Protect Children from Internet Dangers

Posted at 3:51 AM by Abi Za
Along with technological advances, the more widespread use of Internet among the public. Many families have used the Internet subscription service, so that in the house, family members can access the Internet with ease. So also with the presence of a cellular phone that allows one to access the Internet anytime and from anywhere. The Internet can provide positive benefits, but also can have a negative impact. A child who uses the Internet often becomes an easy target of those who intend evil as well as pornography. What parents can do to protect their children?

When used properly, the Internet technology certainly had a positive impact. One can easily find the information you want known. By simply typing words into the search engines (search engines), there are many web sites referenced on this information. The existence of the e-mail allows someone to send a letter to other people quickly and easily. Chat room (chat room) allows one to communicate with many people away from each other at once. Or emerging, the presence of a social networking website like Facebook or Friendster that allows one to find old friends who had not been found.

However, the positives of the Internet turned out to be bad when used irresponsibly. Many children are addicted or addicted to the Internet so that they stand for long in front of the computer that will not forget their obligations more important to eat, bathe and even reluctant to learn. One cause of a child is so like the Internet because they get a new experience and they can find comfort. Or they get something from this virtual world that can not be obtained in the real world. In the virtual world he could be someone else as desired. For example, a child who is shy can be easily met through chat or e-mail. In online games, they can make their characters into characters that beautiful, rich, or anything else that may be different from their real life.


Dangers of Internet Pornography

Even more alarming is that if a child is addicted to pornography on the Internet. Within a week there are more than 4000 porn sites created! Truly alarming figures. This does not just hit the children, because many adults are also addicted to pornography on the Internet as easily and without shame, a person can access and view pornographic images, even through mobile phones.

Initially, perhaps a child does not intend to view pornography and will utilize the Internet for a good purpose. However, this porn site can appear suddenly as a child looking for information for schoolwork or for other purposes. A child who is still naive not to judge good or bad a thing, then a child aged 8-12 years are often targeted.

At this age, the brain before a child is not yet well developed. While the front of the brain is central to assessing, planning and an executive who will tell your body to do something. On the back of the brain is a supporter of the forebrain. Here also produced dopamine, the hormone that produces feelings of comfort, relaxation or a fly on someone.

A child who is addicted will be difficult to stop the habit so that he would do so repeatedly. Children may feel guilty but do not dare to express his feelings to her parents because of fear or a busy father and mother. In the state of anxiety, the brain rotates 2.5 times faster than usual rounds at the normal time. Due to this rotation is too fast, the brain of a child can physically shrunk so that the brain does not develop properly. A state that can damage a child's future. In addition, the obscene images on the porn web sites, usually will stick and difficult to remove in the minds of children within a period of time.


Dangers of Sexual Predators

Internet is also frequently used by actors who are not responsible for deceiving children. There are 750,000 sexual predators every day who use chat rooms (chat room) to get acquainted, then take her to have sex. If not careful, the parties shall not be liable to steal personal identity that can be used to commit a crime.


Feature of Internet Addiction

The characteristics of a child who was addicted to the Internet generally are going to be mad if you limit it to use the Internet. He also tend to be reluctant to communicate with others and are closed or just want to be friends with certain people.


How to Avoid Internet Dangers

Various dangers on the Internet and Internet addiction problems are not insurmountable. By knowing the negative impact of the Internet, as a parent you can protect your baby by doing the following things:

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Parents need to have knowledge about the Internet
Do not consider yourself too old or too stupid to learn the Internet. Other terms, do not be clueless about computers (technology illiterate). A child can only knowingly allow or cause parents not understand technology so that parents think there is no negative impact from the Internet.
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Put the computer in a place that is easily seen
Sometimes parents feel proud to put in their child's room a computer connected the Internet. It is actually going to harm your child because they can freely access the sites that are not good without known parents. Conversely, by placing in the open, for example in the family room, you can monitor any site that opened the child.
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Help for children can make their own decisions
Because you can not supervise your children 24 hours, familiarize your child to make decisions ranging from small things. For example, decide to wear clothing or ask where the opinions and viewpoints of children. So when you're not there now appears a porn site or they can take appropriate action. Embed this is also the fear of God, so even if you do not exist, but he knew that God pay attention and see what it does.
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Limit your use of the Internet
Do not let your children are too engrossed in the virtual world. Specify how long the Internet may be used and any site that might be accessed. Describe also why you do this and help children to understand this decision.
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Maintain good communication with children
Take the time to joke with the child and communicate openly. Good communication and familiarity with the child will allow you to instill moral values. You can explain to your children what are the dangers of Internet usage so that they are not easily fooled.

All parents would love their children and try to give the best. But outside influences, one danger of the Internet could damage child's intelligence and moral values so you need to protect your child from the dangers of the use of the Internet such as pornography and sexual predators.

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