Keeping Kids Safe Online – Useful Links & Tips for Parents
This page contains resources that parents can use to help their children stay safe online. As an independent provider of online age verification software, our goal is to make the internet a safe space for children. We believe age verification technology plays a crucial role in keeping children safe online.
While online vendors have a responsibility to keep their products safe from the hands of someone who is under 18, and our product helps them to do just that, we are often asked: “What can parents do to keep their children safe online?”
For this reason, we have selected content that offers practical advice that parents like you may find interesting and useful.
The internet can be an extremely useful resource for people of all ages, and it has become part of our everyday life. If you are a concerned parent and would like to keep your child safe online, read on for the top 10 tips on online safety written by a Primary Teacher in Australia.
“How do we keep children safe online while ensuring their technology use is positive and purposeful? This digital dilemma faces educators and parents worldwide.“ By Kathleen Morris, Primary Teacher in Australia.
Please find the original article here – The author has included a printable poster on online safety which you can download from her site.
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Your home internet provider offers parental controls
In the UK the 4 big internet providers – BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media have all provided customers with free parental controls that you can turn on any time you like. If you want to know if this option is available in your country, simply check with your internet provider.
Video guides on how to implement parental controls:
Figuring out what kind of parental control you should have is entirely based on your own family’s needs, and ISPs offer different solutions. Benefits of using ISPs parental controls can include:
Parental controls can be a useful tool to decrease the chances your children may encounter inappropriate content online, but they are never 100% effective. Educating your child on how to stay safe online is key as well as letting them know that they can come to you and report any inappropriate behaviour from other online users.
Remember – The parental filters from your internet service provider (ISP) only works when the device is connected at home. If children and adolescents take the device outside and connect to a public wi-fi signal, such as their library or a cafe’, they may lose the security these filters provide. Always check that the public places they connect to have parental controls in place and are turned on.
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If your kids use a mobile phone, tablet or laptop at home or at school, you may want a way to track or control what type of content they can access while online.
There are some excellent apps that can help you as a parent when it comes to children’s safe use of devices.
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Related links
To help you stay up to speed with the latest information and technology on online safety for children, we have selected several external resources for you to look at:
Children Online Safety – keeping children safe when they’re using the internet, social networks, apps, games and more.
The Experts in Digital Family Life – helping families to navigate the internet safely and confidently.
The latest online safety news, research, parents stories and more to stay informed.
Online safety tips, advice and resources to help children and young people stay safe online.
2020 Vision: The Future of Online Safety The policies, practices and parenting we’ll need in 2020 and beyond.
Help your family create healthy digital habits – Family Link app lets you set digital ground rules to help guide them as they learn, play, and explore online.
Rating movies, TV shows, books, and more so parents can feel good about the entertainment choices they make for their kids.
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