SOCIAL NETWORKING

This information will help you to know more about social networking sites your children use to join and how to set up a safety use of them.

Do you Know that the most popular social networks include Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, Tubblr, Snapchat, Instagram?

Do you Know that ll of them include instant message which allows private conversations between site members?

Do you Know that most of them have an APP version available meaning your child will have access to the social network from their smartphone or tablet?

The following tips will help you to set up with your children a safety use of social networking .

• Agree with your child when they can join a social networking and create their profile with them.
• Use strict privacy settings in the joined social networking.
• Help them to set privacy settings at the strongest level and stay up to date with the site changes.
• Teach them how to block or ignore people on social networking sites and online games.
• Set boundaries about which sites they can use and for how long.
• Teach them never to share personal details: Adress, Phone number, birth date, school name.
• Use the same site yourself and follow your child.
• Explain that "Friends" should be people they know.
• Meeting up with people they know online can be dangerous and they should only do so with parents permission and if they are present.
• Teach them only to use webcams with people they know and show them how to disable it

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