In this section please see some top tips for how to behave and what to post on social media for children, teens and adults.
- Think before you attack on social media, especially if joining in with a lot of other people. Are you responding negatively because it’s necessary or because it’s making you feel better?
- Don’t force other people to listen to your music
- You don’t need to take a picture to prove to yourself that you’ve done something. It is perfectly OK to go to a museum or for a walk and just look at things
- Don’t over share for adults: remember your children are entitled to private lives
- Don’t over share for young people: don’t post pictures of your friends looking ridiculous without getting their permission first
- Don’t walk down the street texting or browsing – you could bump into someone
- Before you post something, think about what people in your life think about it if the read it
- Don’t say anything online that you wouldn’t say to a person’s face
- Don’t send messages via your phone in the cinema. Or even read them. We can all see those little lights. And don’t imagine that a vibrating, buzzing phone is in any way silent
- On the whole, it’s a good idea to pay more attention to the people you are with than to your devices – so don’t text while paying in a shop, or be so busy updating your status you don’t talk to your family
- It’s sometimes better not to speak online. You don’t have to retort. There is nothing wrong with keeping quiet now and then.
Source: Vodafone Digital Parenting
