Cyber Safety Tips for Parents
Understanding the Influence of Online Influencers
Understanding the influence of online influencers Influence – it can be good or bad right? Our children are influenced by us, their peers, what they see online and in our communities. Influence that happens in our children’s immediate environments is much easier for...
Setting Digital Boundaries for Your Child’s Hangouts & Sleepovers
Can I tell you a story from my childhood that you might relate to? We moved a lot as younger children, so my sister was always my first and best friend and then there were the friendship gaps around that which were filled in by kids from the school we were currently...
Developing a Child’s Digital Resilience | Cyber Safety Tips
Resilience – it’s a word we hear everywhere. It’s a key life skill that’s right at the centre of success. If you want to make a new friend, try a new skill, stick at something that’s hard, have a go at something knowing the possibility of failure is high but...
Part 2: You’ve Watched WHAT? Managing Online Adult Content
Let’s just assume that every single parent is going to have a moment of bearing witness to their child’s behaviour that makes them want to run and hide – or just resign from parenting. In the early years it’s usually those big explosive behaviours in public. And then...
Part 1: You’ve Watched WHAT? Managing Online Adult Content
Let’s get a clear picture of what’s out there Pun intended by that heading! An extraordinary number of children accidentally stumble across, do a semi-innocent curious search for, or get sent pornographic content. In fact, I can say with confidence that it is harder...
4 Steps to Manage Your Child’s Exposure to Graphic Content
The viewing of graphic content online by younger children can be deeply impactful. Follow the 4 step formula to manage the trauma and lessen the emotional impact. Just hold space In the early moments after exposure to horrifically graphic content, children often need...
When Parents Disagree on Their Child’s Device Access
Parenting is a complicated business and when you add two or more parents into the equation, bringing with them the way they were parented, it can be a bit like a gladiator’s arena! Then we add in a young person desperate for a device, or more time on their device, or...
Manage Your Child’s Digital Hangover | Cyber Safety Tips
Maybe you have, maybe you haven’t been there; struggling with a hangover. It’s never pretty and often involves you wanting people to leave you alone, to lie still, and to consume copious quantities of snack foods in an attempt to feel better and stop the churning....
