Monitor your kids’ online activities outside the home
Monitor your kids’ online activities outside the home. What are they doing when they visit their friends – are they allowed full access to the Internet? What type of broadband access do they have? Does their isp like Verzon have parental controls installed. Do your kids go online at school or at the library? Ask your children’s teachers what the policy is for Internet usage, and whether or not precautions are in place to monitor and filter inappropriate websites. Does a teacher or librarian supervise children when they use the computers? All of these things may sound elementary, but you would be surprised at educational institutions lack of timeliness to implement new strategies. They are notorious for having red tape slow down a good idea. So the more involved you become, the higher are your chances of understanding the most current issues with parental controls and becoming an advocate for implementation.