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Social Media Tips for Kids
This week is social media week and a good time to remember some safety social media tips for our kids.
- No online site is truly secure or private. Be sure your child knows not to share personal information.
- Make sure privacy controls are set to private to limit strangers following your child online.
- Help your child understand that he shouldn’t post anything online that he wouldn’t “tell the world” since nothing online is truly private.
- Let your child know that she shouldn’t talk to anyone online that she doesn’t know.
- Tell your child not to enter free giveaways and contests since these require personal information. If a friend forwards anything like this, they should delete it immediately.
While social media has many positive aspects, be sure it doesn’t consume your children – there are some social skills kids can only learn from face to face communication and play.
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Great tips!
social media sites weren’t designed for children and those under 14 aren’t ready for all that may be out there
Thanks for the tips!
These are great tips. I think parents can also think twice sometimes before sharing pictures, etc, of their children on social media. You can never be too careful!
i dont think i’m ever going to let my daughter have a facebook! social media is scary!
It is good to be aware of all of the dangers and affects social media sites can have on our kids.
Great tips – kids really have to be careful online.
Not enough parents are aware of what their children are doing online and who they are talking too
very good tips