Tips to keep your children safe on the Internet
1. Maintain ownership. Make it a family device. This gives parents the ability to change settings and maintain control of how it’s used and when.
2. Don’t sleep with devices. Charge devices overnight in the kitchen, lounge or parents’ bedroom rather than in the child’s bedroom.
3. It’s more than a gaming device. Set time limits for games. Create guidelines for how the device is used. For example, devices could be just used for homework and creative learning during the week and gaming during the weekend.
Further Reading / Resources
Download the e-book “Keeping Your Child/Teen Safe in the Online Jungle”
by Shaun Brooker on your Ipads. It contains ideas for parents for managing devices, internet monitoring, filtering, helpful websites and family sharing.
