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Keeping ‘Tweens’ Safe Online

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    New website helps monitor the Internet for kids

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Well ever -- is a social media platform designed for kids like he's had under thirteen.

And it really came out of the explosion are around that social media and kids.

Want to have access to this phenomenon on and social communication and but there really wasn't a site that was designed specifically for them.

-- -- thirteen Facebook's you have to be thirteen and older and parents quite truthfully are having a really tough time keeping up with the social media craze.

So then how did how is this different how does this keep your kids safe.

Then -- even letting them go on to FaceBook or something like that.

So things -- -- never designed for kids under thirteen and what ever -- has -- and from the very beginning inception.

Is keep our kids.

Front and center in terms their safety in terms.

They're -- for knowledge and experimentation.

On line about what we've done is.

We put a protective loop around mountain and this is really at the core foundation of what ever lupus is -- for.

Not only do we have a -- -- because every parent wants to stay connected to their child but.

With digital kids it's very difficult to stay connected so we provide it.

A pro active verses reactive friend for parents and ever Leo and for kids.

It's a place where they can can act and come together but.

And you've got some tips for keeping kids safe online or a run through a few of these.

-- setting rules first of all what do you mean by that.

Well I think if you if you look at it kids' behavior online right now.

They're spending one and a half to two hours daily and that is a tremendous amount of time for kids to get themselves in trouble.

And so if you don't have rules in your own family about what they can and can't deal and if you're not looking.

At them and saying yes you can go on this site but she can't go on math site they can be really getting themselves in trouble.

And it's so and you also talk -- signing a contract.

What does that contract supposed to say and who's it between.

Well for instance I'm a mom of three cats and each one of -- my son has very different.

Needs that he expresses online and then my two daughters and so what I've done is I've.

A loud my son to have a certain amount of time online.

And what's important is.

If you sat in the perimeter is at an early age.

If you put this contract in place prior to -- turning thirteen in wanting to go off to FaceBook.

And then the rules are your roles it's not what they are dictating -- family in your household so start early get back contract in place when they're young.

And you teach them that computer time is a privilege is well you say.

-- and I think that with today and what happens is that kids just -- they can go on the computer and they can go on to do whatever they want.

And because parents are struggling.

With trying to really keep.

A sense of what should they be doing online and since -- really aren't any rule books associated with what you should and shouldn't jail.

A lot of kids are saying.

I'm allowed to do this I've got homework I've got this but it's what they're doing after they do the homework.

That the kinds the issue and that's -- say this is a privilege you have to -- the right to be online.

And another very important point it seems to me is this limiting computer used to the communal parts -- -- -- not easy to do.

When everybody's got a laptop and they can just run off to their bedroom or whatever but you say that's very important keep it in a communal pot.

Presumably so they can keep an eye on what that what sites they're -- Well I make us back to you if you don't start early it's very difficult to -- rules.

Into your home so if you're allowing your children already.

-- they're communication devices and it really standard it stems from not just your Internet device not just your PC or Mac but all sell it yourself found.

And if you're not asking your children to see what they're -- online.

How can you expect when they get older for them to share that we care.

Sell -- -- a positive to get that computer to get the cell phones out in open space you can see exactly what they're doing.

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