As we all know, in recent times we have had to adopt the largest percentage of the children's school classes from home, and for this has been very useful the use of various social networks such as WhatsApp, facebook, which allow home-school contact and facilitate communication, and we have also relied on the use of the internet to search for information and tools for better development of activities.

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It is very true that the internet connection in the student stage can bring its benefits, especially under these pandemic conditions, such as direct and fast access to information, since currently it can be expensive and difficult to acquire books, encyclopedias, magazines, among others, while with the internet you can find a variety of information, images, videos and others.

As well as didactic games and practical exercises related to the topics studied, it serves as a support, and can create in them the interest to investigate, deepen on something in particular that is interesting to them, at the same time allows them to know the new technological tools that will be of help later.

However, it should be noted that although the use of the Internet has its advantages, it is also important that we guide them in its use because we run many risks when it is not used correctly. It is especially important to pay attention when children and young people show great interest and want to be connected to the Internet for a long time and do so unsupervised. They should be guided, supervised and not prohibited, since ignorance of use is also a cause of problems.

I am particularly interested in seeking information related to the subject to guide my 6 year old son and use the right tools to help me control and make the most of its use.

It is important for parents to research and read about the topic of new technologies and social networks, especially what can or cannot be allowed depending on the age to better understand what their children want or use, since due to lack of knowledge they can be given a bad orientation, or be allowed to use them without knowing what they are about.

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You can work as a family, looking for information together with the children, so they will see how it is used and confidence is reinforced so that at a certain time they can clarify their doubts and concerns and who better to clarify them than their parents before they look for inappropriate information outside the home.

Another important aspect is that just as in their other activities such as playing, sleeping, eating, being connected to the Internet should be limited, taking into account their age and the purpose of their connection, it may happen that more access time is required to search for information and develop a specific activity, or on the contrary, they only want to spend hours playing.

They should be guided on how to search for information, since they should know that not everything that appears on the network is real or true, so they should pay attention to the veracity of the information.

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Today we must be very attentive to protect our children from the misuse of the Internet, especially when they have contact with other people, so if in doubt we should seek help in time and avoid putting them at risk.

Well friends, for the moment I say goodbye, hoping the content presented will be very useful, thanks for reading!