Have a look at this website; it has loads of different games including mermaid ones for kids: www.girlgamezone.com/virtual-world-for-girls.html It’s a safe site for children and gives them lots of choices and different things to do so they will be entertained and educated for hours on end.
When children use a computer to play games or to enter into virtual worlds, there are some things that parents should check for to make sure that they are always safe. After all, just because the person your child is chatting to claims to be the same age and have the same interests, doesn’t mean it’s the truth, and because children tend to accept the things that they are told at face value, they can become vulnerable to predators.
Some sites that are intended for children and that allow them to interact with each other are able to pick up on certain information and not allow it to get through, such as surnames, addresses and the names of schools, so even if a child, in all innocence, gives some of their personal information to a ‘friend’ it will not get through the encryption process. This is a great feature and one that should give parents and guardians some degree of assurance.
Children should also be taught the etiquette of gaming online, one of the rules of which is never try and bully or intimidate someone else. Bizarrely, rudeness seems to be commonplace online as if people don’t believe it matters if they can’t physically see the other person.
If a child feels that they are being cyber bullied, they must be encouraged to report it to a parent or guardian so that it can be reported to the site, so the offender can be dealt with.
When children use a computer to play games or to enter into virtual worlds, there are some things that parents should check for to make sure that they are always safe. After all, just because the person your child is chatting to claims to be the same age and have the same interests, doesn’t mean it’s the truth, and because children tend to accept the things that they are told at face value, they can become vulnerable to predators.
Some sites that are intended for children and that allow them to interact with each other are able to pick up on certain information and not allow it to get through, such as surnames, addresses and the names of schools, so even if a child, in all innocence, gives some of their personal information to a ‘friend’ it will not get through the encryption process. This is a great feature and one that should give parents and guardians some degree of assurance.
Children should also be taught the etiquette of gaming online, one of the rules of which is never try and bully or intimidate someone else. Bizarrely, rudeness seems to be commonplace online as if people don’t believe it matters if they can’t physically see the other person.
If a child feels that they are being cyber bullied, they must be encouraged to report it to a parent or guardian so that it can be reported to the site, so the offender can be dealt with.
