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Parents and Carers
Tips, advice, guides and resources to help keep your child safe online
As a parent or carer you play a key role in helping your child to stay safe online.
You don’t need to be an expert on the internet to help keep your child stay safe online. Our advice and resources are here to support you as you support your child to use the internet safely, responsibility and positively.
Parents guide to technology
Laptops
Looking for advice on how to support your child in using a laptop safely and responsibly? Read our guide and FAQs.
Smart Speakers
Looking for advice on how to support your child in using a smart speaker safely and responsibly? Read our guide and…
Games Consoles
Looking for advice on how to support your child in using a games console safely and responsibly? Read our guide and FAQs…
Have a conversation
It is really important to chat with your children on an ongoing basis about staying safe online. Not sure where to begin? These conversation starter suggestions can help.
Ask your children to tell you about the sites they like to visit and what they enjoy doing online.
What games do you and your friends like to play online? Can you show me the websites you visit the most? Shall we play your favourite game online together?
Ask them about how they stay safe online.
What tips do they have for you, and where did they learn them? What is OK and not OK to share?
Ask them if they know where to go for help.
Where can they go to find the safety advice, privacy settings and how to report or block on the services they use?
Think about how you each use the internet.
What more could you do to use the internet together? Are there activities that you could enjoy as a family?
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Blogs and advice
The X Checklist – Privacy and Security Settings
The X Checklist is a practical guide designed to help individuals manage their X profiles and maintain a secure, positive…
IWF’s new tech capability accounts for thousands of additional child victims in criminal content for the first time
The new feature has been added to Intelligrade, a tool used by the IWF to accurately, and in great detail,…
StopNCII.org Wins UK IT Industry Award for Charity Project of the Year
This recognition celebrates StopNCII.org’s exceptional work in combating non-consensual intimate image (NCII) abuse.
Official, free resources for Safer Internet Day 2025 are now live
With just three months to go until Safer Internet Day on 11th February 2025 – the official resources of the…
More people exposed to AI child sexual abuse images and videos on the clear web – warns the Internet Watch Foundation
In the past six months, the Internet Watch Foundation has seen a 6% increase in the number of reports confirmed…
Join the UK Safer Internet Centre for Stakeholder Events in Wales and Scotland!
Stakeholders in Wales and Scotland are invited to join the UK Safer Internet Centre for two pivotal stakeholder events, as…
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