Monitor your child internet usage behaviour-Parents best practices to online security

As internet continues to increase its presence in the life of every individual, even the teenagers or kids are not untouched. So, as parent, have you ever tried to peep into the online activities of your children? Yes, some parents are concerned about what their teenage children do online; whereas others hardly find sufficient time due to their busy schedules.

Even children often hide their online activities from their parent’s, reason being the nature of the content they browse. According to a recent study, seventy percent of teens "hide their online behavior" from their parents. These hidden behaviors pertain due to accessing violent or pornographic content. Children often engage themselves into other activities like cyber bullying, email hacking or even developing intimacy with strangers.

How to keep kids safe online

Hence, parents should actively monitor their children and follow some of the best practices.

There are many free parental control softwares through which you can monitor and track the online activities of your children. You can also block dangerous sites and protect your kids from online bullying.
As concerned parents, you need to communicate clearly to your children what content need to be browsed and what not. You should educate your children regarding social networking sites, chat rooms, dating sites and other commonly browsed segments.

Antivirus with parental control helps you keep a check on the online activities of your children. Using parental control, you can blacklist or white list websites to be accessed by your children. You can block access to websites by setting up filters for categories like "Adult", "Gambling", "Dating”, etc. Time setting can be done, which allows you to configure particular days or hours of the week when your children can use the Internet.