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What we learned this week #57

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So how about that internet eh? Great as it can be – it’s full of informative, witty and helpful information (and blogs) (specific blogs) (hint hint) – it can be a bit of a no man’s land where your kids are concerned. That’s what we’ve been talking about this week!

Keep an eye on your kid’s Instagram!

This is what a 12-year-old’s #Instagram wall looks like.  Images via Buzzfeed.

This is what a 12-year-old’s #Instagram wall looks like. Images via Buzzfeed.

As Curtis Silver told us, there’s more to Instagram than meets the eye:

‘The Facebook-owned service is thought of by parents as an innocuous photo sharing service, but as shown in this Buzzfeed article, teens are using Instagram to publicly text message, bully and sexualize each other. The benefit is that not only are parents not aware of the behavior, but teens are generally able to remain anonymous as Instagram has no requirement for true identities.’

But what to do? As Phill Allen pointed out, it’s not just an Instagram issue:

‘Generally speaking children’s internet access should be monitored by the parent. It’s not about prying but ensuring they are safe online. Plenty of automated ways to do that but building in trust is essential. When I was young teachers and parents would drill home the importance of road safety or saying no to strangers. Same thing needs to happen with the internet – lots of benefits as long as you are aware of the risks.’

There aren’t social networks for kids!

Well, apart from Skooville. Igor was looking for a social network for an 8-year-old, but Cal Silver gives us a reality check:

‘Forget children: making social networking safe for teenagers can be a challenge in itself. To put it truthfully where there is the possibility to exploit people (be they children, teenagers or adults) there will be people with malicious intents (some want credit card details; some want more).

‘Although some sites take it unto themselves to make the user experience as safe as possible you must always be vigilant. You cannot just trust a social network to be safe and leave your child to use the service without monitoring and intervention where necessary.’



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