MXit Parents Guide

Please help me keep this page updated by sending me your latest challenges with MXit to ramon at netucation.co.za

Download the Parent’s Guide to MXit today. You can sign-up for the MXit list below and I will send you the Parent’s Guide to your Inbox and also notify you of my talks and seminars that now include Facebook, social networking, cyber bullying and all the latest developments on helping you learn how to safely use the Internet and cellphones.

In the mean time download and listen my excellent interview with Jeremy Maggs on SAFM from September 2007.

Want to run MXit on your PC? Watch this video clip below:

Attention – Concerned Parent or Teacher

In October 2006, a sexual predator lured a schoolgirl using a cell phone-based messaging service. The suspect, a 33-year-old man abducted and held the 16-year-old girl captive for five days, after he developed a cyber relationship with her through MXit, the popular mobile chat service used by over 2.3 million people, mostly teenagers and 20somethings in South Africa.

This is but one example of an actual event that took place as a result of the current online and mobile technology that exists. More and more children are becoming the victims of mastermind criminals that study, observe, stalk and finally kidnap children. Children’s innocence is at stake, and it is up to you the parent, teachers and guardians to safeguard children from these evildoers.

The best way to protect your children is empowering yourselves with the knowledge and understanding of these types of technology, that children have access to. With some understanding of this technology, you learn how to set boundaries for children that will affectively protect them from cyber criminals.

Ramon Thomas, South Africa’s leading online behavior expert gives talks in across South Africa from Cape Town to Empageni, Port Elizabeth to Pretoria. This is an exclusive opportunity for parents, teachers and community leaders to gain a better understanding of these incredible new technologies,

Topics covered:

  • Criminal cases involving children
  • Why MXit/Facebook is popular among children/teenagers
  • Addiction/Abuse/Cyber-Bullying
  • Online predators/Chat rooms
  • Setting Boundaries
  • Online etiquette (Netiquette)
  • Online Relationships
  • Risks of Facebook (Social Networking websites)

The talks is approximately 45 minutes with 15 minutes for Questions & Answers. If a projector is available a presentation will be used to guide the audience through the talk. The fee is R2,000 excluding travel, accommodations that may be necessary if the venue is outside the major metropolitan areas. I have spoken in very small towns outside major metropolitan areas so do not hesitate to contact me.

Take action today, call 074 124 1696 to book Ramon Thomas for a talk/presentation at your organisation.

This investment that could change the quality of your life and give you peace of mind when your child is having real, genuine fun, chatting with friends on the Internet or their cell phones.

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19 Comments

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  2. C Almeida
    C Almeida October 12, 2007 at 1:37 PM .

    Thank you so much for a most enlightening talk. Parents, staff and learners were impressed by the professional way the topic was handled. Parents were grateful for the presentation of facts which then enabled them to come to a fair decision regarding their childrens habits.

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  9. Lerato
    Lerato April 21, 2008 at 3:23 PM .

    mxit is just controvertial it just depends on how everybody uses it

  10. Chantelle
    Chantelle May 3, 2008 at 4:43 PM .

    You guys need to hurry up with the 2nd parents’guide to mxit please. Our kids have projects to do and need it now!!!!!!!

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  12. sasha
    sasha June 20, 2008 at 11:32 PM .

    i love mxit

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  15. Sharlene
    Sharlene February 13, 2009 at 3:41 PM .

    i do fully understand that is it a cheaper way of communication but i would like to know as this causes problems in marriages i know there is a way we can bypass this please let me know how can i get rid of mxit from my husband’s phone permanently without knowing his password can one of you please assist as this is serious and i need to know for sure taht he cannot access mxit from anywhere.

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  18. Amelia Cloete
    Amelia Cloete May 10, 2010 at 11:29 AM .

    An Error Occurred

    Notice:
    Sorry, the account “mxit” exists in our records but is currently not active. Please push the “back” button on your web browser and notify the website owner of this message.

    1. Ramon Thomas
      Ramon Thomas May 10, 2010 at 11:54 AM .

      Please tell me how you got this error?

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