“Headache” finding ways to protect children in cyberspace

According to the Department of Children, Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, up to 91% of Vietnamese children use the Internet but only 10% of them know how to use the Internet safely. This is an alarming number, when threats in cyberspace are always lurking and targeting children. Children do not have enough skills and experience to identify dangers on the Internet. Therefore, once they get lost in the Internet, children are easily immersed in the virtual world, leading to many consequences such as: being lured and enticed to commit immoral acts, reduced ability to communicate socially, cyber violence...

Educating children with strict rules such as: absolutely prohibiting children from using social networks, rudely asking them to check their phones... can make children lose their privacy and gradually form a distance with their parents. This method is even counterproductive, causing children to develop a rebellious mentality and find ways to escape their parents' control.

Instead of maintaining the viewpoint of teaching children according to strict disciplinary rules, parents should become companions, willing to share with their children the knowledge and skills to identify good and bad information on the Internet; thereby gradually shaping their children's behavior, helping them to establish healthy Internet usage habits right from the first days of access.

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Illustration photo: VNPT

Solution from VNPT Family Safe

Aiming to solve parents' concerns, VNPT has launched the VNPT Family Safe service. This is a service to manage information security and safe Internet for your family, managed via the "VNPT Family Safe" app. This service is considered a guiding solution, contributing to shaping children's safe Internet usage, and parents can also easily accompany their children.

VNPT Family Safe was honored at the "Vietnam Talent 2023" awards ceremony with outstanding features such as: blocking harmful content, managing devices and access time, providing reports on family Internet usage... The Organizing Committee highly appreciated VNPT Family Safe with its superior features, taking advantage of the inherent advantages of one of the leading telecommunications - information technology networks in Vietnam, VNPT. According to experts, the successful step of VNPT Family Safe is to contribute to changing parents' perspective on their children's Internet use: from prohibiting to accompanying and understanding their children's behavior.

Once very worried about her child's safety on the internet, Ms. Hong Hanh (32 years old, self-employed, Hanoi) shared: "After 2 months of using VNPT Family Safe to manage my child's Internet usage time, I realized that not all prohibitions will make my child listen, sometimes it can be counterproductive. Parents' guidance is very important in shaping their child's Internet usage behavior and VNPT Family Safe has helped me do that."

Not only Ms. Hanh, many other parents have also had “unexpected” experiences when using VNPT Family Safe to build healthy Internet usage habits for their children. Forming habits for children from an early age not only helps children have the skills to prevent and identify inappropriate content on the Internet but also helps children improve their thinking.

Mr. Thanh Duy (51 years old, businessman, Ho Chi Minh City) feels more at ease since VNPT Family Safe helps monitor his children's activities on the Internet. He shared: "Due to the nature of my job, I often travel on business trips, so it is extremely difficult for me to instruct and monitor my children's Internet usage. Luckily, my family uses VNPT network and integrates VNPT Family Safe service. Thanks to that, no matter how long I am on a business trip, I can easily manage all of my children's Internet activities with just one application. Indeed, VNPT Family Safe is worth the investment."

To properly orient their children, parents need to equip themselves with essential knowledge and skills. In addition, a certain understanding of tools and solutions to protect and monitor network access will also help parents on the journey to help their children form safe and healthy Internet usage habits. VNPT Family Safe is expected to become a powerful tool for parents in accompanying their children to grow up in the digital space, protecting millions of Vietnamese families.

The solution is currently available to all VNPT Internet customers, with a free trial for the first 2 months.

Register by contacting the toll-free number 18001166 or visit the nearest VinaPhone transaction point.

Details at website: https://familysafe.vn

Ngoc Minh