Smart Phones Let You Keep A Check On Your Children

Jun.05, 2011 in Internet

Child kidnapping! Can there be a bigger crime? Yet it is predominant throughout the world and no-one is talking about it. We see and hear news items almost daily in every country and even the journalists talk about each incident as though it was isolated. Police catch ciminals after the fact and crime syndicates are tough to break. Politicians have many issues to deal. That leaves the immediate issue of prevention in the hands of family and households. If charity begins at home, so does family protection and crime prevention. Household heads needs to to think through all the issues involved in protecting each family member. As a parent, do you know what your child is

Family protection is a community responsibility. Having a large degree of privacy is essential, but this should never get in the way of ignoring warning signs In the old days, physical protection was enough. These days our walls are breached by every electronic signalling device. Technology is very useful of course but enormously dangerous. It also provides mechanisms for protection and emergency use.

The internet is a monumental tool in the hands of irresponsible folks, bullies, individual bad guys and crime syndicates. We should stay a step ahead at all times. Applications have moved from desktops to smart mobiles and so has your child’s communication choices. Responsible parents stay aware of what their children are doing on the internet at home or what they are watching on TV, but without similar controls smart phones are wide open to abuse. We need to warn that this is fertile ground for people with ill intent. The internet is a hunting ground for people who want to target naive children, for things fairly common like targeting their spending money, but also for soliciting drug use or luring children into . This all changed with the many sources and vehicles of social networking. It is dead easy for anyone to extend an invitation of ‘friendship’ on facebook, myspace or twitter.

Make sure that you have a strategy for all round proctection on all electroic communication media and that you use whatever tools are available to limit and or monitor your child’s use. You can also use technology to follow their movments and have full knowledge of their whereabouts. Use cell phone tracking software on mobile phones and know how to track a cell phone on your PC equipment. Can we ever do enough to ensure the safety of every member in the family? These tools are essential to respond rapidly in emergencies in the electronic age.