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ADVERTORIAL PROTECTING YOUR CHILDREN FROM ONLINE PITFALLS Kaspersky Lab experts share their advice on how to protect your children online Internet addiction and game addiction are pathological conditions that parents around the world are becoming increasingly more concerned about. Not only are children spending more and more time online, often the content they are consuming is excessively violent and pornographic – totally inappropriate for children! Gambling sites and online stores also capitalise on kids and their desire for instant gratification. Teenagers, in particular, are living increasingly virtual lives, escaping more and more from reality. Sounds horrible, doesn’t it? INTERNET ADDICTION Remember, just because you think your child seems to spend too much time online doesn’t necessarily mean that they have an addiction. If you think your son or daughter may be developing an Internet addiction, there are a few signs you can watch out for, including: 16 | The Trinitonian When considering all of this, it’s important to note that there is a difference between a medical condition, or addiction, and an enjoyed form of entertainment. In terms of gaming, the industry is developing at a rapid rate and is constantly recruiting large numbers of teenage gamers. The fact that the number of players simultaneously online on the Steam gaming platform has long exceeded 10 million is an indicator of just how popular gaming has become. This doesn’t necessarily mean that we have in excess of 10 million gaming addicts; some teenagers spend relatively short periods playing online games. • The proportion of time: if your child is so absorbed on the Internet that they cannot tear themselves away. Monitor the time your child spends online vs. the time they spend on other activities. • Moods: if your child is calm, happy or excited when online, and irritated, aggressive, agitated or lethargic when offline. • Suffering schoolwork: if your child used to get good marks at school, but marks have now plummeted. • Relationships: if your child is experiencing a cooling of relations with real-life friends. • Excessive reactions to trivial online events (such as the number of likes or comments): if your child becomes very emotional, monitors or tries to control what is happening online, becomes happy when there’s a reaction to their online activity and/or disappointed when the level of reaction is less than expected. • Physical symptoms: headaches, backaches, dry eyes, sleeping disorders, reduced physical activity, inertia, and pallid countenance. • Neglecting their basic needs: such as personal hygiene, sleep, meals, and a lack of appetite. • Antisocial behaviour: lying, being offensive or physically aggressive to others who try to prevent them from going online. Remember that none of the above factors alone (with the exception of aggression) is indicative of a developing addiction. For example, if your child has several hobbies, blogs about them, and gets upset about not receiving very many likes, this doesn’t necessarily mean they have an Internet addiction; it is more likely that they are simply engrossed in that activity. What you should be looking out for is a combination of several of the above factors. If your child has developed an addiction, you should consult a professional. If you are concerned that your child is at risk of becoming addicted and would like to take preventative measures, try using dedicated software, such as Kaspersky Safe Kids – which allows you to control how much time your child spends using a device.
VIDEO GAME ADDICTION You shouldn’t get overly concerned if your child sometimes becomes absorbed in a video game and you find it difficult to get their attention. In the same way that reading books at bedtime or watching their favourite cartoons can be engrossing, so can gaming. You should understand that a video game is a large artistic creation that your child wants to experience in its entirety, from the beginning to the end, and while a cartoon may take around 90 minutes to watch, a game could take 10, 20 or even 50 hours to complete. Fifty hours may sound quite worrying, but in fact, it only means your child will spend more time playing that game instead of constantly returning to the adventures of their favourite heroes in creations that take less time to complete. It’s a bit like reading a fantasy trilogy or War and Peace by Tolstoy instead of four or five single-volume books in the space of a month. “Flow” is a term that describes the experience of becoming truly engrossed in anything, including a game. Video game developers use the term and, from their point of view, this is exactly what they want to produce in a player. In this condition a player doesn’t notice how time passes, they may fail to react to external stimuli, and they get irritated if they are distracted from their game. If a game succeeds at this, it means it’s a good game that the player finds interesting; this is not unlike the state that book lovers find themselves in while reading a good book. Your child plays video games to tell you or their friends about how many levels they have completed, and because they are interested in what happens to the heroes next; it’s a hobby, an interest, a topic for discussion. This is not an addiction. Addiction is when a child carries out virtual raids after school or even during school time, when real-life friends are replaced by virtual companions in trade guilds, and when a child loses all interest in real life and socialising with others. The most dramatic example that is usually cited when discussing video game addiction is that of a gamer who died of exhaustion after she played World of Warcraft non-stop for several days! MMORPGs World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) in which players take on the role of one of the heroes living in a virtual world. MMORPGs are a major risk when it comes to gaming addictions. The nature of these games means the player keeps returning to play: the in-game content is infinite and is continuously expanded by the developers, the player continuously develops their character, working to reach achievements for their account; players also form social bonds during the game, which attaches them even more firmly to the virtual world. In order to prevent your child becoming addicted to a video game, the same dedicated software for children’s online safety will also help – such software helps control the time your child spends on their device. However, be careful when using this sort of software in conjunction with MMORPGs – it’s difficult to limit the time your child spends playing such games because the timer not only stops the game process it also stops interactions with in-game friends, and this can be difficult for teenagers to accept. It might be a viable option to ban such games altogether for some time – this can also be done with the help of software such as Kaspersky Safe Kids. All you need to do is add this type of video game to the list of blocked software. Moreover, by using components that restrict the launch of games or content based on age ratings, this sort of security software can help make sure your child chooses age-appropriate games. The Trinitonian | 17
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