Parenting

=Parenting Tips=

//This page is all about sharing ideas and tips to improve digital safety in and around the home. It is also a great place to record questions and answers. Please feel free to add to this page by joining this wiki. Rob, rob.clarke[at]fendalton.school.nz//

//Passwords to Online Tools//
There is no reason whatsoever, in Rob's view, why parents should not have total access to their child's life online while they are minors. This includes passwords to FirstClass, Blogger, Gmail, Picasa, Instant Messenger and any other online tools your child may use.

Of course, this has to be a family choice, based on trust and understanding of your child(ren).

//Mobile Phones//

 * Learn how to operate the bluetooth facility of your phone and your child's. This feature can easily be used for bluejacking. (Rob)
 * Get all mobiles in the house put in one place when everyone is at home (e.g. hallway table, etc.). That way they can be monitored, they are in a public place and the message is given about family time! (Leanne)

//Internet Searching//
Internet searching is possibly one of the most problematic areas because it is easy for a word to be misinterpreted by a computer. Plus it is easy for a curious mind to type a word in that may have consequences! Set up [|Google Strict Filtering] to avoid this.

//Internet Filtering//
Q: How do you turn safesearch filtering at home? How do you make it come up all the time? A: