Keep your Kids Safe on their Phones

According to Surajit Khanna, child advocate from New York, mobile phone usage among kids continues to rise at a fast pace and many at age eleven already have one. While the digital world can pose more opportunities for kids for assessing information to entertainment, it can also expose them to the dark world of the internet.

Sexting, cyber-bullying, internet and social media addictions, online name-calling and other cyber crimes become the order of the day. While these and many more make the online world a dangerous space for everyone, kids and teens are more vulnerable and are easy prey. Not to ignore the fact that all these can have serious consequences on the kid’s overall well-being and worse still, they might unknowingly expose the whole family to cyber threats.