Kindy Ecobaby
  • Home
    • Mummy's Mini Starter Pack
    • 3 X Bamboo Modern Cloth Nappy Liners - 300 sheets
    • 3 X Bamboo Modern Cloth Nappy Liners - 300 sheets 18cm
    • 6 X Bamboo Modern Cloth Nappy Liners - 600 sheets
    • 6 X Bamboo Modern Cloth Nappy Liners 600 sheets 18cm
    • Bamboo Breast Pads
    • Bamboo Wet Wipes
    • Bamboo Wet Wipes 6pack
    • Nappy Inserts Charcoal Bamboo Pack of 5, 10 & 20
    • Nappy Inserts Slim Cream Bamboo Pack of 5, 10 & 20
    • Eco Nappies: Disposable
    • Pack of Four Babyland Unisex Cloth Nappies!!
    • Minky Modern Cloth Nappy - Bamboo lined velcro!!
    • Very Cool Wet Bag/Library Bag Great Designs!!
    • Kindy Sheet Bags in Eight Great Designs: Waterproof Too!!
    • Baby Shower Gift Pack!
    • Eco Baby Shop Testimonials
    • E-BayShop
    • Invite a Friend and Get $20 Off!
    • Become a Stockist
  • Baby News
  • Blog
    • Royal Baby George
    • Serious News
  • Contact
  • Directory
    • Online Shops
    • Brisbane Directory >
      • Acupuncture, Massage + Holistic Therapists
      • Babysitters+In-Home Childcare
      • Baby and Kids Toy Stores
      • Chemists
      • Children's Classes
      • Creative Programmes
      • Dentists
      • Dentists + Doctors
      • Equipment/Toy Hire
      • Just For You
      • Kids Entertainers
      • Kindergartens >
        • Auchenflower
        • Ashgrove
        • Brookfield
        • Bardon
        • Chapel Hill
        • Chelmer
        • Fig Tree Pocket
        • Graceville
        • Highgate Hill
        • Indooroopilly
        • Rosalie
        • Oxley
        • Paddington
        • St Lucia
        • Toowong
        • Victoria Point
        • West End
      • Maternity Clothes
      • Medical Specialists
      • Museums, Amusement Parks + Other Attractions
      • PartyPlanning+Supplies
      • Photographers
      • Pharmacies
      • Sports + Outdoors
      • Tutoring + Education Services
    • Sydney Directory >
      • Babysitters+In-Home Childcare
      • Baby + Kids Clothes and Accessories
      • PartyPlanners+Supplies
      • Pharmacies
      • Sports + Outdoors
      • Photographers
      • Tutoring + Education Services
    • Perth Directory >
      • Kids Entertainers
    • Playgroups >
      • Brisbane Groups
  • Mums&Dads
    • Forum
    • Child Care >
      • ConversationStarters
      • Kids Health
      • Kids Gym
      • Babysitting
    • Advice for Parents >
      • Learn >
        • Fit Brains!
        • Creativity
      • ReadyforKindy
      • Swimming Tips >
        • Sue's Swimming Tips >
          • Goggles or Not?
          • Swimming on the Edge
      • Growing Feet
    • Recipes >
      • Sweet Treats for Kids >
        • Rasberry Brownies
        • Cupid's Cupcakes
        • Cutie Cupcake
  • Grandparents
  • Kids
    • Free Fun
    • Games >
      • FishSmartyFun
    • Fashion
    • Art >
      • ArtBlog
    • Pets
  • Features
    • SuperMum
    • Losing Stuff
    • Tykes on Bikes
    • Free Swimming
    • Baby Understands Me!
    • Tame Kids’ Clutter
    • Babies make friends
    • Kids on a Plane
    • Parties
  • Games
  • Pack of Four Unisex Cloth Nappies!!

Who's Protecting YourTwitter Baby?

4/8/2012

5 Comments

 
Everything your child publicly posts online is being recorded and archived. And that information could wreak havoc on your child’s future.
In the past, decisions to hire an employee were based on the information listed on their resume, a few phone calls, and an in-person interview. That’s about it.
Today, I don’t know a single HR department that doesn’t conduct a thorough Google and/or Facebook search on every job applicant — before they even read the entire resume.

Picture
Guideline suggestions

What sort of social media guidelines do you need to create in order to protect your children and ensure their successful future? Here are some suggestions to get you started. Decide what social media networks your children can use. Networks come and go so you’ll need to make periodic adjustments to what’s on the “approved” list. As a starting point, the current top social networks you can start looking at are; Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Foursquare, What topics can they talk about? Or to simplify, what topics can’t they talk about?

