Harmful online contents
Sustainability of any good culture and values of a society is usually done by the children, that’s why the needed synergy between parents and government is of utmost importance. Social media has pierced deep into the society, and children are seeing harmful contents they shouldn’t have seen, that’s why they need the protection from the parents and government. Social media is agog with sextortion, children seeing ads that are not suitable for their age, interacting with strangers online without the consent of their parents and all whatnot. Children need to be protected to enable a smooth and progressive upbringing that will affect the rest of their growth going into adulthood, this is because upbringing is all about sustainable values and culture, due to overtime integrating practices inform habit and character.
Countries of the world need regulatory framework to curb the required age before a child can starts accessing social media. However, it is understood that social media has become an important tool of learning, but as parents and government you cannot control the level of use or hours a child spends on social media and the people they interact with. In as much as some countries have raced ahead to have laws regulating harmful online contents for children, legal age varies in different countries some have 16,18 or 21 as legal age, that’s is when a child become an adult capable of taking responsibility of his actions. While parents train their children, government is passing laws that will enable smooth environment for growth.
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To protect children from harmful online contents is tripartite actions; it comes first from families that give every child its first social experience those norms, values and culture will be the guide that will lead the kid’s actions, guiding his thoughts and approach. For kids they might not necessarily understand certain things happening around them, because their mind is still immature to comprehend why so many things are done differently far from the way they imagined. For government, it has been highly emphasised that one of the functions of law in the society is to meet the demands of the society, which it must serve to give the society direction and maintain progressive atmosphere, and for the society, they are the ambassadors against all vices stacked against sustainability development of society.
Parents need to create formidable partnership with their children, sense of belongingness and trust, through that they will feel obliged to share any information, seeking for your opinion, that’s you monitor your child’s upbringing and stay actively involved in his life. Harmful online contents slow children’s upbringing, once they continue to feed on that, it makes slave of such act, they will be acting under the influence of such harmful online contents. Once the atmosphere is set up for easy integration of children from that stage to adulthood, they will have the information and use it to shield themselves against harmful online contents. Children are custodians of the future of the world that’s why their challenges need to be addressed for the future of the society.
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