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KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE ONLINE An area that has become noticeably more complicated than usual during the ongoing pandemic is online safety. Ashley Michelle Curd, School Counselor at iCademy Middle East explains. As you might imagine, students are now spending unprecedented amounts of time online. This is due to most classes now being carried out on a variety of platforms and a seemingly endless amount of downtime to fill. When you are no longer as free to go outside or visit your friends like you used to, of course you’ll turn to the Internet to get your fix of social interaction. Like everyone else, I am incredibly grateful to be able to rely on the Internet to keep in touch with friends and family,
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but as a school counselor, I can also see the negative effects slowly creeping up. Parents often want to know what specifically they can do to keep their children safe online. While it’s a reasonable request, there isn’t just one action to take. Children need to develop a cautious attitude when browsing the Internet and to do that, they need to have an ageappropriate understanding of why they should feel this way. Below are
