet or computer, and parents have the right and responsibility to see to it that they’re not getting into anything they shouldn’t be getting into.” I researched and found some Internet Safety Rules For Parents that need to learn how to keep children safe on the Internet. The basic objective for children’s online safety is “to teach our children respect, civility and citizenship online as well as off, we improve their chances for safe, constructive, and productive use of the Net and mobile phones.” We need to come together and find a solution for this growing problem.


References
How to Keep Kids Safe Online: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123238632055894993.html
Internet Safety Rules for Parents: http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/morestuff4.html