5 Tips for your child's first steps on the internet

here are 5 tips to accompany the first steps of your children on the internet :

1. Limit the time they spend in front of the various screens :

Time spent on screens should be limited and monitored. The younger the child, the more important it is to accompany him to adopt the right reflexes.

To do this, take a look at what they are doing and, depending on their uses, adapt the time dedicated to the connected screens, so that their experience is always enriching and positive. .

2. Social networks: Teach your children to protect their privacy! :

Concretely to help your children, it is important to teach them to:
Protect their personal data and privacy, helping them to set the privacy of their profiles on social networks.
Respect others. In particular, do not relay mockery or insults on social networks.

Explain the principle of e-reputation: They can not "publish" everything because they could regret it by growing up. Which is online the rest forever!

3. Teach your children to create passwords (and remember them!) :

Passwords are like the keys to a house ... Too easy to guess, it would be like going on vacation leaving the doors and windows wide open.

To create a good password, you need:

To banish the classics "123", "password", "azerty" ...

Mix numbers, letters (lowercase and uppercase) and symbols

Do not use personal information (name, date of birth ...)

Create passwords for each "account" (email, Facebook ...)

4. Supervise what your children do :

Using parental controls, antivirus and firewall tools, you can ensure that suspicious content (spam, phishing) or inappropriate content (violence, pornography) does not navigation and that it does not hack its data.

Each device must be protected and must be updated regularly (tablet, PC, etc.)

5. Preserve their health by learning the right gestures and choosing equipment adapted to their ages :

At every age his equipment!

In order to avoid certain health effects (visual fatigue, migraines, tinnitus, tendonitis, cervical or back pain), opt for ergonomic equipment, offering visual and auditory comfort adapted to your child.

Every year, technological innovations are emerging, such as virtual reality and immersion helmets, for example. Check that these technologies are well suited to your child's age, maturity and sensitivity.
To do this, read the manufacturer's precautions and recommendations for use, or ask the dealer for advice.