Here are a few things you need to know about Facebook.

1. 11 THINGS ABOUT FACEBOOK THAT PARENTS
SHOULD KNOW

2. Technology is said to connect people across
the globe but if not used wisely, it can also
have detrimental effects mainly on
teenagers and youngsters.
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3. Hence it is the responsibility of parents to
take care as to how their children should
use the various manifestations of
technology.
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4. It is the responsibility of the parents,
whether they have an account or not, to
know few important things about this
social networking site.
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5. HERE ARE A FEW THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT FACEBOOK

6. Children are flocking to
the Internet in huge
numbers in order to access
Children 1. Facebook are default flocking privacy settings to are
the
Internet in huge numbers in
order to access the plethora of
The world as we know it is evolving at
probably more public than you’d like. It guards the
information a titanic on minors rate, with a little the better digital than the age
general
population, but one will still need to review one’s
having reached it’s zenith.
the plethora of
information it holds.
child’s privacy settings and manually reset it to
information “friends only” or even it stricter.
holds.
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7. Children are flocking to
the Internet in huge
numbers in order to access
Children are flocking to the
Internet in huge numbers in
order to access the plethora of
2. Sending a friend request to your child and getting
accepted The world does as not we ensure know that it you is can evolving view all the
at
posts a titanic or photographs rate, with that they the display. digital Facebook
age
allows its users to select which friends they want to
having reached it’s zenith.
the plethora of
information be able to see a particular it holds.
post.
information it holds.
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8. 3. By default, anyone can send friend request to your child, so
as parents one must help the child to edit the privacy
settings under the “How to connect” heading, to restrict
1. EXPLORE THE DIGITAL TEEN SCENE.
unwanted friend requests.
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9. 4. Users 2. KNOW can “tag”, YOUR or identify, PARENTAL the faces in their CONTROL
photos. Turn
on tag review in your child’s privacy settings and Facebook
will notify them whenever OPTIONS.
they’re tagged in a photo before it
goes live. Facebook will remove the tag (but not the photo) if
they request it.
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10. 3. SET A DIGITAL LIMIT. 5. Facebook allows users to put their location on every post.
Tell your child not to do this, and change their privacy settings
so their friends can’t check them in, either.
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11. 3. SET A DIGITAL LIMIT. 6. If your child posts something and then has second
thoughts, they can hover over the post and click the handy
little “X” that appears to delete it.
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12. 7. If your child their Facebook 4. ADVISE lives in the YOUR U.S. and CHILD has their ON mobile THE
phone in
account, all they have to do is text “otp” to
32665 and IMPORTANCE they will receive a one-OF time PRIVACY.
password that is good
for 20 minutes. This is the safest way for them to log in to
Facebook from a public computer.
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13. 8. Facebook is home to thousands of third-party apps that
your kids 4. ADVISE can use to play YOUR games CHILD . Before ON using THE
any app on
Facebook, your child has to agree to the app’s privacy policy
that outlines IMPORTANCE what information it OF will PRIVACY.
collect on your child and
how it will be used. Tell your child not to click “Allow” without
actually reading and understanding the privacy policy.
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14. 9. Facebook allows your child to remove offensive posts on
their Wall, 4. unfriend ADVISE or block YOUR other CHILD users, or ON report THE
posts that
violate Facebook policies. As parents, one must be very open
and candid IMPORTANCE in dealing with such OF situations; PRIVACY.
they should create
an amicable environment at home so that whenever a child is
in trouble, he/she can immediately approach his/her parents
without any hesitation.
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15. 10. Users can browse and post on each other’s walls, but they
4. ADVISE YOUR CHILD ON THE
can also talk with friends in real-time using chat or video
calling. Make IMPORTANCE sure they know OF how PRIVACY.
to mark themselves as
“unavailable” for chat or video calling while doing homework
or during other inappropriate times.
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16. 11. Finally, parents must always remind their children that
Facebook 4. is ADVISE a public and YOUR open forum, CHILD hence ON they THE
should use
it cautiously and refrain from divulging too many details
IMPORTANCE OF PRIVACY.
about their private lives.
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17. PARENTS MUST REMEMBER THAT
FACEBOOK’S POLICIES AND DEFAULT
PRIVACY SETTINGS ARE ALWAYS SUBJECT
TO CHANGE, SO MAKE SURE TO KEEP UP
ON ANY CHANGES.

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