Explain the risks and the possible consequences for children and young people of being online and of using a mobile phone.
A survey by Symantec Corperation in 2009 found that children in the UK aged 8–17 spend on average 44 hours per month online however their parents thought it was only 19 hours per month. Children and young people are open to a number of risks while online and using a mobile phone, they are vulnerable and may be lured into giving out their personal information like their name, age, address or telephone number. Cyber bulling is a big issue in this day and age and many children are being cyber bullied everyday. Cyberbullying includes sending unpleasant texts, emails or instant messages. A child or young person may be receiving …show more content…
Children should have more lessons in school exposing them to the dangers of the Internet. They should be taught not to download images from someone they don't know as they could be explicit. They should be encouraged to choose a screen name that could be used by either gender, this will make it harder for them to be targeted. They should be taught not to open emails from people they don't know as they could contain viruses. They should be taught to stop any email communication or instant messaging conversations if someone is being too personal or asking them sexually suggestive questions. Children and young people should only visit chat rooms that are well-monitored and should never talk to someone privately that they meet through these chat rooms. They should be careful not to be-friend strangers as people are not always who they say they and may be giving out false information such as age, name, gender. Children and young people also should not give out this information as they could find themselves vulnerable to identity theft. Giving out the name of your school could also be very dangerous as it is a public place and it would make it easy for someone to find you. A good way to reduce risk is to use parental control on computers this will limit access to certain
A survey by Symantec Corperation in 2009 found that children in the UK aged 8–17 spend on average 44 hours per month online however their parents thought it was only 19 hours per month. Children and young people are open to a number of risks while online and using a mobile phone, they are vulnerable and may be lured into giving out their personal information like their name, age, address or telephone number. Cyber bulling is a big issue in this day and age and many children are being cyber bullied everyday. Cyberbullying includes sending unpleasant texts, emails or instant messages. A child or young person may be receiving …show more content…
Children should have more lessons in school exposing them to the dangers of the Internet. They should be taught not to download images from someone they don't know as they could be explicit. They should be encouraged to choose a screen name that could be used by either gender, this will make it harder for them to be targeted. They should be taught not to open emails from people they don't know as they could contain viruses. They should be taught to stop any email communication or instant messaging conversations if someone is being too personal or asking them sexually suggestive questions. Children and young people should only visit chat rooms that are well-monitored and should never talk to someone privately that they meet through these chat rooms. They should be careful not to be-friend strangers as people are not always who they say they and may be giving out false information such as age, name, gender. Children and young people also should not give out this information as they could find themselves vulnerable to identity theft. Giving out the name of your school could also be very dangerous as it is a public place and it would make it easy for someone to find you. A good way to reduce risk is to use parental control on computers this will limit access to certain