Child Safety on the Internet

Excuse the review title as its to stop unsavoury external hits to dooyoo. .. The mischievous comedy show Brass Eye did this controversial half-hour show on paedophilia, one absurd sketch seeing six child astronauts blasted into space with an infamous 'pedo' stowaway. How unlucky is that. Plenty of people complained who didn't actually see the show and so grasp the point-the likelihood of your child being sexually molested by a stranger is thousands to one. The unfortunate paradox is that it's often the carers out there who are most likely to be sex offenders, why they choose that career in the first place, another parental fear the government are exploiting ...  Read the complete review

Child Safety is always a vague area when it comes to Internet use; there are preventions, warnings and education to help, but children will be children, and some will be too defiant to deter. Unfortunately I don't think websites can do very much, filters on Google and warnings on pornographic websites explaining that you must be 18 to enter, aren't strong enough barriers, and children can easily by pass them. I believe Child Safety on the Internet comes down to how well they are educated by their parents, whether strict rules are instigated within the house and whether there are sufficient consequences for going on 'bad' sites. I don't ...  Read the complete review

Let's face it, the internet is an amazing place in many ways, but also another avenue for weirdos to channel their perversions. So internet safety is paramount for children (and adults really). Luckily I have had no personal experience of people trying to talk to my children, except for a couple of incidents when my son first set up his Windows Live Messenger. But they were dealt with immediately. Unfortunately a friend's daughter was being groomed by a pervert, but luckily he was arrested because of grooming another child before anything happened. However, the girl was very distraught about it for a long time. So how to keep your children safe, ...  Read the complete review

I have two young children, both of whom use the internet. Yes, we have concerns about what they might get to see, these social networking websites and the like, but with a bit of parental guidance and general education about the subject I think you can get a good hold on it. For example, my daughter has a Bebo account. We allowed her to create this, with our blessing. Before she did it, we advised her about only adding direct friends that she actually knew. Not to add friends of friends. We also explained why and told her that some people might claim to be different people and might even be posing as kids when they are adults. It was also part of the deal that ...  Read the complete review

Do you find yourself worrying about your kids online activities? Even if you think your kids are very sensible and completely trustworthy you should still be worried and still be monitoring their internet usage carefully. What can seem completely harmless to them could in fact be very dangerous. My niece had what she thought to be a very safe and completely harmless social networking page on Bebo but when I looked into it and pointed out all the worrying things she was very shocked at how silly she had been. Her page just said way too much about her and allowed people to get to know things that could jeopardise her safety. Her full name was there ...  Read the complete review