ESafety for parents

Internet Safety

Sharon Rowe

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Social media - are young people addicted?

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Your child’s digital footprint

• Explain to your child that what goes online stays online.

• Ask them what they'd do if someone was standing too close to them, or if strangers were asking nosy questions. Then ask them what they think is the online equivalent.

• Get them to type their name into a search engine - they may be surprised by what comes up.

• Encourage them to ask permission before tagging photos or videos of friends and family.

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• Encourage them to ask permission before tagging photos or videos of friends and family.

• Explain that they could be breaking the law if they make comments about someone online (it could be slanderous).

• Remind them of the value of friendship: to be a friend, other people need to be decent, kind and supportive.

• Talk about the consequences of posting rude images online.

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Parental controls

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The Sexual Offences Act (2003)

Illegal to create, share and possess any ‘indecent’ image of anyone under the age of 18.

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What to do if your child is being bullied online…

• Don’t reply/retaliate

• Report it to the school

• If on a social networking site, report them to the

website and BLOCK/DELETE the user.

• Report it to the police ( through the CEOP button

available on the CEOP website)

• SAVE the conversations, do not delete any evidence.

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Useful websites about ESafety

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The following websites contain lots of useful

information to keep your family safe online and when

using mobile technologies:

www.theparentzone.co.uk/ - so many great resources and advice on

how to approach digital safety with your child.

www.childnet-int.org - a non-profit organisation working directly with

children, parents and teachers to ensure that the issues of online child

protection and children's safe and positive use of the internet are

addressed. Childnet International produce and online CD guide

specifically for parents called Know IT All - www.childnet-int.org/kia/

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www.thinkuknow.co.uk - The Child Exploitation and Online Protection

(CEOP) Centre has set up its own educational website which has been

designed and written specifically for children, young people, teachers,

parents and carers.

www.getsafeonline.org A beginners guide to using the Internet safely,

including a quiz and some video tutorials about how to ‘stay safe’ on-

line.

www.kidsmart.org.uk - Kidsmart is an award winning internet safety

website for parents and those working with children. It has been

developed by the children's internet charity Childnet International and

has excellent information on many of the technologies used by

children, with guidance on how to ‘stay safe’ online.

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