With the arrival of inter now everything is now at our fingertips. We can read newspapers.books,watch television programmes or movies or listen to the radio through it. There is a lot of information we can get it by just doing a simple search online when we need ideas,tips and advice on anything and everything. This is especially helpful when we go on our parenting journey. there are forums and social networking groups we can join too to share our parenting experiences, discuss opinions and get advice from fellow friends and experts.
We must very careful of choosing the sites we get our information from, and we sign up as a member in a networking site or forum. While there are many websites out there are genuine in their intentions to help parents, there are also those out there with bad intentions. Many a time my sister ran out of ideas of how to occupy her daughter without watching television as babysitter,she turn to the internet. Many cartoons,movies,or character have websites which include interactive activities or games featuring them. These are good alternatives to one way, passive viewing of the animated version in the television.
Parenting websites and those focused on child education have section with learning games and activities for reading, maths, art & craft, or science projects. There are also longer term projects in the net where you can let your child involve in Such as, older school going children can be encouraged to write stories,poems,songs,or blog. If your child wishes to blog help them to set it up with all the necessary privacy settings to prevent strangers from contacting or find out their activities. When your child is online, remember to supervise their activities to ensure they does not intentionally or unintentionally visits sites that are unsuitable for them. Never ever leave a child to use the internet alone.
