The 21st century is the century of Information technology. In this very quickly changing century, a lot of technologies are penetrating into our life. Not only they make their products known all over the world, but also provide the consumers such as companies, plants etc. Among these technologies the most popular high technology, without which people cannot fancy their lives is the computer. Computers play a very important role in our today's life. In a nutshell, it is used for multi-purpose services. One of the most used services is the Internet. You are surprised that not only the elderly use the Internet, but also children use it today. However, we can not approve of the Internet completely, even though it is the main base of this time. As everything has its pros and cons, the Internet ha benefits and dangers. The following statements that I'm going to tell about the implications of the Internet on children.
One of the greatest benefits children will see is they can now communicate with their friends in every possible way and interact with them. Technologically, they will be able to “talk” with their peers in every conceivable way whether it is via email, instant messaging via their cell or computer or share pictures and ideas from social network sites such as www.myspace.com. It gives them a feeling of belonging and helps them form who they are. Of course, there can be extremes to these cases and you will, consequently, need to monitor their usage.
Children will be able to keep not only in touch with their friends online locally but they can communicate with relatives half-way around the world. They can keep in touch with their grandparents, cousins or friends from overseas and simultaneously talk and view with them live. Things like this were not possible even ten years ago.
Of course, children love to play their favorite computer game. This doesn’t necessarily the extreme, violent games. The benefit to children could be the educational computer games. Many games are interactive and have great learning elements to them.
The next thing that I'm going to lay stress on is the dangers of the Internet to children.
Although minors don't risk as much financial loss as adults, they are in danger of exposure to interlopers aiming to hijack or share their online identity. Children are especially vulnerable because they're often unable to identify and report data-snatching malware, and because they tend to be less cautious about sharing sensitive information with strangers and friends.
Kids often value "free" over "safe." Young surfers involved in link-sharing and file-sharing among peers are at higher risk of downloading infected programs. Malware distributors know kids seek out free software, music, and "cracks" (serial numbers) for pirating commercial games; they also know these same kids often trust links and e-mail attachments far more than they should.
Generally speaking, the most appropriate way of providing children with safe Internet information is to teach kids to be extremely cautious when opening downloads or links from friends and strangers. Also I would offer children never to click advertisments or answer unsolicited e-mails. With these useful instructions, we will be able to protect our children against harm around us, and to provide them with safety.
One of the greatest benefits children will see is they can now communicate with their friends in every possible way and interact with them. Technologically, they will be able to “talk” with their peers in every conceivable way whether it is via email, instant messaging via their cell or computer or share pictures and ideas from social network sites such as www.myspace.com. It gives them a feeling of belonging and helps them form who they are. Of course, there can be extremes to these cases and you will, consequently, need to monitor their usage.
Children will be able to keep not only in touch with their friends online locally but they can communicate with relatives half-way around the world. They can keep in touch with their grandparents, cousins or friends from overseas and simultaneously talk and view with them live. Things like this were not possible even ten years ago.
Of course, children love to play their favorite computer game. This doesn’t necessarily the extreme, violent games. The benefit to children could be the educational computer games. Many games are interactive and have great learning elements to them.
The next thing that I'm going to lay stress on is the dangers of the Internet to children.
Although minors don't risk as much financial loss as adults, they are in danger of exposure to interlopers aiming to hijack or share their online identity. Children are especially vulnerable because they're often unable to identify and report data-snatching malware, and because they tend to be less cautious about sharing sensitive information with strangers and friends.
Kids often value "free" over "safe." Young surfers involved in link-sharing and file-sharing among peers are at higher risk of downloading infected programs. Malware distributors know kids seek out free software, music, and "cracks" (serial numbers) for pirating commercial games; they also know these same kids often trust links and e-mail attachments far more than they should.
Generally speaking, the most appropriate way of providing children with safe Internet information is to teach kids to be extremely cautious when opening downloads or links from friends and strangers. Also I would offer children never to click advertisments or answer unsolicited e-mails. With these useful instructions, we will be able to protect our children against harm around us, and to provide them with safety.
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