REMINDER FOR PARENTS ABOUT THE INFORMATION SECURITY OF CHILDREN
The definition of the term "information security of children" is contained in the Federal law N 436-FZ "on protection of children from information harmful to their health and development", which regulates relations related to the protection of children from information harmful to their health and (or) development. According to this law, "information security of children" is a state of security, in which there is no risk associated with causing information harm to their health and (or) physical, mental, spiritual, moral development.
By virtue of the Federal law N 436-FZ information harmful to the health and (or) development of children is:
1. information prohibited for distribution to children;
2. information that is limited to children of certain age groups.
3. Information prohibited for distribution to children includes:
4. information that encourages children to commit acts that pose a threat to their life and (or) health, including harm to their health, suicide;
5. the ability to make children willing to use drugs, psychotropic and (or) intoxicating substances, tobacco products, alcohol and alcohol-containing products, beer and drinks produced on its basis; to take part in gambling, prostitution, vagrancy or begging;
6. justifying or justifying the permissibility of violence and (or) cruelty or inducing violent actions against people and animals;
7. denying family values and forming disrespect to parents and (or) other family members;
8. justifying wrongful conduct;
9. containing foul language;
10. contains information of a pornographic nature.
Information that is restricted to children of a certain age includes:
1. information provided in the form of images or descriptions of cruelty, physical and (or) mental violence, crime or other antisocial activity;
2. causing fear, horror or panic in children, including represented as an image or description in a degrading form of non-violent death, disease, suicide, accident, accident or catastrophe and (or) their consequences;
3. represented as an image or description of sexual relations between a man and a woman;
4. containing abusive words and expressions not related to obscene language.
With this in mind, you are offered the rules of the Internet for different age categories, compliance with which will ensure the information security of your children.
General rules for parents
1. Regardless of the age of the child use software that helps to filter and control the information, but do not rely completely on it. Your attention to the child is the main method of protection.
2. If your child has an account on one of the social services (LiveJournal, blogs.mail.ru, vkontakte.ru and so on), carefully study what information its participants put in their profiles and blogs, including photos and videos.
3. Check which other sites your child's social service is associated with. Your child's pages may be safe, but may also contain links to unwanted and dangerous sites (such as a porn site, or a site where a friend mentions Your child's cell phone number or your home address)
4. Encourage your children to report anything weird or repulsive and don't overreact when they do (for fear of losing Internet access, kids don't tell parents about problems and may also start using the Internet outside of home and school).
5. Be aware of your child's online life. Be interested in who their friends are on the Internet as well as being interested in real friends.
Age from 7 to 8 years
On the Internet, the child tries to visit certain sites, and possibly chats, permission to visit which he would not have received from his parents. Therefore, parents will be particularly useful those reports that are provided by programs to limit the use of the Internet, i.e. Parental control or what you can see in temporary files. As a result, the child will not feel that he is constantly monitored, however, parents will still know what sites their child visits. Children at this age have a strong sense of family, they are trusting and do not doubt the authorities. They love to play online games and surf the Internet using email, go to sites and chats not recommended by parents.
Internet safety tips for children 7-8 years
1. Create a list of home rules of Internet access with the participation of children and require its implementation.
2. Require your child to comply with the temporary rules of being at the computer. Show your child that you are watching him not because You want it, but because you are worried about his safety and are always ready to help him.
3. A computer with an Internet connection must be in a common room under the supervision of parents.
4. Use special children's search engines.
5. Use the tools to block unwanted content as a Supplement to the standard Parental controls.
6. Create a family email box to prevent children from having their own addresses.
7. Block access to sites with free mailboxes using the appropriate software.
8. Encourage children to consult with you before publishing any information by means of e-mail, chats, registration forms and profiles.
9. Teach children not to download files, programs or music without your consent.
10. Do not allow children to use instant messaging services.
11. In the "white" list of sites allowed to visit, make only sites with a good reputation.
12. Don't forget to talk to your children about their friends on the Internet, as if it were about friends in real life.
13. Don't make a" taboo "out of sex issues, as online children can easily stumble across pornography or adult sites.
14. Encourage your child to report any threats or concerns related to the Internet. Stay calm and remind the children that they are safe if they have told you their own concerns. Praise them and advise them to come again in such cases.
Age of children from 9 to 12 years
At this age, children tend to have heard about what information exists on the Internet. It is normal that they want to see, read, hear it. It should be remembered that access to undesirable materials can be easily blocked by means of Parental controls.
Safety tips for children from 9 to 12 years
1. Create a list of home rules of Internet access with the participation of children and require its implementation.
2. Require your child to comply with the rules of being at the computer.
3. Watch your child while working on the computer, show him that you are worried about his safety and are always ready to help him.
4. A computer with Internet connection must be in a common room under the supervision of parents.
5. Use the tools to block unwanted content as a Supplement to the standard Parental controls.
6. Do not forget to take a direct part in the life of the child, talk with children about their friends on the Internet.
7. Insist that children never agree to face-to-face meetings with friends over the Internet.
8. Allow children to access only the sites from the white list that you create with them.
9. Encourage children to never give out personal information by means of e-mail, chat, instant messaging, registration forms, personal profiles and when registering for online contests.
10. Instruct children not to download software without your permission. Explain to them that they may accidentally download viruses or other unwanted software.
11. Create a limited account for your child to work on the computer.
12. Encourage your child to report any threats or concerns related to the Internet. Remind the children that they are safe if they have told you their own concerns and concerns.
13. Tell your children about pornography on the Internet.
14. Insist that children give you access to their email so that you make sure that they do not communicate with strangers.
15. Explain to children that you cannot use the network to bully, spread gossip, or threaten.
Age of children from 13 to 17 years
At this age, teenagers are actively using search engines, use e-mail, instant messaging services, download music and movies. Boys at this age are more like to sweep away all the restrictions, they crave rough humor, gambling, pictures "for adults". Girls prefer to chat, and they are much more sensitive to sexual harassment on the Internet.
Often at this age, parents are already very difficult to control their children, as they already know much more about the Internet than their parents. However, do not let children "swim freely" over the Internet. Try to actively participate in the child's communication on the Internet.
It is important to continue to strictly observe the rules of Internet security-an agreement between parents and children. In addition, you should view reports on children's online activities as often as possible. You should pay attention to the need to keep the parent passwords (administrator passwords) in strict confidence and pay attention to the severity of these passwords.
Safety tips at this age from 13 to 17 years
