What Parents and Carers Need to Know About Disney+
Published 07/12/23
This free online safety guide examines the hugely popular streaming service Disney+ for potential risks, giving advice on how to avoid them.
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Published 09/11/23A parent guide to online safety - THINK before you send.
Read More10 Top Tips for Respect Online: A Digital World for Everyone
Published 03/02/22A free online safety guide on 10 top tips for respect online: a digital world for everyone.
Our ability to communicate to communicate with anyone in the world, at any time, via the internet has grown at breakneck speed. For teachers and parents, it can feel impossible to keep up. Worrying about our young people is understandable, and not unjustified: in 2020, for example, one in five 10- to 15-year-olds experienced bullying online. Our tips highlight ways that adults can support young people’s positive online behaviours: by adopting and following ‘netiquette’, we can show them how to avoid getting into difficulty as they learn to negotiate the continually evolving digital landscape.
In the guide, you'll find a number of tips such as protecting yourself, replying wisely and being forgiving.
Read More10 Top Tips for Respect Online: Inspiring Children to Build a Better Digital World
Published 03/02/22A free online safety guide on 10 top tips for respect online: inspiring childing to build a better digital world.
Even before lockdowns inflamed the situation, one in every five 10- to 15-year-olds was experiencing bullying online: abusive messages, having rumours spread about them or being excluded from group chats, for example. Through smartphones and tablets, we’re used to being able to communicate from anywhere, at any time – but digital devices became commonplace so quickly that it caused a problem: as a society, we haven’t properly adjusted to how different they’ve made life. Our top tips can help you to build positive relationships online and avoid some of the potential issues.
In the guide, you'll find a number of tips such as how to stop internet addiction, being aware of the dark side, and pressing ‘pause’.
Read MoreWhat parents and carers need to know about: WHATSAPP!
Published 01/02/22A free online safety guide on WhatsApp.
WhatsApp is the world’s most popular messaging service, with around two billion users exchanging texts, photos, videos and documents, and making voice and video calls. The app offers end-to-end encryption, meaning messages can only be read by the sender and the recipient(s). Not even WhatsApp can read them. Updates to its privacy policy in 2021 reportedly caused millions of users to leave the app. But the new policy was widely misinterpreted: it only related to WhatsApp’s business features, not to personal messages.
In the guide, you'll find tips on a number of potential risks such as stranger danger, live location sharing and disappearing messages.
Read MoreHow to Set Up Parental Controls for Android Apps
Published 01/02/22A free online safety guide on how to set up parental controls for Android apps.
Most smartphones allow parents and carers to choose which apps and features appear on their child’s device and which ones don’t – also preventing young people from buying and downloading anything that’s unsuitable for their age. Our #WakeUpWednesday guides to parental controls for managing apps on Androids will help you to reduce the chance of your child using a game or app that might not be appropriate for their age.
In the guide, you'll find tips on a number of tips such as how to block app downloads, how to stop auto-updates and how to restrict apps.
Read MoreHow to Set Up Parental Controls for iPhone Apps
Published 01/02/22A free online safety guide on how to set up parental controls for iPhone apps.
Most smartphones allow parents and carers to choose which apps and features appear on their child’s device and which ones don’t – also preventing young people from buying and downloading anything that’s unsuitable for their age. Our #WakeUpWednesday guides to parental controls for managing apps on iPhones will help you to reduce the chance of your child using a game or app that might not be appropriate for their age.
In the guide, you'll find tips on a number of tips such as how to restrict built-in apps, the game centre and app store purchases.
Read MoreWhat parents and carers need to know about: TIKTOK!
Published 01/02/22A free online safety guide on TikTok.
TikTok is a video-sharing social media app which lets people create, view and download looping 15-second clips. Typically, these are videos of users lip-syncing and dancing to popular songs or soundbites (often for comic purposes), enhanced with filters, effects and text. Designed with young people in mind, TikTok skyrocketed in popularity in 2019 and has featured near the top of download charts ever since. It now has around 1 billion active users worldwide.
In the guide, you'll find tips on a number of potential risks such as age-inappropriate content, addiction and in-app spending.
Read MoreWhat parents and carers need to know about: SNAPCHAT!
Published 01/02/22A free online safety guide on Snapchat.
Snapchat is a photo- and video-sharing app through which users can chat with friends via text or audio. Images and videos can be shared with specific friends, or as a ‘story’ (documenting the previous 24 hours) that’s visible to a person’s entire friend list. Snapchat usage rose during the lockdowns, with many young people utilising it to stay connected with their peers. The app continues to develop features to engage an even larger audience and emulate current trends, rivalling platforms such as TikTok and Instagram.
In the guide, you'll find tips on a number of potential risks such as sexting, visible location and strangers.
Read MoreWhat parents and carers need to know about: NETFLIX!
Published 01/02/22A free online safety guide on Netflix.
Netflix is a subscription-based streaming service that allows users to watch TV shows and movies on any internet-enabled device that supports the software, such as smart TVs, phones and tablets. The pandemic saw a surge in children consuming on-demand content as many families relaxed their screen-time rules. Netflix’s diverse range of programming caters for all age groups – so it’s important for parents to recognise the potential risks of children using the service and the measures to help their child enjoy a safe streaming experience.
In the guide, you'll find tips on a number of potential risks such as screen addiction, inappropriate content and hacking attempts.
Read More10 Ways you can share kindness online!
Published 01/02/22A free online safety guide on sharing kindness online.
Last year, around one in five children aged 10–15 in England and Wales admitted experiencing online bullying: most commonly being insulted or sworn at, or having hurtful messages sent about them. To a child who’s being bullied, the world can seem like a bleak, negative place – but just one kind word can be a ray of hope: a turning point that brightens someone’s day and resets their perspective.
In the guide, you'll find tips such as reaching out, thinking before commenting and recommending fun things.
Read MoreWhat parents and carers need to know about: AGE APPROPRIATE CONENT
Published 01/02/22A free online safety guide on age-inappropriate content.
“Inappropriate” means different things to different people. What’s acceptable for one age group, for example, may be unsuitable for a slightly younger audience. Online, young people can chance upon inappropriate content in various way – from pop-up ads to TikTok videos. The increasingly young age at which children become active in the digital world heightens the risk of them innocently running into something that they find upsetting or frightening. Trusted adults need to be able to help children be aware of what to do if they’re exposed to age-inappropriate content.
In the guide, you'll find tips on a number of potential risks such as social media, gaming and adverts.
Read MoreWhat parents and carers need to know about: YOUTUBE!
Published 01/02/22What Parents and Carers Need to Know about YOUTUBE!