• Reassure children that they don't have to be afraid to share what happened to them online.
• Be interested in children and their activities on the Internet from an early age.
• Do not take pictures of naked children or post pictures of your children on the Internet.
• Explain to the children that they should not share their login information with anyone and to choose strong passwords.
• Explain to the children that not everything on the Internet is unequivocally true.
• Explain to the children that they should not write to strangers. They never know who they are really texting with.
• Check your children's profiles and see what information they post about themselves.
• Explain to your children to never share their location with anyone and never have location tools turned on publicly.
• If you lend your child a mobile phone, turn off the in-app purchases function.
• Make your children's social media profiles private.
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• Reassure children that they don't have to be afraid to share what happened to them online.
• Be interested in children and their activities on the Internet from an early age.
• Do not take pictures of naked children or post pictures of your children on the Internet.
• Explain to the children that they should not share their login information with anyone and to choose strong passwords.
• Explain to the children that not everything on the Internet is unequivocally true.
• Explain to the children that they should not write to strangers. They never know who they are really texting with.
• Check your children's profiles and see what information they post about themselves.
• Explain to your children to never share their location with anyone and never have location tools turned on publicly.
• If you lend your child a mobile phone, turn off the in-app purchases function.
• Make your children's social media profiles private.
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