What Can a Parent Do 

What can a parent do to minimize the online risks for their children and teens?  

Most importantly, apply your parenting wisdom. Nothing is more effective than parent knowledge and supervision.                                             

Know their passwords and preview their profiles and pictures before they are posted

Communicate with your child and teen about their internet/cell phone use, and have guidelines in place for their internet/cell phone activates. 

Know who your child/teen are communicating with through emails, texting, chat rooms, social networking sites and cell phone apps.

Consider using filters or cell phone monitoring software to monitor what your child/teen are doing online. 

Ways to monitor what your children are doing on their cell phone: 

 http://cell-phone-parental-control-software-review.toptenreviews.com/

https://www.mymobilewatchdog.com/

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-parental-control-apps,review-2258.html

https://www.kidguard.com/cell-phone-monitoring/can-monitor-childs-text-messages-without-knowing/

http://www.toptenreviews.com/software/privacy/best-cell-phone-parental-control-software/

https://www.webwatcher.com/

https://www.netnanny.com/

https://www.facebook.com/TheInternetSafetyGuy/

https://www.wspa.com/news/top-apps-parents-should-monitor-or-delete-on-teens-phones/