20 September 2024
The checklist below covers actions you can take to help protect children of all ages from online harms.
Once you’ve tackled this, use the tabs above to see extra steps you can take based on your child’s age.
Tagged with parenting
23 April 2024
Sexual predators are grooming children under six into performing “disturbing” acts of sexual abuse via phones or webcams a charity has warned.
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) said it had discovered more than two thousand remotely filmed child abuse images of three to six-year-olds online in 2023.
04 November 2022
..Because her videos weren’t getting many views, she felt it “wasn’t a big deal” to have a public account to showcase her family’s life during lockdown, with many of the videos featuring her and her daughters dancing around the house.
The comments she got on the video, many of which revolved around her daughter’s appearance, “horrified” her.
06 July 2022
A father whose 14-year-old daughter killed herself is calling for parents to be able to access their children's social media after they die.
Mariano Janin believes his daughter Mia saw bullying messages on her phone the night before her death in March 2021.
He wants parents to be able to access any messages or videos a child may have seen on social media before they died.
03 May 2022
It is an offence to install monitoring apps without a user's permission.
Where parents are the owners of the device this would not apply.
This guide to parental control apps explores the possible positives and negatives of using them, plus provides an overview of some of the most popular apps on offer.
18 March 2022
The Family Video Game Database has been created to help parents, carers and guardians gain a deeper understanding of video games. Through unusual lists of games, detailed search and alternative suggestions we connect families with amazing, affordable video games that are valued by adults and children.
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