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Guide for Safe Internet Use

Social networks have become an inevitable part of our lives, a reality that, as much as it facilitates our communication, helps us stay in touch with friends, family, share information, often helps in running a business, so sometimes it seems dangerous, with opportunities for causing unintended consequences. That is why the question is being asked more and more about how much, in addition to the positive effects, social networks influence people, especially young people who are mostly users, to a certain extent, and addicts of social networks.

The question is of course how much young people are aware of the influence of the content of social networks on their mental health, considering that sometimes we get the impression that we live in parallel worlds - one is the real one, and the other is on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tik Tok …

On average, most of them stay on social networks for about 3 hours a day, but the number of those who stated in the numerous surveys that they were on Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok for more than 5 hours a day is not small. If we take into account that hardly anyone admits that they actually spend a very large part of their time on these "activities", then it can be said that young people are actually influenced by the content of social networks for a large part of the time, so this has a big impact. impact on the formation of their attitudes, opinions...

Let's not replace playing in nature, talking face-to-face, outdoors games...with social networking and games.

Guide for Safe Internet Use in 5 steps

STEP 1: EDUCATION

Educate yourself, research the role of social networks and internet applications

STEP 2:

Advantages of
the Internet

-easy access
communication
-research
-fun and useful content

-sharing and abuse of videos, photos

and personal data

-cyberbulling

-fake news

STEP 3:

Disadvantages

of the Internet

STEP 4:
PARENTAL CONTROL

-teach children how to protect personal data and why
-teach children how to check the information that is published on the Internet (its veracity)
-teach them how to behave on the Internet
-limit their time on the Internet

-Encourage open discussions with older students about their online behavior

STEP 5:

INFLUENCE OF TEACHERS

-Find out what internet habits students have

-Inform parents about any changes in the student
-Always offer your students lists of useful online content

This project was developed as part of the ERASMUS+ project "THE IMPACT OF FAMILY ATTITUDES ON INTERNET CONNECTIVITY
AND SAFE INTERNET USE"

made by
Mariјa N. Nanevska and Elena Malinova