With the launch of the new academic year, parents usually occupy the preparation of the school bag supplies, but there are other things that are no less important than that concrete, which is digital awareness, today our children are engaged in the curricula, but the challenges of the vast hypothetical world that may carry with it serious forms of electronic exploitation and extortion should not have electronic.
With students busy studying and duties, there are those who lie in wait for them when they use electronic communication and browsing through smart devices, including during their vacuum moments through fake accounts or electronic games, taking advantage of their innocence and curiosity, how much a child may be lured with a message from an unknown friend, or may be seduced by a link or a fake digital gift, which are facts that may be repeated daily in the world of the Internet.
The Child Protection Unit in the electronic space of the General Administration of Anti -Corruption and Economic and Electronic Security emphasizes the importance of raising the awareness of members of society of the danger of electronic exploitation, and from here comes the primary role of the family that remains the first line of defense for children, as the beginning of the academic year is an opportunity for parents to instill digital awareness in the hearts of their children and set clear rules for the use of phones and electronic devices.
Parents must activate patriarchal control and control tools, and speak with children frankly about the dangers of storming strangers for their personal life on the Internet, and encouraging them to report immediate A victim, and the future of our children will not be safe unless we consider that digital security is an inherent part of daily education, and to make our slogan for this school year “a safe academic year … and a safer electronic space.”
