South Australia to introduce R18+ for games “South Australian Attorney-General John Rau has taken the R18+ for games issue into his own hands today, declaring that his state will introduce the adult rating regardless of the decision made by other states and territories at the upcoming Standing Committee of Attorneys-General (SCAG) meeting in July.” “This… Continue Reading
Last week I was contracted to set up some parental controlled accounts on a clients shiny new Apple iMac. Parental controlled accounts on Apple have been around for a long time, I had one set up for each of my boys when they were around 5 and 7 years of age. I found them a… Continue Reading
One of the recurring complaints I have heard from parents as part of my cyber safety courses and business, is reflective of many parents absolute frustration with their kids spending all their time on Facebook or gaming “It never stops!” cried one mother at a luncheon at my local school. As parents we all dream… Continue Reading
Whilst I believe strongly that you need to empower your children to take charge of their own gaming time limits and safe viewing. There might be times where you do need to set up some electronic restrictions on a computer or gaming console as the result of a child not sticking to the agreed rules.… Continue Reading
1. Supervision You can not properly supervise your children on the Internet if they use computers behind closed doors, out of your eyesight and out of earshot, (ipods and smart phones are computers too!). Computers and kids must be placed in a central location in your residence for effective supervision. This is the number… Continue Reading
There were one or two comments made to me via twitter, about the stats I provided, on my last post on online safety and kids, particularly the one about “64 percent of all teens say they do things online they don’t want their parents to know about”. I’d like to talk about the concern I… Continue Reading
You cannot open a newspaper or read news online these days without seeing a story about a child being bullied online, stalked, or taken advantage of. Some of the stories are so heartbreaking I can’t bear to read them. The reasons why the bullying or stalking has progressed to a point where it has hit… Continue Reading