Internet Safety Tips for Kids

Internet Safety for Kids

Internet Safety for Kids

It is easy to be so busy thinking about protecting your children in the real world that you don’t spend enough time thinking about how to protect them on online. Although the Internet offers many opportunities for education and entertainment for both kids and adults, it also presents a number of risks and challenges. For example, it is not uncommon for people to share personal details without realizing the serious risks associated with giving out contact information so it’s important to keep Internet safety in mind.

Facebook Introduces Messaging App for Kids

Facebook Messenger for Kids - North Texas Kids Magazine

Facebook’s Introduces Messenger Kids, a Chat App for Kids Under Age 13

The social media giant launched a free video chat and messaging app for kids to chat with their parents and with parent-approved friends. The Facebook messaging app for kids is free and aimed at children ages 6-12, who can’t yet have their own accounts under Facebook’s rules (must be 13 to sign up). Messenger Kids allows young users to chat with their friends, make video calls with kid-friendly filters and send age-appropriate GIFs.

Parents use their own accounts to create Messenger profiles for their kids.

Do You Know What Your Kids Are Doing Online?

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What Your Kids Are Really Doing Online

Guest post by Michael Levin

The Internet affords children endless opportunities to get into serious trouble, downloading what they shouldn’t download, looking at what they shouldn’t be looking at, and getting ideas about what they shouldn’t be getting ideas about.

But the good news is that if your kids are like mine, they may be doing some or all of those things…but there’s another use for the Internet that’s attracting their time and attention.

It’s called teaching.

7 Internet Safety Tips for Kids

Internet Safety: Guidelines to Keeping Kids Safe Online   By Frances Archer Like many parents with young children, I wondered how early and how often my young daughter should be…