Teletimes April 2011.pdf
Teletimes April 2011.pdf Teletimes April 2011.pdf
have but who are also warm and affectionate and respect their children’s opinions tend to produce competent and self-reliant preschoolers. When parents are very controlling and more concerned with their own needs than with those of their children, their offspring may be fairly self-controlled not very secure or confident in their approach to new situations or other people. Very permissive parents, who neither reward responsible behavior nor discourage immature behavior, produce youngsters with the least self-reliance and self-control. In short, competence and self-confidence in young children seem best fostered by a warm and nurturing home where parents reward responsible behavior but also encourage independent action and decision making (Baumrind, 15Apr - 14May 2011 www.teletimesinternational.com 11
1972). “Treat them (children) as though they were young adult. Dress them; bathe them with care and circumspection. Let your behavior always be objective and kindly firm” (Watson, 1928). Child Online Protection –ITU Concepts and Concerns With the growing advent of contemporary internet technologies, the scale of use and online threats has also galvanized. These threats are not only harming minors but also resulting in damaging the confidence of parents, and the last they can think of is banning the kid from Internet accessibility. This might not pose a very good solution, since internet on the other hand is also adding to the knowledge of the kids, and in this day and age when the use of libraries is scarce and most of the knowledge that children acquire is either through schools, parents or internet or any other communication media that is available to them, it should be considered important to regulate the access of information to these kids, by scrutinizing first what should be termed right and what should be termed wrong for them. It may also be kept in kind that according to various surveys the children that are most at risk are among the age group of 6-14 years because of the neglect of parental control. ITU has sketched a vivid picture of the actors involved in the measurement of Child Online Protection and relationship between these actors. These actors involve Children, Parents and Guardians, Educators, Governments, Industry Players and perpetrators. The ease with which information can be accessed via cyber space has several social and cultural ramifications. Some of the online threats faced by Children are. a. Sexual Abuse While on-line world exploration opens a whole new world of opportunities for children, expanding their horizons and enhancing their knowledge and vision, it is widely believed that they can also be exposed to dangers as they drive on the road of Internet, the information highway. There have been number of incidents where individuals have attempted to sexually exploit children through the use of online services and the Internet. These individuals gain necessary attention gradually through use of affection, kindness, and even gifts. These individuals attempt to gradually attain the concentration of these new users of online-world by slowly introducing sexual context and content into their conversations. b. Privacy Issue Children are a highly marketed segment of the consumer population. Advertisers and marketers can use the Internet to target children and gather personal information from them for marketing purposes. Furthermore, the present boom of social networking has also raised the concern of privacy among teenagers where at times they are not at all aware of what kind of information should be posted by them and what number of audience may fetch their private information. Here in Pakistan a number of such complaints have been received where some very private information of kids was shared online resulting in deep stress to parents. When children visit commercial web sites, they might be tempted to fill out surveys, exchange 12 www.teletimesinternational.com 15Apr - 14May 2011
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have but who are also warm and<br />
affectionate and respect their<br />
children’s opinions tend to produce<br />
competent and self-reliant<br />
preschoolers. When parents<br />
are very controlling and more<br />
concerned with their own needs<br />
than with those of their children,<br />
their offspring may be fairly<br />
self-controlled not very secure<br />
or confident in their approach to<br />
new situations or other people.<br />
Very permissive parents, who<br />
neither reward responsible behavior<br />
nor discourage immature<br />
behavior, produce youngsters<br />
with the least self-reliance and<br />
self-control. In short, competence<br />
and self-confidence<br />
in young children seem best<br />
fostered by a warm and nurturing<br />
home where parents reward<br />
responsible behavior but also<br />
encourage independent action<br />
and decision making (Baumrind,<br />
15Apr - 14May 2011<br />
www.teletimesinternational.com<br />
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