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Keeping safe online :: a guide for parents & teachers

This factsheet has been produced for: Parents and carers, to raise awareness of online safety. When asked about online gaming, 50% of parents said that they were worried about their child’s internet use, however, very few parents engaged with their children in regards to online gaming.

As parents it's important to be present and understand what your children are accessing online – by having an open conversation with each other, children are more likely to let you know if something doesn’t feel quite right before it escalates further.

We know it's hard to stay on top of your children's internet safety, however this resource can help with ways to safeguard your child when they are online.

The guidance will:

Documents

In this section...

My Family's Digital Toolkit

Safeguarding: Social Media & Mental Health

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

Safeguarding: Instagram

Safeguarding: X

What is Character AI? What parents need to know

Safeguarding: BeReal

What Parents & Educators Need to Know about TikTok

How Ofcom is helping children to be safer online – a guide for parents

Youtube - Supervised Experience

See also...

Child to parent abuse

Domestic Violence

Advice about improving your sleep

Safeguarding

Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)

Do you want to tell us anything?

County lines

Out of hours information

E-Safety

Prevent - Radicalisation and Extremism

Explore...

NHS 111 mental health support

TwitBook - Can you spot the problems with this profile page?

Why Failure Hits Girls So Hard and How to Help Them Embrace It

24/7 Text support for Mental Health

Caught In The Web

New...

Cover Supervisor with art specialism

Community news: Davey Tennis

School Policies

STARLIGHT EXPRESS, London. Thursday 2nd October.

Cover Supervisor with PE specialism

Hartismere High School 1999

Year 7 tutors/parents evening

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