1. Be mindful what you share
- Does the website ask for specific information such as your name, school, etc. Don’t give away information that someone can trace back to your home/school/et and track your down.
- It’s important that our kids know to turn off location services and set privacy settings on social media platforms.
- Get your kids in the habit of logging out when in school/library so the next user can’t access their information
5. Think about who you friend/ follow (and don’t feel like you need to reciprocate a friend/
follow)
- Encourage your kids to only follow people they personally know (and to not follow or friend someone just because so-and-so knows them). As a parent of a beginning social media user (Elementary age) you should know everyone in their contacts list and everyone they follow/ friend.
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7. Keep tabs on your digital footprint
- Google yourself, think about what photos are posted of you, think about the comments you are leaving. All these marks create a “digital persona” of you online.
- Hackers and scammers are very creative and will try to get you to open and click on links that download virus’ to your device (or access data/ information). Be wary of any message from someone your don’t know. Grammar mistakes, odd wording and seems to good to be true messages should always raise a red flag.
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