  • Which social networks can they post to?
  • What type of photos and video can they post online?
  • Will your guidelines discourage them from using profanity?
  • Can they post their email address online (I’d personally recommend against this)?
  • What about your home address, and phone number?
  • What about posting family details (names, photos, birthdate’s, announcing when and where they’re going on vacation, etc.)
  • Announcing vacation details (when, where and how long)?
  • Who else are they unknowingly revealing information about?

Aside from the information they personally post online, think about establishing guidelines for the types of situations your children should avoid. Situations where other people (friends, bystanders, and even boyfriends and girlfriends) can easily take photos, audio, and video of your children and post it on a social network. Even if your children aren’t the subject of the photo, their mere presence could still be damaging.

Monitoring is your friend Once you’ve decided on some ground rules, it’s time to think about how you’re going to monitor their social media travels.

Are you going to Friend them on Facebook? Follow them on Twitter? Set up Google alerts or perhaps use a social media monitoring tool?

You have a lot of options and tools available to you — and you should consider using them. Because your children will be online. They will be connecting with friends and posting more information in the future than we can even imagine.

And as much as the Internet can provide a wealth of knowledge, interaction and entertainment. It can also be the equivalent of digital quicksand that consumes everything that falls into it — including your child’s online reputation.

Have you considered creating social media guidelines for your children? What suggestions do you have?

Picture
More Stories
Picture
How much information are we sharing?
  • By 2011, 20.2 million children under 11 will go online at least once per month — rising to 24.9 million kids by 2014. source
  • 66% of US children and teens ages 8 to 18 had a mobile phone. (2009)
  • Kids under 18 send and receive roughly 2,800 texts per month source
  • 35 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube every minute source
  • 95 million updates posted to Twitter every hour. source
  • 2.5 billion photos uploaded each month to Facebook source
  • According to two Pew Internet Research survey’s of 700 and 935 teens, 38% of respondents ages 12 to 14 said they had an online profile of some sort.
  • 61% percent of those in the study, ages 12 to 17, said they use social-networking sites to send messages to friends, and 42% said they do so every day.
Picture
Picture
Additional Reading:
  • Social Screening: How Companies Are Using Social Media To Hire and Fire Employees
  • Young Children Consuming More Digital Medias
  • [Infographic] How Social Media is Reshaping College Admissions
  • Internet Safety and Security Tips for Parents
  • 80% of Children Under Age 5 Use the Internet [STATS]
  • 9 in 10 Teens Have Witnessed Bullying on Social Networks
  • [REPORT] Always Connected: The new digital media habits of young children
  • When Should We Introduce Social Media to Kids?
  • A Pocket Guide to Social Media and Kids
  • Social networks and kids: How young is too young?
  • Too Young to Text?
  • Corporate Social Media Policies: The Good, the Mediocre, and the Ugly
  • Parents need to stay aware of kids’ use of social media, warn about predators
  • Connecting with Kids Online: The playground goes virtual
  • Seven Ways to Keep Your Kids Safe Online
5 Comments
Stokke link
5/21/2012 05:55:49 pm

Blog is absolutely fantastic! All great information can be helpful in some or the other way. Keep updating the blog,looking forward for more content.

Reply
Karen - Ed
5/21/2012 06:24:07 pm

Thanks Stokke!

Reply
more here link
5/9/2013 06:05:56 pm

I appreciate your effort here to make the people aware and informed about the news and happenings in the society. This is one great site that has the detail information about the updates and it will make every parent aware about their child. Keep posting more.

Reply
automated social media posting link
2/24/2014 04:10:35 pm

I have a solution for this. Do'nt waste time to sit a long time on internet to publish post on all social media networks. vkonnect tool has a scheduling system. Just schedule post and vkonnect automatically published your post.

Reply
Buy dissertation online link
5/6/2016 03:08:40 am

Make them understand about what's actually happening in social media. This is what the duty of a true parent. You can use good articles available in buy dissertation online and you can see shocking information about social media and ts negative impact in their articles. Please pass these information to your child.

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    March 2017
    March 2014
    December 2013
    October 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012

    Author

    _ KindyNews is a fun and interesting news publication for parents of kids aged seven and under. It is also the place to go for all your eco friendly baby product needs!

    Categories

    All
    Breaking News
    Childcare
    Child Health
    Children
    Christie
    Christies Columns
    Education
    Health
    How To
    Issues
    Jumping Castles
    Kids
    Kj
    Mums
    Opinion Content
    Parenting
    Parenting Advice
    Parents
    Parties
    Pets
    Pinky
    Pinky's Columns
    Play
    Serious News
    Social Media
    Sue's Columns
    Technology

    RSS Feed

    View my profile on LinkedIn
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.