Do you have children? If so, then find out if they have a blog. And if they have a blog find out what they are blogging about. Blogs are a type of online journal that anyone, including your children use to share their thoughts, experiences, technical knowledge and feelings; they may be in written or video format. Posting of blogs lets your children connect to other users with similar interests and write about their experiences, their personal lives, popular culture, and any other topic that crosses their minds.
One rule of thumb for blogging is never post anything that you would not want to share with everyone you know.
Below are some tips and guidelines for our children’s blogging activity:
- Review your child’s blog content before they post it
- Learn about the various privacy settings and their implementation and make sure your children abide by them
- When reviewing their posts make sure they remove any identifying information from it —full names, ages, locations, phone numbers, and school names.
- Caution your children about the dangers of posting inappropriate or provocative information or images. Once something is posted online, it cannot be taken back.
- Encourage your children to come to you if anything on the blog site makes him or her feel uncomfortable.
