Parent Online Safety
How safe is TikTok?
Watch the video for some great safety settings for this popular app.
Info on TikTok from Internet Matters
Jessie & Friends: Film for parents and carers
Think U Know Series "Jessie & Friends"
Limiting Screentime
Childnet International have issued the following useful advice for parents of children 0 to 7 on the subject of limiting screentime and taking time with your child to explore the digital world together.
Click the image or this link to view the advice.
(Via Childnet International)
Click here for some more tips on helping your children develop good media habits
(via Common Sense Media)
Microsoft Parental Controls
Microsoft Family is a new feature in Windows 10 and on Xbox which allows parents to have control over their children's online activity. To make use of these features your child must be using a Microsoft account under the control of your family account.
https://account.microsoft.com/family/about
https://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/for-everyone/responsible-gaming
Screentime for Apple iOS Devices
Google Family Link for Android Devices
Facebook - Guide for Parents Facebook have produced a new guide to help start important conversations about online safety with your child
New Netflix Parental Controls Article from UK Safer Internet Centre
5 Tips to Keep Your Child Safe On The Internet
Do you know how to protect your child from online risks? These 5 tips will help. Number 2 is super easy. http://www.hamptonschoolmu.com - Hampton Primary School, Mauritius. 1. Get permission Teach your child to always get permission before using the computer and always try to sit with them.
NSPCC - Enable Parental Controls
Click here for more info on the NSPCC website
Parents online safety workshop March 2019
Online Safety assembly presentation (PowerPoint file)
Below are many useful links to sites that will help you learn more about online safety.
- Parent info New website from CEOP and Parent Zone. In line with CEOP’s Thinkuknow programme, some of the content covers internet safety, but it all starts from the assumption that young people make little distinction between their online and offline lives and the issues for parents are often the same. The aim is to help parents help their children be discriminating, web-literate and resilient.
- Think U Know for Parents and Carers
- InternetMatters.org The latest advice from the e-safety experts at internetmatters.org including a new cybersafe app for tablets and Parental Controls guide for you home broadband provider.
- Educate Against Hate Government Initiative combatting Extremism
- SWIGGLE safe internet search
- Know IT All for Parents - Childnet International A unique interactive e-safety guide for parents and carers produced by Childnet International. It's designed to really help you as a parent or carer keep up to date with how children are using the internet, and support them in using these new exciting services safely and responsibly.
- Keeping our Children Safe Online This weblink will connect you to the UK Safer Internet Centre, where you can find e-safety tips, advice and resources to help children and young people stay safe on the internet.
- BBC Family Online Safety Videos
"YouTube Kids" A safer app for Children.
This app offers a simple child friendly interface and will only suggest educational videos. Also it features parental controls so you can limit the usage of this app and set time limits.
Some online safety facts from internetmatters.org
Top 10 Parental Cyber-Safety Tips for the Summer
Kids today effectively don’t experience days and nights. Instead, it’s time spent on the Internet and time spent on screens; that’s the new age anti-meridiem and post-meridiem for you! Summer time just opens the floodgates to babysitting by gadgets. Here’s a to-do-list of best practices for parents and caretakers to ensure that their children are safe online:
- Spell out expectations
- Be conscious of cyber-safety
- Befriend your children online
- Live life offline too
- Embrace digital parental control
- Follow up on kids' Internet usage
- Report cyberbullying
- Have conversations over difficult topics
- Encourage sports and free play
- Leverage online media
Originally published by Mobicip
