The access of children and adolescents to the Internet worries parents a lot, since their children can access all kinds of pages not recommended for their age, including pornographic content, since they have their own telephone from very early ages .
The Anar Foundation (Help children and adolescents at risk) warns of the dangers of using pornography at an early age, when children are in full development.
To help parents, He gives them a series of tips in order to avoid the addiction of their children to the use of pornography.
In Babies and more It is possible for your child to watch porn on the internet: when children have access to pornography without filters, without context and without controlChildren have access to any Internet content from their mobile devices and even with parental control, we find it difficult to control everything they see.
Therefore, initiatives such as those of the Anar Foundation are highly recommended to detect possible risks and avoid them, as in the case of access to pornography.
Benjamín Ballesteros, program director of Fundación ANAR, warns that:
“The use of pornography at an early age when the child is in full development, he or she can be highly harmful, can generate addiction and prevent children in their adult lives from having healthy sexual relations. And he adds that, in addition, it influences the macho concept of women as an object of use for the satisfaction of men and victims of gender violence. "
To avoid it:
1. Agree the use of the mobile, explaining that it is not private and that parents are accountable to the law for their use of their devices. That is why they have to understand that we must know their passwords and know what pages they visit on the Internet.
A good idea is to sign a "contract of use", with conditions of use and understand that if they do not comply, we can withdraw the privilege of using the smartphone.
2. Download a parental control and explain that it is important to protect you from pages that are inappropriate for your age.
In Babies and more The best seven parental control applications to protect children on the Internet3. Talk to your sex child naturally. It can be while you quietly watch a television series or a movie. It does not matter the moment but the information arrives from your parents and not from abroad. Make sure it assimilates the healthiest criteria about sex. And if you don't know how to address the issue, you can ask the school for advice.
In Babies and more The relationship between parents and daughters has changed: now they talk to them about sexuality and relationships4. Restrict the use of the Internet at home. You can configure the router to limit its access to the Internet at certain times of the day or to rooms at home, to prevent it from being locked in your room or see when it is alone, pages inappropriate to its age.
And of course, you have to ensure that you do not 'hook' to the Internet and that the screens take away from doing essential things at your age: study, rest, play sports ... Hence, the idea of restricting hours of use per day.
5. Strengthens the value of women. Pronography is a type of gender violence because it degrades women and makes it seem an object for the enjoyment of men. Hence, your children understand since childhood that men and women are equal and deserve the same respect and consideration.
6. Warn about suspicious links. We have all encountered pornographic pages when we browse the internet and, immediately, we have removed them. But our children are still in the process of development and can click on those advertising links that lead to pornographic pages. They can request personal data to perform scams or seek sexual exploitation.
7. Always be accessible to your child. You should worry about his things, his day to day, so that he knows that if he has any problem he can access you, ask for advice. Trusting our children and them in us is the best guarantee for them to have a happy childhood and adolescence and become good adults.
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