Keeping Your Children Safe Online This Children's Day

For parents, there is nothing more important than their children and their safety.

This Children’s Day should not only be a day to celebrate them, but also a time to make sure they are protected and aware of any potential dangers.

The internet has dramatically changed the way children interact with the world, as well as offering new and fascinating techniques to communicate and acquire knowledge. However, the Internet also introduces new risks for children such as cyber bullying, online predators, and the potential of revealing too much personal information. 

For this very reason iPhones, BlackBerrys and other smartphones have made it remarkably easy for us to share photos on sites like Facebook and Flickr. But they’ve made it a lot easier for cyber stalkers to track us, as well. According to Internet.org, Facebook users have uploaded in excess of 250 billion photos to the social network and the current upload rate averages 350 million photos daily.

Cox communications offers advice for parents to keep their children safer on the Internet. Some of these tips are: 

A Cox expert is available to provide advice and help parents keep their children safer on the Internet. Some of these tips are:

1. Talking with your kids about Internet Safety

2. Knowing which apps your children are using

3. Making sure the right settings are programmed to each particular app

4. Making sure your kids know when to share the right pictures