While parents can’t prevent their children from being online or making friends online, it’s possible to teach them how to be smart and safe. Photo: FreepikOne day, a stranger sent her a WhatsApp message saying he wanted to be friends with her. Not seeing any harm in it, she agreed and they started talking online.
Although it sounded like what a curious child would say, Annie says that she “felt weird” about it, that it wasn’t right for her to take her own naked picture to send to others.“I told Mummy this online friend wanted to see my naked picture and I asked her what to do,” she says.Yeap says parents need to engage in non-judgemental conversations with their children to teach them about cybersafety.
“If the child thinks they’ll be scolded or blamed whenever they share about their problems or what they’re going through, they’ll naturally close up and stop sharing.” “While parents can’t prevent their children from being online or making friends there, it’s possible to teach them how to be smart and safe,” she says.
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