Internet safety for minors: Zimbabwean parents need to stay 'woke'

15 May 2017

  • DID YOU KNOW THAT 86% OF PARENTS ADMIT THAT THEIR KIDS KNOW MORE ABOUT THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA THAN THEY DO?
  • DID YOU KNOW THAT 35% OF CHILDREN ARE NOT SUPERVISED ONLINE?

ZOL can help you with supervising your children's online activities and help you keep them safe on the internet.

ZOL now offers ESET Multi-device security package for Home. A key benefit of the ESET for Home package is the ESET Parental Control which will help many Zimbabwean parents to 'stay woke' with regards to the online safety of their kids.

Here is the #ZOLSafetyChecklist which is a checklist for parents to assess how 'woke' they are in proactively ensuring Internet safety for their kids:

1. Do you set user roles (e.g who has admin powers to add apps) on shared family devices? 

2. Do you ensure that your children's devices are running the latest software? 

3. Do you set up separate user accounts for your children?

4. Do you set time for how long your children can be online per day?

5. Do you set an age limit for when your children can sign up on social networks (most default at 13 but are easily circumvented)?

6. Do you watch what browser your children use and do you teach them how to browse or you just leave them to it?

7. Do you ask your children to show you the sites they use?

8. Do you discuss setting privacy settings on your children's social media profiles.

9. Do you ask your children about their online friends? 

10. Do you discuss what kinds of photos/information your children can post online?

If you've answered 'no' or 'not quite' to any of these questions, you're a great candidate for ZOL Fibroniks Safe Surf solution that will help you to secure your children's safety online....and to stay 'woke'.

Source - MyZOL Staff Writer