{"id":5544,"date":"2013-11-12T17:50:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T10:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.flexispy.com\/?p=5544"},"modified":"2017-12-21T12:46:57","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T05:46:57","slug":"5-important-steps-can-take-keep-child-safe-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.flexispy.com\/de\/5-important-steps-can-take-keep-child-safe-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Tips For Keeping Your Child Safe On The Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Keeping Your Child Safe On The Internet\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.flexispy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/iStock_000002177443Largeboom.jpg?resize=1140%2C539&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Keeping Your Child Safe On The Internet\" width=\"1140\" height=\"539\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Picture This,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your kid is chatting with friends on Facebook when a message suddenly appears from someone your child doesn\u2019t know. Is your child going to find you and tell you that a stranger is talking with them, or is your child going to reply to learn more about this mysterious person? erm\u2026 What do you think?<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully there\u2019s a solution to almost every problem, and if you follow our guide through these Important steps, you\u2019ll have the knowledge to ensure your kids are safe and secure on the internet.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><strong>Tip #1 &#8211; Know the playing field<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><b><i>The top 3 most commonly social media that teens are using today.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Facebook &#8211; a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailytech.com\/Survey+94+Percent+of+Teens+Use+Facebook\/article31611.htm\">study<\/a> showed that 94% of U.S. teens have active profiles on this social networking platform.<\/li>\n<li>Twitter \u2013 26% of all U.S. teens use twitter.<\/li>\n<li>Instagram \u2013 11% of U.S. teens are active on this social media site.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Tip #2 &#8211; Set boundaries The Easy Way<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Parents rarely know just how much time their kids are spending on the internet, or what sites they\u2019re visiting. Here are 2 easy guides to setting up Parental controls for Windows &amp; Mac<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/?p=5589\">How-To<\/a> Set Up Parental controls for <b>Windows <\/b><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/?p=5586\">How-To<\/a> Set Up Parental controls for <b>Mac<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Tip #3 &#8211; You need to know their Facebook Privacy Settings<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Is your home address listed on your child\u2019s Facebook? What about their cell-phone number, or maybe the school they go to? No stranger that is roaming around on social media should be able to access this information, but if privacy settings aren\u2019t set up correctly, they WILL see this information &#8211; your child could become a victim.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Here\u2019s a guide to setting up Facebook privacy correctly.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2011\/02\/07\/facebook-privacy-guide\/\">10 Privacy Settings every Facebook User Needs to Know<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Tip #4 &#8211; Where is the computer? Placement is Key<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Designate a central place in the house for the computer <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>If your child knows he\/she is being monitored by everyone walking past the computer screen, they\u2019ll be more careful about the sites they visit. If the computer is in their room behind closed doors, they are more likely to visit nefarious websites or chat with strange people that could put them in danger.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Tip #5 &#8211; Find out what they\u2019re doing on their SmartPhones NOW or you\u2019ll regret it later<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><b><i>Children and Teens are now starting to use Smartphones <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adweek.com\/news\/advertising-branding\/one-four-teens-use-cellphones-get-online-148577\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">more often<\/span><\/a> than computers for internet activities.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Any parent that\u2019s serious about keeping their children safe on the internet will be monitoring their cellular device. Today\u2019s youth are using smartphones for just about all of their social media activities. In-fact, there\u2019s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2013\/nov\/10\/teenagers-messenger-apps-facebook-exodus\">mass-exodus<\/a> taking place with &amp; social media on computers. Teens are now switching over to popular messaging apps ONLY available on SmartPhones, and are increasingly no-longer using the computer for their social needs.<\/p>\n<p>A Phone is Ultra-Private, if its not in your teens hand, its in their pocket. Trying to figure out what they&#8217;re up up to on their mobile phone is nearly impossible\u2026 Unless you use a monitoring solution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s The Deal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are <strong>TONS<\/strong> of smartphone monitoring apps available on the marketplace, and most of them suck. Before you pull out your credit card, you need to make sure that the software will monitor every aspect of their mobile device \u2013 their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flexispy.com\/en\/sms-tracker.htm\">text messages<\/a>, pictures, email, Facebook, LINE, WhatsApp, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flexispy.com\/en\/features\/spy-on-their-instagram-direct-messages.htm\">Instagram<\/a> \u2013 everything. Then, you need to make sure that it will do the monitoring invisibly. Do a little research and if the features are there, go ahead and start monitoring your kids phone, the longer you wait, the more information you\u2019re losing out on. Our software has <a title=\"spy phone software reviews\" href=\"http:\/\/www.topspyphonesoftware.com\/\">loads of reviews from industry experts<\/a>, try finding a review for a competitors site and you&#8217;ll easily see the difference between us and the rest.<\/p>\n<p>A good monitoring software will have a money back guarantee, so there\u2019s nothing you can really lose by trying it out. We have a great monitoring solution, that we\u2019re extremely proud of, and that you can try today -10 day money back guarantee included. Read more of our posts or See more of what FlexiSPY can do for you<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"text-align: center; width: 402px; margin: 0 auto; border: 0px solid red; display: block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flexispy.com\/en\/spy-on-smartphone-ipad.htm\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-987\" title=\"Keeping Your Child Safe On The Internet\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.flexispy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Capture.png?resize=402%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Keeping Your Child Safe On The Internet\" width=\"402\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.flexispy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Capture.png?w=402&amp;ssl=1 402w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.flexispy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Capture.png?resize=300%2C74&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.flexispy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Capture.png?resize=400%2C99&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Picture This, Your kid is chatting with friends on Facebook when a message suddenly appears from someone your child doesn\u2019t know. Is your child going to find you and tell you that a stranger is talking with them, or is your child going to reply to learn more about this mysterious person? erm\u2026 What do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[132,139],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.flexispy.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.flexispy.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.flexispy.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.flexispy.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.flexispy.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5544"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.flexispy.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16043,"href":"https:\/\/blog.flexispy.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5544\/revisions\/16043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.flexispy.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.flexispy.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.flexispy.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}