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Children nowadays are deeply involved in social media. The rise of the internet has provided them a lot of opportunities for self –expression, content creation, and building communities. However, these opportunities can also expose them to serious threats.

Educating our children to develop a positive online behavior is the best defense for keeping them safe online. It is important to develop their ability to assess the risks associated with their online activities as well as making them accountable for their online behavior.

Good thing, there are companies like Globe Telecom that helps the Philippines in not just making it a digital nation but at the same time, providing awareness on the dangers that people could fall vulnerable to in this digital age.

Globe’s #makeITsafePH campaign, under its Cyber Pinoy cyber wellness program teaches students how to understand the impact of their online behavior and how to be safe and responsible for their online activities by providing workshops. The workshops provides awareness on technology’s impact on their social activities and how to use technology to help them achieve their goals.

To support the #makeITsafePH campaign, here are some tips I made to help your children develop positive online behavior.

1. Always Respect the Rights and Feelings of Others.

Remember the Golden Rule? “Do to others what you would like others do to you” (Luke 6:31). You have to treat others the way you want to be treated. This goes the same in the online world. Just because you are behind the screen doesn’t mean you can do the things that you would not ordinarily do, including antisocial behaviors, negativity and the like.

Be Polite

Always remember to practice politeness in all your communications online. This includes your comments, shares, emails and etc. Make sure you don’t appear rude, insensitive and deceitful.

Be Mindful of your actions.

Make sure what you post online will not embarrass you or other people. Many careless shares have led to a lot of online problems including problems with relationships.

Practice Self-Control

Think before posting or replying in social media. Communicate clearly and don’t post anything in sheer anger or frustration. Refrain from complaining online. Steer away any communication that harbor bullying, abusing or spreading rumors.

2. Protect Your Digital Identity

Having a positive digital identity can work for your advantage. The things that we post today can be an important information in the years down the line. When content that reflects you in the negative light is easily visible in search, your digital identity is at risk. Developing a positive digital identity is like answering the question, “What do you want others to see in you when they search you?”

Your digital identity is based on what information you post and what you share. It can impact your relationships and your future opportunities for employment, careers, and business. Your digital identity might well be the first thing that your prospective employer will check when they get your application. They will be looking for positive content that showcases your potential and accomplishments as an individual. They will also be looking at your photos, videos, and comments that suggests you are the right person for the job you are applying. If your future employers finds out that you are the kind of person who posts rude comments and anything negative online, would they be considering your application for their company?

In order for you to have positive digital identity, you have to be genuine to people in your online community. People respond positively to genuineness. Also, artificial words and actions are very easy to spot, so be true!

3. Delete Inappropriate Posts in the Past.

The moment you post something online it is there forever. Most of the time your long-forgotten posts from the past may work as a disadvantage in your present opportunities. Many people can roam your social media profile looking for something to bully you – or just to stalk on you. That is why, you need to clean your social media accounts to make it scrutiny ready for future opportunities.

Here are some cleaning tips for your social media accounts.

Delete pictures that can be seen as negative or reveal too much.
Delete inappropriate statuses.
Delete friends you don’t know.
Set your privacy setting so that only friends and family can read what you posts
eUntag yourself from inappropriate posts
Report, unfriend and block people who send you abusive posts or messages.

4. THINK Before You Post.

Sharing information online is a good thing but we need to be careful of the risk of hurting ourselves or someone else. The information that you share with your friends can end up being shared with others. Therefore, it is very important to think before you post anything online.

5. Spread LOVE.

One of the best ways to spread love on social media is to make post that will make other people happy. Think of making posts that will inspire or make someone laugh. Post something that is beautiful, something that would bring joy to others.

When it comes to liking posts, be generous with your likes. It doesn’t cost us much when we like other’s posts but think about how it can add up to someone else’s day.

When leaving comments, make sure to write genuine and kind comments. If you don’t have nothing nice to say, better not comment at all. Write comments that will inspire and encourage.

There are probably so many things you can do to spread love online. All you need to do is to start now. Be a blessing!

These are my top tips for encouraging positive online behavior but I’ve love to hear your ideas. Let me know in the comments…or on social media.

