What are the risks for children?

Without filtering and monitoring, your children could accidentally see or share unsuitable content, or be drawn into inappropriate conversations/exchanges such as cyberbullying.

Parental Controls can help to filter your child's Internet experience and is part of ZoneAlarm from Bell MTS, which is included with all Bell MTS Internet packages.

Internet safety for children

• Guide your children to safe, trusted websites. Teach them not to give out their real name, age, address or phone number online.
• Ask your kids to show you what they’re doing online, and discuss their Internet experiences with them.
• Don’t allow your children to use computers unsupervised.
• Teach your kids to think carefully and critically about Internet “friends” and information.
• Learn which sites your children want to use and decide which are safe to visit and with whom they can chat or email.

Children should:

• Only use nicknames online, not real names.
• Never give out personal information online.
• Alert a parent if they receive inappropriate material or messages.
• Delete emails from strangers, and never agree to meet someone in person that they’ve met on the Internet.
• Never accept files or downloads from people they don’t know.

Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying is the use of e-mail, websites, instant messaging, chat rooms, social-networking sites or text messaging to damage someone’s reputation and feelings of self-worth.

Learn about cyberbullying and what to do about it by visiting BeWebAware.ca’s Cyberbullying page

Cybertip.ca: Help protect children from exploitation

Cybertip.ca is Canada’s national tip line for reporting online sexual exploitation of children. It also provides tips on keeping kids safe on the Internet.

Visit Cybertip now or call 1-866-658-9022.