Teaching Kids Good Internet Security Habits

Password management provider, Dashlane, had a great blog entry on how we can teach our kids good online safety habits. You can read the article in its entirety at the following link - Dashlane Blog Entry. The Dashlane article also includes a very interesting educational video of parents speaking with their children about online safety. Some of the highlights of this article are as follows: 

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  • Instill Confidence

    • Don’t let your kids fear the Internet, just educate them so that they can confidently navigate it.

  • Preach Healthy Skepticism

    • Nowadays, it is hard to discern between what is good or true news/information and what is a scam or an advertisement. Teach them to question what they see.

  • Practice What You Preach

    • Practice good online hygiene yourself, so that you can lead by example.

  • Teach Kids about the Permanence of Online Information

    • “if you can’t share it with your parents, it’s probably not something you want to put online. “ Let them know that you can’t put the genie back in the bottle, so they should be very careful as to what they share online.

BlogJack CohlmiaInternet, Internet Security