34% state their child has seen or listened to something that seemed suspicious to them, be that videos (68%), music (43%) or photos (25%)
LAGOS, Nigeria, June 2, 2020/ -- The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has forced
families to spend their free time mostly at home. Staying at home
usually also means spending much time using different Internet connected devices. For clear reasons, children’s growing online activity can
cause lots of worries to their parents.
Thus, according to a Kaspersky (www.Kaspersky.co.za) survey¹, 25% of Nigerian parents claim that they have come across
something in their child’s social media account that seemed suspicious.
Elaborating on what it exactly was, they mention groups or public pages
they join (56%), posts that they publish or share (50%), people they
interact with (31%), video on their page (31%) and private messages
(19%).
What is more, 34% state their child has seen or listened
to something that seemed suspicious to them, be that videos (68%), music (43%) or photos (25%). Obviously, this data shows the need to explore
the interests of children, to make sure everything is okay or if it is
necessary to take action. However, not all the parents realise it – only 19% of them befriend their children via social networks in order to be
connected with their kids – sometimes real communication is not enough
and the parents have to look carefully at their children’s webpages.
“It gets harder and harder for parents to keep up with the pace of the
modern evolving world. They are often left out of the picture as they
simply do not catch up with trends that emerge way too fast. However, it is possible to stop this backlog by communicating with your child and
ensuring your presence on the Internet – to build trust and a good
relationship with your child you have to know what you are talking about with them,” states Maher Yamout, Senior Security Researcher at
Kaspersky.
In order to eliminate groundless suspicions about your child’s digital life and to secure their presence on social media,
Kaspersky strongly recommends following this advice:
- Learn more on the topic of children’s cybersecurity: explore modern trends, apps, the way of behaviour that has to be adopted in order to safeguard against dangers (for instance, the basic security rules while on the Internet);
- Communicate with your child and define the boundaries which are not meant to be crossed: discuss with them safe locations both real and webpages;
- Install a reliable security solution such as Kaspersky Safe Kids (www.Kaspersky.co.za/safe-kids
) to monitor your child’s activity successfully.
¹The “Digital Parenting” survey was implemented in conjunction with Toluna research agency in the end of 2019 – beginning of 2020. 5000 respondents from META region and Baltic states participated in the survey.
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