{"id":1896,"date":"2014-09-02T00:00:58","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T04:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hnetalk.com\/Member\/?p=1896"},"modified":"2014-09-02T00:00:58","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T04:00:58","slug":"safety-tips-students-and-computers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/safety-tips-students-and-computers\/","title":{"rendered":"Safety Tips: Students and Computers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"HNE_DrLaurie_728X90\"<\/a>Hi there – back for more Dr. Laurie stories?\u00a0 Several years ago my daughter finally started going upstairs to her room after dinner to do homework without prompting – I was so pleased until I found out she was actually streaming TV shows on hulu!!!! With that being said, I figured this would be a good time to talk about the importance of computer & online safety.<\/p>\n

\"IMGP4936\"<\/a>According to a recent survey commissioned by HP and conducted by Wakefield Research, computers become a significant part of homework assignments for children as young as 10 years old and students aged 6 to 17 spend at least three hours a day on devices with Internet access. However, that much computer use at such a young age raises some concerns among parents.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf your child is about to hit double digits, computers are going to be a routine part of their afterschool homework,\u201d explains Kevin Frost, Vice President, Volume Business Unit, HP. \u201cHP shares parents\u2019 online safety concerns and offers a variety of desktop and notebook PCs with some exclusive offers and deals for students getting ready to go back to school.\u201d<\/p>\n

Can kids have fun and be safe online? Most parents want to guarantee safety instead of hoping for it. The survey reported that more than 28 percent of parents have more faith in giving their child a credit card at the mall than leaving them home alone on a computer.<\/p>\n

In fact, over a third of parents surveyed believe children cruising the Internet unsupervised have more potential for danger than kids staying at a friend\u2019s house without parental supervision.<\/p>\n

Despite these fears \u2014 and the reality that prolonged computer usage is the norm for many students \u2014 66 percent of parents don\u2019t take simple steps to protect their children online, such as using parental control software, and 67 percent don\u2019t block websites they deem inappropriate.<\/p>\n

To keep your children safe while making sure they\u2019re able to complete their school work, consider the following from HP:<\/p>\n