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E-Safety Guide for Parents
As a parent you’ll probably know how important the Internet is to young people. They use it to learn, play, socialise and express themselves in all types of creative ways. This may be through sharing photographs and videos, blogging, gaming, or even developing their own apps.
The technology young people use in their daily lives can seem daunting. You might worry about the risks they face online, such as bullying, contact from strangers, as well as the possibility of access to inappropriate or illegal content. To help them to stay safe, it’s important that you understand how your child uses the Internet and the safety measures that they should take.
So if you want to know more about how to stay safe in cyberspace, report incidents to service providers, block unwanted contact, learn about how your digital footprints may affect job prospects or even just keep up with your children then this section provides guidance to help with this.
Social Media Safety
In order to keep your child safe online, it is important that you run through the following tasks and complete them alongside your child.
Firstly, click on the link below that will take you to the Internet Matters website. The link includes a video for you to watch alongside your child. It also includes a useful toolkit that you can work through in order to keep your child safe online.
It is also important that children who have social media applications have them set up in a secure manner. Below is an instruction manual for each application that will help ensure they are safe by adapting the settings within the application. It would be helpful if you run through and change the settings alongside your child.
TikTok: https://swgfl.org.uk/assets/documents/tiktok-checklist.pdf
Facebook: https://swgfl.org.uk/assets/documents/facebook-checklist.pdf
Twitter: https://swgfl.org.uk/assets/documents/twitter-checklist-2020.pdf
Snapchat: https://swgfl.org.uk/assets/documents/snapchat-checklist.pdf
Instagram: https://swgfl.org.uk/assets/documents/instagram-checklist.pdf
Roblox: https://swgfl.org.uk/assets/documents/roblox-checklist-new.pdf
Netflix: https://swgfl.org.uk/assets/documents/netflix-checklist.pdf
Helpful Links
School E-safety Policy
National Online Safety
NSPCC
Digital safety quiz – How much do you know?
Friendbook page – Can you spot the risky practise?
How much do you know?
Digital footprints
Cyberbullying
Do’s and don’ts
E-safety – ‘how to’ instructions
Facebook privacy – e-safety lesson
Advice Leaflets:
- Stay Safe Online by Cleveland Police
- Family Online Safety Guide
- Online reputation checklist
- Facebook checklist
- Childnet Parent Internet Safety Leaflet
- Street sense – protect yourself
- Safety on the bus
- Hot or Not – Cyberbullying Trend
- What Does It All Mean? – Glossary of Terms
- Preventing Bullying
Contacts and Help
- Thinkuknow.co.uk
- Childnet
- Childline (0800 1111)
- Phonebrain
- Facebook.com/safety
Remember – there is always someone who can help. Do NOT suffer in silence – TELL SOMEONE!