Post by lantonamory on May 10, 2013 19:34:18 GMT 1
Do
Do
explain to your children how the online environment differs from home or the school
playground. Online your children will meet total strangers – some who may not be
who they say they are. Often the chat will be uncensored, so they should be cautious
about what they say and be careful not to give out private details such as their name,
address, email address, passwords, telephone numbers or the name of their school.
Do
know what games your children are playing online. There are several different
game genres today – including sports games, strategy games, role-playing games
and first-person shooters.
Do
get involved with what your children are playing online. Ask them to show you any
new games they want to play and, better still, join in yourself.
Do
take advantage of any available Parental Control settings available. These are wide-
ranging controls on consoles and PCs that can allow you to limit gameplay options.
You can decide which games are played by age rating and PEGI descriptors or whether
online interaction is permitted at all. For more details, please see our accompanying
free-to-download .pdf, The Good Gaming Guide, at www.askaboutgames.com.
Do
be aware of your children’s online contacts. Make a point of asking who they are
chatting to online, how they know them and so on.
Do
ensure that you know how to report inappropriate behaviour or content to
moderators or customer support teams on the game websites that your children use.
Don’t
Don’t
take your children’s safety for granted when they are playing online. Apply the same
precautions that you would if they were playing outside the home and interacting with others.
Don’t
allow your children to meet up with ‘friends’ they have met while playing online
– remember not everyone is who they say they are online.
Don’t
downplay the seriousness of Cyber Bullying. If your children are being harassed
by a classmate or any other player online, follow a game’s grief-reporting procedures
and log a complaint as well as turning on appropriate user-blocking controls.
Don’t
be ‘blinded by science’. If you don’t understand how online gameplay works or
what it involves, ask your children to show you.
Don’t
assume that all online games are suitable for children. Some are suitable only for
adult players – and may contain adult themes, imagery and language – so check the age
rating of what they want to play. Only games rated PEGI 3 are suitable for players of any age.
Don’t
let your children download anything without your express permission.
Sometimes cheat programmes are offered that claim to help players get more from
a game – but these could be malicious and carry Trojans and viruses or damage
your computer some other way.
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