During their summer holidays, chances are that children may be spending more time online with their computers and mobile devices.
This increased screen time can provide many benefits for kids, however, there are also increased risks that include access to non age appropriate material and cyber-bullying.Parents can help protect children by creating an open environment where children feel comfortable talking to their parents about what they see and do online. Remind your children to think about what they have learned about online safety at school and the ‘SMART’ rules. These teach and encourage children to make their own informed safe choices.
Let’s us continue to work together to keep online time fun. Here are a collection of articles with great tips on how to keep your online summer holidays happy ones…
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Good-digital-parenting/top-5-free-tools-keeping-your-family-safe-online
kidsmart – resources we have used in school with the children
See also our ‘Internet Safety’ blog post for further information.