Technology continues to evolve year after year in this day and age, not only can we be concerned about potentially harmful links within our emails, we also have to be concerned about the links and apps our children are exposed to between cyber predators and cyber bullies within online games and social media to exposing your home network to malware through downloads available within those apps, the number of threats our children may face is endless and it is our responsibility to educate and protect them, let’s start by protecting their devices, gone are the days of having to worry about just one home computer, almost every child or teen has their own cell phone or tablet, but we need to treat all of these devices with the same approach we would a laptop at home or work, safe web browsing should be one of the quickest and easiest ways to protect what your child can see online, safe web browsing is a two-step approach, the first step is to restrict web content on devices go to settings, select screen time, then content and privacy restrictions within this area of the device, once turned on, you have a lot of settings that They should be filtered to help protect their devices while they are online, you have options like turning off sharing you can also require a password to install new apps or for in-app purchases to keep you accountable for what they can access, and finally you can go to the Content Restrictions section and have the ability to restrict the web content they can access. The second step is much simpler. Dozens of web browsers are approved for kids and are heavily monitored to ensure that the content available is safe. While these may not help teens, they are a great help in protecting what your little ones see. Next, let’s discuss device monitoring, another important step. Dozens of apps can help parents control what miners can access. These apps can also monitor what is being accessed and provide alerts when there is something to worry about. Some apps will even monitor things like text messages and videos. Although most parental control apps have a small cost, some free apps are also available. Make sure to do your research because oftentimes you get things like these for a relatively small cost. Finally, all of these software apps will be a great help, but they are not foolproof. Make sure to discuss things like cyberbullying, cyber predators, and malware with your children and teach them how to be careful with the information they share with friends online, the dangers of clicking links within apps, and the importance of telling you when they come across something they think is wrong will go a long way in helping to keep them safe.