One of the things that I bought from my first ever salary was a guitar. I wanted to learn and master my guitar skills so I bought one. Buying my first guitar was not easy because I don’t have any idea on what are the things that I need to consider. My husband who is so fond with guitars helped me picked the right one.

Here are a few tips:

1. Get an inexpensive guitar.

Why inexpensive? This is because you are still using the guitar as your learning guitar. Do not immediately buy signature series guitar especially if you don't have enough money to buy one. Try to find guitars that are affordable and easy in your pocket. Mine was around $100 or around Php 4,000 and I find it great for my guitar lessons. Just make sure that you don't end up with guitars that are poorly constructed as it will have poor sound quality.

2. Acoustic or Electric?

You Need to Decide! Most beginners find it difficult to choose whether to buy an acoustic or an electric guitar. It simply depends on the style you play. In my case, I bought an acoustic guitar so I will not be buying an amplifier as my budget is limited. However, if money won’t be problem you can buy an electric guitar and an amplifier at one time.

3. Play and Feel the Guitar.

My husband was the one who helped me test the guitar before buying it. Since he is familiar with guitars, he can easily detect poor tone qualities, tune problems and many others. You too can tag along your friends and relatives who knows how to play the guitar so they can help you. Also, try playing the guitar if it’s comfortable in your hands and body.

4. Warranties are Important! Always ask for a warranty in buying your guitar.It assures you that the guitar you buy is of good quality and don’t contain manufacturing defects. It also gives you the right to ask the manufacturer to deal with any issues according to their terms and conditions.

5. Enjoy the Freebies. Some guitars that are sold in music shops comes with a gig bag and a tuner. If ever a music shop provides you with one, go for it.

Globe Telecom is giving out Globe Rewards points and other prizes to those who share their time in helping communities through its nationwide volunteering program Time Please.

Time Please is spearheaded by Globe and The Walt Disney Company Philippines. This collaboration encourages and empowers Filipinos to provide volunteer activities or participate in existing volunteer programs in groups with two to four members.

From July 10, 2018 to August 19, 2018, members of groups who will complete and register their volunteer hours through http://timeplease.ph will get 100 Globe Rewards points each. The group with the most number of volunteer hour credits at the end of the program will win an all-expense paid trip for four to Hong Kong Disneyland.

“We want to encourage more Filipinos to celebrate the spirit of volunteerism through Time Please. We are very grateful for the support of various organizations which supported our nationwide volunteering program,” said Yoly Crisanto, Chief Sustainability Officer and Senior Vice President for Corporate Communications at Globe.

Globe partnered with iVolunteer Philippines and Gawad Kalinga to provide the sign-up platform. Running from May 25, 2018 to August 19, 2018, Time Please has generated close to a million volunteer hours to date.

Time Please is supported by about 40 organizations to date. Organizations that have partnered with Globe are Gawad Kalinga, Couples for Christ, Armed Forces of the Philippines Reserve Command, iVolunteer Philippines, Department of Education for Brigada Eskwela, Kris Library, Edicute Inc, Tulong sa Kapwa Kapatid, Kythe Foundation Inc, Oikos Helping Hand, and Philippine Toy Library.

Other organizations that have participated in the program include Special Olympics, Generation Hope, Yellow Warriors Society Philippines, Karinderia ni Mang Urot, Humanist Alliance Philippines International, Mano Amiga Philippines, All Together in Dignity Fourth World, Pusod Inc, Aral Pinoy, Citizens Disaster Response Center, Project Pearls, Visions of Hope, Progressive Assistance Canada, Dream Big Pilipinas, Haribon Foundation, Fostering Education & Environment for Development, as well as Make A Wish Philippines.

Pink Women on Fire, Save The Children, Virlanie Foundation Inc, CAPABLE Foundation, Vessels of Humanity, Kidlikasan. Kabataan. Kalikasan., Bahay Tuluyan, The Storytelling Project, He Cares Foundation, Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation, MovEd, and Nature Awareness and Conservation Club Inc have also joined Time Please to entice more volunteers in their programs and activities.

Customers can join Time Please and register their hours to do a #GlobeofGood. They can visit http://timeplease.ph and follow Globe Bridging Communities on Facebook for more details.

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