E-Safety Tips for Parents

InternetMatters.org is a not-for-profit organisation that has a simple purpose – to help keep children safe in the digital world.

Advice from the BBC

Laura from The BBC shares her views, hints and tips about internet safety.

KC Parental Internet Settings

KC Parental Controls lets you choose how much of the internet you would like you and your family to see. It’s easy to set up and will help you make sure that your family is safe using the internet in your home.

Be Share Aware – Keep your child safe online

We tell our children it’s good to share – but online it’s different. In fact sometimes sharing online can be dangerous. Being Share Aware will help keep your child safe online. Watch and share a short film and take a look at some straightforward advice that will untangle the web, and give parents confidence in talking to their children about how to stay safe online.

Know your social media

We would like to provide parents with the information they need to understand their child’s online world and help them keep their children safe online.

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• Facebook is a social network, which lets you create a page about yourself
• Snapchat is an app that lets you send a photo or short video to your friends.
• Instagram is a picture and video sharing app.
• Twitter is a messaging service that lets you post public messages called tweets.
• Pinterest is an online interactive pin board.
• Whatsapp is an instant messaging app, which lets you send messages, images and videos to friends.
• ROBLOX is a user-generated gaming platform where you can create your own games
• YouTube is a place to watch, create and share videos.
• TikTok is a video-sharing social media platform

E-Safety resources for parent