Internet and network users by children have a positive and negative impact. Related negative impact, parents are expected not to let children use the internet just like that. It should be accompanied by supervision such as monitoring and checking what they are doing on the internet.
Commissioner of Pornography and Cyber Crime Commission for Child Protection (KPAI), Margareth Aliyatul, said that there are still parents who are not aware of the negative impact of internet use by children. any one already knows, sadly still let the child use mobile phone just like that.
" The main problem is the parents are not aware of the many negative effects on the gadget. For example they feel their children are safe at home with the internet rather than outside. In fact, not so, the risk on the internet is also no less great, "said Margaret in the discussion discussion Create, Connect, Respect: Empower Parents to Guiding Connected Children, in the Jakarta area, Monday (13/2/2018).
B caused by internet usage, Margareth said, continues to increase. For at least the last three years, reports of inclusion in the KPAI on pornography and cyber crime have increased.
Not limited to accompanying children
"We can not close the internet access, so parents should be accompanied by monitoring and checking what they do on the internet. Parents should be educated that communication with children about internet usage is important. Children need mentoring, do not let it alone, .
Selain that, the parents also have to go into the worldonline children and become their friend. Parents also have to make arrangements about the useradget. This supervision is very important, because rather than adults, children more easily become victims of crime on the internet.
Because now many people (using hp and internet), including those who have not attended school, so the case many times. Children are still easy targets because they are easy to invite and seduce, they do not protect themselves as adults, "Margaret explained. In addition, parents should also teach children to be responsible for everything that is uploaded on the internet. "Parents should teach children to take responsibility for what they upload on the internet.
Parents must be so, so children will follow what is done by parents, "he said.
"Now many things connected to the internet, and in the future will be much more. Therefore, parents should equip the child with direction and talk about what can be done and not on the internet, "he explained.
