Under Parental Guidance

Tips to filter what your children are exposed to.

- Nidhi Singal

IN THIS ERA OF INVASIVE TECH, kids get to interact with gadgets galore at a very young age, can navigate most of them (especially the handy ones like smartphones or tablets) and also learn to surf and download. Gadgets are great learning tools, but they also provide access to the Web’s endless flow of information and entertainment, which could be both addictive and dangerous (think of binge gaming, life-threatening games like the Blue Whale Challenge or rising child abuse on the Internet). So, digitalage parents have a formidable responsibility – that of keeping their children safe from inappropriate content, malicious trolls and outright predators. One way of doing it is to keep gadgets (and the Internet) off-limits. If that is not practicable, go for the next best thing – make gadget rules and use technology to implement them. There is a bunch of tech tools out there that can provide all the help you need – right from managing the devices your children use to limiting access to generating activity reports.