Posted on 28-12-2007

Blogging Advice For Parents

Filed Under (Blogging Advice) by Randy Bragg

The world has changed for our kids today as the Internet has given them the opportunity to express themselves in the blogging world platform. The days of having three TV stations, and parents telling them to go out and play, because that was the only entertainment they had, is over. They found a way to reach out to the world in many realms in the technological world. For the child who has the interest in expanding his/her horizons in the Blogging forum, here are some safety tips for the parents.

  • Establish rules for online use with your kids and be diligent.
  • Screen what your kids plan to post before they post it. Seemingly innocuous information, such as a school mascot and town photo, could be put together to reveal where the author goes to school.

  • Ask yourself (and instruct your kids to do the same) if you are you comfortable showing any of the content to a stranger. If in doubt, have them take it out.

  • Evaluate the blogging serviceand find out if it offers private, password-protected blogs.

  • Save the Web address of your child’s blog and review it on a regular basis.

  • Check out other blogs to find positive examples for your kids to emulate.

Guiding The Young Blogger Mind

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 Never offer any personal information including your last name, contact information, home address, phone numbers, school’s name, e-mail address, last names of friends or relatives, instant messaging names, age, or birth date.
� Never post provocative pictures of yourself or anyone else, and be sure any images you provide do not reveal any of the previously mentioned information. Always remember to look at the background of a picture too.
� Assume what you publish on the Web is permanent. Anyone on the Internet can easily print out a blog or save it to a computer.
� Use blogging provider sites with clearly stated terms of use, and make sure they can protect the actual blogs, not just the user accounts, with password protection. (Even so, it’s better to assume anyone can see it).
� Avoid trying to “outdo” or compete with other bloggers.
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Keep blogs positive and don’t use them for slander or to attack others.

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Comments

Staci Rose on 26 September, 2007 at 9:51 pm #

This is a great post! I am always worried about this stuff with my nieces and nephews. The Internet is a wonderful and scary place. Thanks for putting this information together! :)


Tamara on 30 December, 2007 at 4:39 pm #

This is wonderful advice. Mine are not quite in to blogging yet but I am sure before you know it they will be and these tips area great way to help them be safe online.


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