PARENTAL SUPERVISION AND THE INTERNET

In today’s world,usage of the internet has increased dramatically and children use the internet more than adults,unfortunately.Furthermore,some children are restricted by their parents,while others go online without parental supervision.Therefore,the latter group faces some problems while utilizing this global network.

The foremost problem is inappropriate content.Unfortunately,some parents do not know how the internet is used and  their children are not limited by parents because of parents’ lack of knowledge.While they use the internet, children encounter some harmful  content such as violence and pornography.For example,while children are playing  games online,there are many advertisements to click on and these advertisement may direct them to some websites that are full of videos consisting of war,torture and so on.If children watch these videos,they become prone to violence.On the other hand,when children go online ,they may be confronted  with pornographic content,too.Hence,use of the internet should not be possible without parental supervision.

Another problem is ill-intentioned people.There are some people who want to obtain supporters or are sexual predators.These people use the internet as much as children do because they know that there are so many children who go online without parental supervision and they can deceive them easily.For example,they  fool them by asking  for their parents’ credit card information or they trick them into joining their terrorist groups by offering small things such as clothes,computers even some snacks.

To sum up,use of the internet without parental supervision causes some problems,two of which are inappropriate content and ill-intentioned people.In my opinion,children may be unconcious while using  the internet,so they should go online with parental supervison.