Chat is an open discussion group on the Internet designed to communicate with other people. Children's chats unite users by age. Sometimes they can be combined on any thematic basis. It is useful for parents to know what conditions the chats that their children visit should meet.
Instructions
Step 1
Please note that even if this is the first time you enter the chat, you must immediately determine its focus on children. If the owners of this resource themselves position the chat as children's, the likelihood of inappropriate topics for communication or unwanted contacts is minimized. When registering in the chat, the child should not be required to provide personal information.
Step 2
Find out if the chat is being monitored. Most often, this function is performed by voluntary moderators who are obliged to prevent the facts of inappropriate communication and have the right to block access to the chat of users who are noticed in inappropriate behavior.
Step 3
Find the chat button with the administrator in the chat. It can be as an additional measure of control over the chat, it can also simply replace the moderators. Check if it works, talk to the administrator. In addition, the security of communication is increased if the conversations of the chat participants are saved. The more controls are used in chat, the preferable and safer it is for the child.
Step 4
Ask how safe and pleasant the chat environment is, and how tactful the users are to each other. This can tell a lot about the effectiveness of the work of the moderators and the administrator. How seriously they take their responsibility to keep children safe.
Step 5
Also note if there is an option to block access for individual users. Blocking access allows you to prohibit hooligans and violators of the rules from posting messages in the chat. Messages from blocked users cannot appear on the screen.
Step 6
Many chat rooms provide the opportunity for children to communicate in person, face to face. This is done through instant messaging or email correspondence. To keep your child safe, explain to him that he must use a pseudonym and not communicate in personal interactive conversations with people he does not know personally.
