
Keeping Your Child Safe Online
Here are some useful sites to help educate and keep your children safe online!
https://www.internetmatters.org/resources/apps-guide/ A great site to guide parents through the latest apps children might be using
https://www.internetmatters.org/schools-esafety/parent-online-support-pack-teachers/ Internet Matters’ site for parents to help support a wide range of issues.
http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-centre/parents-and-carers Tips, advice, guides and resources to help keep your child safe online
http://www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers General advice and guidance from Childnet
https://www.childnet.com/resources/family-agreement A great idea – why not create a ‘family agreement’ to help keep you all safe?
http://www.internetmatters.org/resources/esafety-leaflets-resources/ A range of helpful leaflets and resources
http://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/ Useful information from the NSPCC
http://www.internetmatters.org/parental-controls/ Extremely helpful guides to setting up parental controls on a range of devices
https://www.internetmatters.org/blog/parental-controls/gaming-consoles/ Parental controls for platforms such as Roblox and Fortnite. Gaming can be great – just make sure it’s done safely
http://www.connectsafely.org/allguides/ A range of guides for apps and platforms
https://www.net-aware.org.uk/ Great site from the NSPCC – the latest apps, how they work and what you should be aware of
http://www.support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201088 How to set up Apple Family Sharing – Apple ID for children, set permissions remotely with Screen Time and approve spending and downloads from a parent’s device
https://families.google.com/intl/en_uk/familylink/ Google Family Link – control screen time, manage apps and see what young people are using their Android devices for
https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/safer-internet-day-2019/education-packs/activities-parents-and-carers More Safer Internet Day activities, this time from 2019
https://static.lgfl.net/LgflNet/downloads/digisafe/Parent-Top-Tips-Safe-Online-Corona.pdf A useful PDF from London Grid for Learning with advice to support children online during the pandemic