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What To Do To Ensure Your Childrens’ Privacy While Playing Playstation 3 On The Net
We are faced with additional challenges compared to those that faced our parents. Back in the days of our youth almost all play took place outside the walls and protection of our house where concerns about skinned knees and bruises ran rampant, at worst we might talk to a stranger. Those are all things that our parents would be forced deal with back in the day. All grown up with families of our own we have (on top of the same problems our parents had) we have additional strain on us in the form of online video games. Playing games online leads to two major concerns that todays parents should be aware of. One is that some online games, since they offer anonymity, can be accessed by pedophiles and can talk to your child. Secondly we need to be aware of “griefers” or in layman’s terms cyber bullies who can make children’s online experiences bad.
Online gaming usually has a chatting option wherein our little one can chat with others. Mainly in strategy or barter based games talking is a huge part of the gameplay, but often talk spills over into the personal sphere. Stick to the basics before you go out and find your kids used street fighter 4
To ensure your childrens safety online here are a few basic tips that I would suggest implementing in your house to protect them from grifers and pedophiles alike, just do these before you go and find halo wars or some other games:
1. Ensure that your kids comprehend - If you are about to set rules or boundaries, make sure you set some time for you to explain why you are doing this. Explain that its not that you do not trust him, its just that you are not very trusting when it comes to other people.
2. Move the gaming system - Make sure that the computer is in the kitchen or the living room area. It makes it a lot easier to oversee your kids gameplay when you ar earound them reglaurly. Also, if the computer is in a well trafficked area, your child will also be able to interact with people in the real world.
3. Educate - Tell your child to never give out the following information to people online:
a. True name
b. Contact details like address and phone number
c. State
d. Passwords
e. Social security numbers
4. Use a fake name while playing online as your login ID, not personal info.
5. Turn The Other Cheek - Ignore both strangers and bullies online. Strangers like this are looking for easy prey, if you just don’t respond they will go away after a few seconds.
6. Do not stoop to their level - Make sure your kids know two rights don’t make a wrong and should never retaliate to a bully. Things only get harder as you reply.
7. Ask an adult - Tell your child that when in doubt, when they do not know what to do and when they are scared, to ask help from you. Let them know that you are never too busy for you and that they shouldn’t be afraid to come and ask or call you to discuss any complex issues.
Follow these tips before you allow your kids to go on the net and play games once you’ve gotten them used resident evil 5
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Best of luck for next
Lots of great info in this post. Thanks Guys.
I do agree but indoor games, that is, online games and community are far more dangerous than outdoor games.
Thanks, good article.
Thanks, I’m definitely going to bookmarked this article as well …
Hmm, I agree with the info in this article completely, but I also think that as with regular bullying, sometimes children may just want to deal with it themselves. They may not want to tell you, plus there are many great safety measures, including the ability to ignore, or ‘block’ people. I think this article is a good model for parenting full stop!
Great information. People forget about privacy whilst on a Playstation 3.
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