What age should parents allow their children to surf the internet?
the internet has become so dangerous, with child predators, and what not. im 20 and when i would get on the interent frequently back in the day, my mother thought i was looking a porn. but now the tables have turned and parents are concerned if their children are talking to complete strangers, not so much as porn.
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My daughter is 3 and we go online together to Disney and Noggin and other child/toddler friendly websites, I would monitor her use of the computer right up until she moves out of the house as far as I’m concerned. We are going to keep one computer and it will stay in the family room so there will be no secrets.
i let my 10 year old daughter use my computer without supervision but i check up on her every few minutes and my 13 year old son has his own laptop and he can be on it without any supervision. but my son most of the time is only on youtube.com, myspace(with only having celebs(that were linked on that celebs site) and people he personaly know as his friends), fanfics.com, messenger(only people that he knows on his list), crunchyroll.com(video sharing site with japanese videos), and his e-mail. those are usualy the only sites he goes on.
I think between the ages of 11-14 but keep them closely monitored.
I think they should be maybe 11-14 and they should be monitered by a parent to make sure they dont to anything that could get them into trouble
my boys are 2 and 5 and talk to their dad via webcame online since he lives in on the other side of the country but they know they aren’t allowed to be on my computer doing anything when there isn’t an adult around. My mom allowed me access to the internet at 16 without supervision but she would still question me about what i was doing but she knew she could trust me. With kids that aren’t as trustworthy you have to be careful. I say with the fact that so many things they need for school are online and technology education is important so they need to get online at a younger age so I would say supervised until about 15 years old then after that point they can get online without an adult around provided there is no proof they are doing anything they shouldn’t. First time of doing something they shouldn’t and no more use unless supervised. They have all the programs now that will monitor what is done on the computer so parents can find out which is great.
I think it depends thats some parents does allow to their children about their age to using the internet and they want to make sure if this is an important to using it like for the school projects etc.
well, it depends on how mature they are, if they are between the ages of 10 and 12 and are mature and know how to use the computer well enough than I think its fine. My mature 11 year old daughter has her own laptop in her room that i let her use except at night. My nine year old son isnt really interested in it he isnt really the computer type. So it really all depends.
With the wonderful keyloggers and such available these days, kids 11 and up should be fine on the internet as long as their free time online is limited and extended use is only for homework purposes. If you actually monitor what your kids do online, you will be fine.
When I was a teen, online services only had like 20 hours a month for the whole family, so that helped a lot in limiting online time. Now it is scary how obsessed some people are getting with the internet.
I will let my daughter use the computer with me as soon as she is old enough to operate the mouse, but we will only surf the net together until she is at least 10. I will get her her own computer and spend days making sure the parental controls are up to my expectations. You just never know if your child will be the one who meets some old man online and runs away.
I think any age where the parents knows what they are searching for and supervises is okay.
Your right the internet is a dangerous place to be. It’s not so much the age as it is the supervision. You should have the computer in a common area (no bedroom) and you should be checking often. Also make the child aware of what may come across the screen while she’s surfing and what to do when it does (pop ups). Don’t be afraid to read emails, look over their shoulder, check internet history and put spy ware on the computer to monitor where he/she is going. They should steer clear of chat rooms and should never put personal information on the computer. Kids are naive they should know that it doesn’t take much for someone to find out where you live. Fear of predators is valid PLEASE take all precautions and teach beforehand what’s acceptable and what’s not.
I got internet access at the age of 10….and im 14 now….but that is because we couldn’t pay for internet till then. But my cousins have had the internet since they were about 6 and i went on with them. Of course there were parental controls and such but we still weren’t supervised… It all depends on your kid…because…if you talk to your children and they know not to talk to anyone they dont know or if they know to tell you if someone they do not know is harrasing them…then access could be given earlier….also…if your child seems to get talked into things easily then try waiting a little longer to let them have the internet without supervision. I’d say around…10 give them the internet with the parental blocks and check in on them from time to time…but as the child gets older take them off because they block certain serch engines which your child could need for homework.
hope i helped a little