Important Tips for Parents and Children

Children need parents and/or carers to teach them how to make smart choices about who and what they find online. Here are some tips to help your guide your kids experience online.

• Help your kids use the internet as an effective research tool - learn about handy homework tips for kids, and also good searching ideas.
• Be aware of online stranger-danger, particularly in chat rooms. Set house rules about what information your children can give out and where they can go online
• Teach children that information on the internet is not always reliable
• Put the internet competer in a public area at home, such as the living room rather then a childs bedroom