Turning to celebs to look for role models is a tricky business, especially when it comes to admiring their appearance. For many actresses, athletes, and artists, keeping their bodies slim or muscular is part of their job. Plus they have personal trainers, private chefs, stylists, and makeup artists to keep them looking camera-ready whenever they're in the public eye.
02: 'When it comes to safety, children need us to be aware and involved in what’s going on - both online and offline. And that's why we’ve joined forces with the NSPCC.
Our aim is keep kids safe by helping UK parents and guardians to explore and see the internet as children do - a world that’s creative, fun and exciting - as well as understand the real dangers that exist online.
To do this, we're working together to:
Launch an online safety helpline for parents to call for technical advice.
Bring online safety workshops for parents and carers into schools and workplaces.
Train staff so all O2 stores can help adults with their online safety concerns.
Ultimately, we hope to equip parents and other family members with the knowledge and confidence to chat regularly with their kids about what they're doing online, and with whom.'
'There’s no shortage of stories out there about employees getting fired because of what turns up on their private social media accounts.
But I’d argue that as employers we’re often guilty of taking social media policing too far. It’s common career advice these days to tell recent grads and job hunters to sanitize their social media accounts before starting a job search, expunging photos that might seem unprofessional — from selfies on the beach to shots taken at parties. Recruiters and managers are going to‘check up your social media presence’ the argument goes, so it better look squeaky clean.'
Watch these four short and powerful videos by Internet Matters to help parents address esafety issues and their children's safety.
Some parents turn to socialmedia to punish and discipline their children by publicly shaming them.
The implications and consequences of this public shaming and humilation are serious and at times fatal.
Public humiliation videos will cause problems for young people when they apply for college and employment. It seems that parents do not realise the message; 'Post once and it's there forever' applies to their social media activity too.
It should also be noted that there have been tragic incidents where young people have taken their own lives following public shaming by their parents.
In the US there is a proposal to make parental public shaming of their children a state offence.
Our friends over at Rising Stars have created a great esafety poster exploring how to keep safe on the internet.
As a bonus, they're also running a competition for schools to win fantastic prizes!
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