I spend A LOT of time at my computer and most of that time I am online either working, exploring, connecting or researching. I watch TV online, play games, share photos and run a business almost exclusively online. I connect on my desktop, my laptop and my iPhone. I am one wired mom so I feel confident that I can help my kids safely explore the internet and learn about its pitfalls and risks. However, many moms are not like me and don’t have a sense of where the boundaries should be. Plus, I know that there will come a day very soon when my children will be active online when I am not there to supervise. Although I hope I have set a solid foundation and educated them well, the risks are still there and they are still vulnerable.
We were really lucky at our recent Microsoft Windows 7 networking event to have the wonderful insight of Microsoft’s Paula Knight, mom and VP Corporate Image and Business Excellence. Her experience at Microsoft and at her own organization, Mother’s Online Movement, provided valuable information for our moms on how to protect our kids, educated us on the risks, while stressing the importance of open dialogue with our children and teens about the internet. The new Windows 7 also includes some fabulous new parental controls and security settings to enable parents to have a bit more control.
Check out the video below to hear more about what we learned so you can too can protect your kids:
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