What are the risks that your children expose you to?

Unsupervised Internet surfing has negative consequences for child individuality, as well in legal and financial perspective.

The Internet is a huge mass of information interconnected, and we must ensure that you always know what your children are doing and what information exist into your home computer.

Major risks:

1. To download programs, music and copyright protected information.

2. To download viruses that may affect the information and system.

3. To make available personal, family and financial information to strangers.

4.   To acces pornography

Risks to which you are bound as a parent - possession of an unlicensed copyright protected material on your computer can have serious legal consequences .

What can you do?

1. The first step is to access the computer by knowing the password. Also you must have computer knowledge. Discuss with your child about it, ask him to inform you about the computer use.

2. Track programs installed on your computer - the operating system and any other installed programs.

3. Ask what the requirements for homework for school are and what programs are needed to create a legal environment for children. Many useful programs are free. Search the Internet.

4. Check the music files and movies. Most of them could be illegally downloaded on your computer, except for specific cases where you know you have been bought. Talk to your children about the information they've found. Explain the risks to which they could submit you through this behavior. Make sure that the copyright protected material will be removed from the computer.

5. Buy software, music and documents that you and your children need. Watch the opportunities to reduce costs through alternative or free programs, provided as legal resouces. See also how to listen to music legally.

REMEMBER: you are responsible for the information and programs that exist on your computer, but also responsible for educating your children in a civic and legal spirit. Give an example.