Rafael Nunez Aponte: Easy Ways to Keep your Children Safe

As we have discussed in previous posts, Internet represents a risky tool if you are not monitoring what your family has access to. If that is your case, you probably want to consider these fast and easy tips to prevent online child sexual abuse. This is a help to prevent other cybercrimes so popular today and to protect your family. Today, we will show you some details on how to avoid crimes online:

Creating different accounts on the computer

Create different accounts

It is a good advice to establish different users and allow your children to have their own account and profile; by doing this, you can avoid accesses to programs or unwanted files. It is important to have an adult account like “administrator” (for complete control over the computer) and the child has a “limited user” with which the child will not change or install new hardware or software, games, music players or chat programs that can be risky most of times.

Using chats and messaging programs

Chat, social networks and instant messaging services can be the means that children use to share interests and build friendships. Nevertheless, the anonymity of the Internet can put children in the way of abusers or imposters.

Denounce any irregularity

Acting against any irregularity

If you think your child or any child is endangered on the Internet, you better go to the police or search for help in online agencies or institutions such as Counter Pedophilia Investigative Unit and denounce the situation. We also recommend you to inform the authorities if you see any inappropriate content on the Internet. Remember that we all have to be part of the solution.

Do not share personal information

Using Internet at home

Control personal data requested by children’s pages and pay attention to those that ask for personal information. Talk to your child for he/she understands the dangers about providing certain information publicly and also discuss about sweepstakes and promotions online. It is always important to tell your child that nobody is going to give something for nothing.