Online Safety Information for Parents
The NSPCC and O2 have teamed up with their Share Aware campaign to help parents 'untangle the web' and to help children to become more 'share aware'.
Keeping children safe online | NSPCC
A new report from England's Children's Commissioner on the effects of social media on 8-to-12-year-olds. It shows the way children use social media and details how social media's effect on their well-being hits a ‘cliff edge’ when they start secondary school.
childrens-commissioner-for-england---life-in-likes-jan-2018-.pdf
Tips, advice, guides and resources to help keep your child safe online.
Parents and carers | CEOP Education
Common Sense Media provide lots of useful advice from educators, parents and experts across a wide range of subjects. if you are looking to discuss something specific, you may get some good ideas in here.
Parents and carers | CEOP Education
Childnet's home page for parents and carers. Whether you’re puzzled by parental controls or would like to know more about gaming, this section can help.
Parental Controls
Digital Parenting - Vodafone UK News Centre
The above links to the Vodafone Digital Parenting magazine library. At the back of each issue you can find articles on setting parental controls across a range of devices. Updated each new issue.
Parental controls offered by your home internet provider - UK Safer Internet Centre
Parental controls offered by your home internet provider. How to set up filters on your home internet to help prevent age inappropriate content being accessed on devices in your home.
Digital Parenting - Vodafone UK News Centre
Another link from the Vodafone Digital Parenting site with information concerning many different of aspects of Digital Parenting, including feedback from experts and parents.
Social Networks
Find out more about the safety features available on popular social networks such as: Club Penguin, Facebook, Kik, Google+, Moshi Monsters, Snapchat, YouTube, WhatsApp, and more. Social media guides - UK Safer Internet Centre
The internetmatters.org website has published guidance for parents who want to know more about Snapchat. How to stay safe on Snapchat: Parent guide | Internet Matters
Facebook's parent portal Parents | Meta
Young people use Instagram to share images and videos; this guide gives advice on ways to stay safe if young people choose to use the app. Instagram safety: a how to guide for parents | Internet Matters
TikTok app safety – What parents need to know TikTok app safety - What parents need to know | Internet Matters
TikTok app safety guide Practical advice for parents and young people TikTok safety guide to support young people on the app | Internet Matters
WhatsApp – Guide for Parents and Carers. Caution is advised over your child’s digital footprint, particularly the content (photos, videos and messages) they choose to share via WhatsApp What is WhatsApp? A safety guide for parents | Internet Matters
YouTube is a popular platform with both adults and young people. InternetMatters.org have created a guide to explain YouTube’s features as well as guidance on how to stay safe when using it. YouTube parental controls and supervised accounts | Internet Matters
Another hub of online safety resources for parents from The Key website. Feature more guides on many of the apps contained above.
The Key Safeguarding | Parent online safety zone