online safety talks for kids
What you as parents say and do now will set the tone in your home for how kids will use their devices and behave online and on devices. It's not a democracy, it's your home. Tips and tricks of the trade to make sure your kids win online.
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As internet use grows, learn about the steps you can take to improve your kid's positive behaviour online and how you can teach your child to stay safe when gaming, online or simply on her devices
Safer internet day is out of date, and #SID doesn't work. Online safety has expanded into separate themes. Social media, gaming, phone addiction, bullying and sexting need to be tackled separately because they are all different. Different strokes for different folks.
YouTube is the 2nd most popular site on the internet. Here's an updated 2022 review on keeping your kids safe on YouTube, including a Restricted Mode and YouTube for kids. Is kid's YouTube safe at all. Do Google even care?
New UK laws are to be the fiercest online safety rules in the world. Cyber flashing is now illegal, social media portals will be liable for their user content, huge fines, jail time for executives. Porn sites are to enforce age verification. But nothing for schools, parents.
If you, or some you love, has been involved in a sexting incident. What can you do? Sexting is a crime with serious consequences for everybody involved. Here's what we know and what we can do for you. This article is for schools, parents, businesses.
One of the most distressing things a parent can see is naked pictures of their teenage child online, sexting. Here's how we address how to deal with this issue, the services we can provide to schools, parents and businesses to help people recover from sexting.
One question we get asked a lot is will VPN still work with my parental control? Here is why it works and why it is a great idea for your family's online protection, especially gamers on Fortnite, ROBLOX and Minecraft. I
Discord, a popular instant messaging service among gamers, gets the IST treatment. Discord was founded in 2015 by two video gamers and now has 140 million monthly active users. Users are drawn to the site because of the emphasis on live chat, messages, and community development. There is no advertising, no forced feed, and no algorithms.
Police rescue a nine-year-old girl about to meet a registered paedophile in a park near her house. She spoke to him on Instagram a year before and told him she had a dog 'Snowy'. A year later, he came back and tricked her into meeting him by asking her, 'How is Snowy'? Luckily her mum intervened and rang the police.
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