A Reminder to Parents: Holiday Gifts Can Open Pandoras Box – Protect Your Childs New PC
Ask any expert and they will tell you that computers should be kept in high-traffic areas of the house, such as the kitchen or family room. Almost everyone will agree that letting a teenager have his or her own computer in the bedroom is not a good idea. But in a time when many families have more than one PC in the home, teens having their own Internet connection is an unavoidable reality. Add to that fact that this is the season of giving and making young wishes come true, chances are a lot more teens will be online with their own connections within the next month.
As technology advances, however, parents can easily give their online youngsters privacy and freedom, while at the same time protect them from the dangers online. One word: monitoring software!
Parents need to be smart when giving teens their own PC. Its important to adopt and enforce a new set of rules, such as leaving the door open and a no Internet after time. Also, visit your childs room often when they are online, and ask them questions about what websites they are visiting and who their online...