New technologies are an important resource for information and communication, but a bad their use involves considerable risks. The latter is that parents have to learn to use them and help their children to use them safely. The computer, mobile and video games are no means to have entertained children at home, and get peace of mind. If you do not control their use may also serve to waste time, to suspend studies for contact information harmful or dangerous people to safety.
What can parents do about this? First, do not blame technology, which is a good thing, but can be misused. Therefore, solution would not be to ban internet access to sons and daughters. EDUCATION The solution is in use and that means:
- Set limits necessary for the proper use of new technologies.
- Provide criteria for who can play Internet content and form his moral consciousness to learn to distinguish between good and evil.
- Ultimately, to promote positive use of these technologies.
Internet Risks and benefits - Set limits necessary for the proper use of new technologies.
- Provide criteria for who can play Internet content and form his moral consciousness to learn to distinguish between good and evil.
- Ultimately, to promote positive use of these technologies.
Health Risks of Internet use for young people are:
- You can waste time and lower school performance.
- Losing sleep.
- Access to inappropriate content or harmful to their age, pornography or violence.
- Participation in chats or forums can be dangerous.
- impoverishment of language.
- Causing mental chaos unable to assimilate the available information and lack of moral criteria to distinguish good from bad.
The benefits that Internet use are:
- Access to valuable information for the realization of a class project or expand the contents of the materials .- May, to help develop critical thinking, reasoning and search information, hobbies, other forms of communication, etc.
The solution is not to ban Internet access, but to educate its responsible use. No ban, but watch out for. Control the time and content.
Some data on Internet use by young
According to a study by the Foundation for Help Against Drug Addiction:
- 63% of young people between 15 and 25 have a computer and 42% access Internet.
- 43% of adolescents and 17% of children are more than two hours a day in front of a screen.
- Young people use the computer to chat with friends and acquaintances to visit Web pages of music content, and get documentation for studies or work.
- Other studies: 28% of children visiting adult sites, 38% visit pages with violent content, 30% had ever provided your phone number, 15% had concluded an appointment online.
- Some risk practices in the use of new technologies are: Access to pages with pornographic or violent content, use of internet to hang mobile phone recordings or digital cameras with violent or violating the privacy of individuals, reducing social relations and promote the isolation exercise becomes less and have more health problems.
to recognize symptoms Internet abuse
In recent years we are talking about Internet addiction as a mental health problem as other addictions. It is therefore important for parents to have clues to distinguish clearly the use of internet abuse. So when someone is "engaged / aa Internet" can be:
- Losing track of time when you are connected.
- Neglecting the duties of study or work.
- Feeling tense before connecting and relieved to do so.
- Insulate your surroundings and friendships.
- Submit episodes of anxiety and depression. Frequently changing mood.
- Resistance to leave the computer. Feeling guilty for taking the time to the Internet.
Decalogue for the proper use of internet in the family
1. Do not place the computer in the room of your child. Place it in a sharing to facilitate supervision and prevent isolation.2. Establish a schedule for computer use. It is recommended that are intended for entertainment on weekends.
3. Limit the time they are connected, no more than 1 hours chatting or surfing more than 2 hours. Avoid use beyond 22 or 24 hours. Reduce their use during the study period to avoid distractions.
4. During the study period is necessary to prevent the computer is turned on. Do not let the messenger or chat online while studying because it prevents the concentration.
5. Spend time with them / they surf the web, teaching and planning interesting pages using the Internet.
6. Advise them when you encounter content that you feel uncomfortable, violent or make you feel bad about it communicates. This will talk to them / them and helping them form their conscience.
7. If not control the use that your child does turn to Internet monitoring tools, such as blocking access to harmful content or check the history of pages visited by your child.
8. No ban, but watch out for. Controlling time and content.
9. Comprehensive training your child requires a balance between time spent reading, television, mobile, internet, sports, being with friends and study.
10. Reserve quiet time to facilitate communication between family members: lunch and dinner together with no TV, no rush.
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