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Absolutely Everything You Need To Know About Keeping Your Child Safe On Facebook

January 14, 2011 By

  • Don’t believe everything you read on Facebook, even if your own child/teen wrote it.  Take a deep breath and remember what it was like to be the same as your child/teen is now.  Most of us have slightly embellished things that have or are about to occur.  You will know when this gets out of hand, and if it does act accordingly.
  • Be sure to keep an eye on what is being posted about your child/teen.  To some children/teens the thought of having their parent (s) on their Facebook friend’s list is mortifying.  A good way to do this is by making an account under a different name so you’re not easily recognizable to your child/teen’s friends.  Warning: Doing this is against Facebook TOS, but you decide for you what’s more important; being able to check up on what’s being posted about your child/teen or breaking Facebook’s TOS.  Remember, even though you are taking measures to keep your child/teen safe, that all of his/her friends may not be.
  • Never allow your child to announce on his/her wall where he/she plans to go or he/she plans to go with.  Cyber Stalkers are a definite concern, they ARE real and be cautious.  Posting where your child plans to be will give this cyber stalker the chance to escalate from the cyber realm to the real life realm and this could become very scary and dangerous.
  • If a friend of your child/teen posts a status message regarding any sort of a meet up, verify this information.  You are well within your rights as a parent to call your child/teen’s friend’s parent(s) to verify that this meet-up is taking place and any other information located therein.
  • Remember that if your child/teen is okay with others seeing what he/she posts, it is okay for you to read it as well.  You ARE the parent (s) and if certain information is presented for the world to see it is NOT an invasion of his/her privacy.  There is a substantial difference between reading a private diary, and reading what is on a non-private social networking page.
  • Never allow your child/teen to bully, harass, spread rumors, challenge fights, or threaten in any way that could possibly incite violence.  Remember that Facebook is a place to interact with be friends and to be social, not to create havoc and be anti social.

    • Always remember, that you are the parent (s) and any rules set forth by you are to be followed.  No matter how much groaning your child/teen does or tries to explain that his/her life will be over if you don’t allow them to be on Facebook, rest assured it won’t.  Simply remind them that at their age, there was no Facebook and somehow you survived.  You may try explaining that a little fresh air has never hurt anyone and suggest if they can’t follow your rules for Facebook use, there is a library nearby and they can travel there to check out a book.

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