Real or Cyber; keep children safer

This is a story of a lonely boy. He is alone because his parents are always busy. When they are at home, they are too tired for him.

When he goes his mother or father for attention, he always gets the same answer:

“Later!”

Day by day, he accepts this situation and stops trying to contact with his family. Even, his teachers and classmates.

He thinks that nobody loves him. Nobody cares about him.

He starts to spend more time online and he realized that he is happy.

Online world is so enjoyable that he doesn’t want to go to school. He doesn’t want to do something with his parents or friends anymore. Actually, he doesn’t want to sleep anymore !

He plays online games and meets people from there. He loves them very much because they are always with him.

How happy he is with his new family. Or does he supposed to he is happy?

He didn’t see these people in real life but he started to trust them more than everbody day by day.

He felt like that his parents were foreign to him.

It had been months like that. His parents realized that he had change. They tried to talk to him but he didn’t. It was too late and they lost their son.

Not only for children but also parents should know everything about Internet Safety and the dangers hidden behind the online world.

One day, they realised that there was no money left in their bank account!

How could that happened? It was impossible! They were extremely careful about their money!

The most important thing that they forgot about is their son.

When we consider cyber crimes, they were lucky because they only lost their money.

Criminals used their son to swindle them. They could harm their son. Various of dangerous things could be happen to their son and they would be responsible of that.

They should have given attention to him.

Our children are the most precious in the world. We should educate them against everything against both in real and cyber world.

We can not make some things up and we can be regretful but it can be too late.

Thanks to 9th February SAFER INTERNET DAY to raise awareness all around the world.

Written by İBRAHİM ÖNAL SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL team of

Let’s Sport and Learn English eTwinning Project.

And dedicated to all children from whole world for a safer online world.