Online Education – Negative Effects on Kids
Both lockdown and unlock have brought people to
digital platforms. The situation has also become such that it is no longer
possible to walk without a digital platform in the future. Online Education is
no exception.
As a result, the Internet has become a significant
concern for parents these days. At present, the screen time of children on
digital platforms is an average of 6 to 7 hours, and the screen time for
entertainment is an average of 2 to 3 hours. It is challenging for parents to
keep an eye on the digital tasks for an average of 8 to 10 hours behind a
child.
One more concern for parents is that their children's study activities are on the Internet. Will our children get caught in the internet trap? Simultaneously, if we keep children aloof from the Internet, it can significantly impact their studies.
If we give them internet loneliness,
they will not fall into the Internet trap, will they? What is the child doing
on the mobile, what kind of person's call message is coming? Many such concerns
plague parents today.
It can be dangerous for every user if care is not
taken while using the Internet. But children and adolescents, in particular,
have been the biggest victims.
Children may inadvertently send their parents' information to a third party while accessing the Internet, Unknowingly downloads malware and loses control of your computer or Mobile,
In particular, research so far has found that
cybercriminals upload whatever data they want to lure children online. Its
victims are today's children and youth.
However, it is also affecting their parents. Parents
of children and young people who are always online are again living under
constant fear. In this situation, everyone needs to be very careful.
To make your children aware of such attacks, you need
to teach them cyber awareness lessons not to fall prey to cyber-attacks.
Let us learn about some of these cyber-attacks today
and inspire our children to become future cyber warriors.
Cyberbullying
45 out of every 100 children are victims of
cyberbullying. It makes a huge difference in the behavior of children. A 2019
survey found that about 60 percent of children using social media experienced
cyberbullying in different ways. Cyberbullying involves the gathering of
friends on social media to make fun of a particular child.
The effect is also seen in the child's brain and behavior. The best way to prevent cyberbullying is to talk openly with your children about what's going on in their lives online and in real-life. It is also essential to keep an eye on your child's online social media group, discussions, and other mobile activities.
Cyber Predators
Cyber predators are interpreted as predators of the
digital world. Cyber hunters use "Let's play a game" to get in touch
by sending notifications to children online. Then make friends with the
children and try to know their needs and problem. The needs of children are
also catered for by cyber hunters if possible.
After winning the trust of the children, complete
information is collected from their parents and others. Through which the
innocence of children is taken advantage of by hunters. Sometimes the child
considers such invisible persons to be more important than the parents. When
the time comes, these people lure children into the Internet and make them do
inappropriate work.
It also grabs children's or parents' money: this
e-hunter monitor's explicitly social media and gaming platforms. Parents need
to keep an eye on where their child is playing with an online gamer. Online
games can be dealt with only those who are familiar gamers.
Information from the Public Domain
Kids still don't understand the boundaries of social
media. They post personally identifiable information online, such as their
photos, mobile number, date of birth, likes and dislikes, plans, pictures of
any celebration, etc. All social media companies have a specific age limit for
their users.
However, when it is not complied with, cybercriminals
obtain child personal information from the public domain and engage in child
pornography based on it, showing children their morph photos and making
unreasonable demands on them.
Sometimes children hide all this from their parents and suffer at an early age. In particular, parents should be allowed to open an account on social media based on the specific age limit set by the social media companies for their users.
Involve Children for Posting Abusive Comments
Children are lured by cybercriminals, under which the
child is suggested to write a rude comment on a particular person's post and is
also given a specific benefit for it. Still, the Internet does not have a
"delete key".
Things that are posted online stay online forever, so
when your child posts something online, it is almost impossible to remove it
from the Internet even after deleting it from that portal.
As a result, parents must pay attention to all the
comments posted by their children and advise children to stay away from
strangers and accept the same friend requests on social media that we know face
to face.
Send Malware via Link
Malware is computer software, which is installed
without the user's Permission and performs harmful actions on the computer and
the Mobile. Through which personal information is stolen.
Cybercriminals contact children and transmit malware
through children in children's friends and family groups. Children fall prey to
cybercriminals in the slightest temptation, resulting in friends and family
trusting the information transmitted by children.
Thus, cybercriminals are spreading malware to the
computers and mobiles of most people in society and carrying out cyber-attacks
on innocent people; the child's link must always be adequately investigated by
the parents the digital footprint of the link should be prepared.
The school-college is closed for fear of Corona's
transition as every child's study is online. But a survey has found that about
79 percent of the country's children are studying with a smartphone. Only 17
percent of children use a computer or laptop for online study.
About 60 percent of children are devoting one to four
hours a day to study online. At the same time, 31 percent of children are
devoting 4-8 hours to online study. Throughout this process, their online stay
time has steadily increased.
Zoom, Google Team, Telegram, and WhatsApp have become
the most popular medium for Online Education and File Sharing. Simultaneously,
psychiatrists warn that spending too much time online can lead to behavioral
problems in children.
The study, conducted on 10,000 students in about 400
cities, found that nearly one-third of children studied on their school's
online system said to be the best of the existing options in terms of security.
At the same time, online flaws are also beginning to appear.
According to the survey, 31 percent of students are having trouble concentrating during online classes. So 12 percent of the students said that they could not correctly share the problems encountered during the online course with their teachers, and their issues could not be solved.
The disadvantages of having more Online Education
Online Education is a new system; we have to accept
it. But keep in mind that spending too much time online can lead to mental
health problems in children. Being online for more than three hours a day seems
to affect their contact with real life.
Kids seem to be lost in the virtual world. Their
confidence in everyday life seems to be declining. They will always feel like
emptiness and find solutions to their virtual world problems instead of their
parents or friends.
According to a doctor, spending more time online
classes reduces physical activity. Prolonged sitting can lead to back pain.
This situation can cause irritability in children. Playing time may be reduced.
So that social interactions do not develop in them, and they may remain lost in
themselves.
To overcome all these digital worries, Google has
developed a mobile app that will work as a relief for all parents, so let us
know about it.
Google has introduced Android Application 1)' Google
Family Link for Children & Teenagers' and 2)' Google Family Link for
Parents' is free software. One you have to download on your Children's Mobile
and the other one on your Mobile.
It helps parents improve their children's digital habits. The software tracks all the child's activities on the mobile, up-to-date information, the activities of the Mobile, and posts the report to the parent; the story also posts the screen time information of each software used by the child.
The following are some essential features of Google
Family Link and can be controlled through parental control.
▪ You May also block the installation of any software.
▪ Can control or block video games.
▪ You can give Permission to install software up to a
certain age.
▪ You can prevent children from using certain Internet
services.
▪ How many things a child can find through a search engine can
also be controlled.
▪ The screen time of the child's Mobile can also be
known.
▪ Parents can fully control their child's Mobile from their Mobile.
▪ What kind of videos children can find can also be controlled
by parents.
▪ The child's location information can also be obtained.
▪ You can filter's web browsers and allows only pre-approved websites
to reach children.
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