Internet Safety

The school holidays are fast approaching and It's highly likely during the holidays, children will be spending more time online, gaming etc so we wanted to signpost you to some useful information for parents and carers to protect their children online.

It can be really difficult for parents and caregivers to know where to start when it comes to the vast array of resources and potential tools to help keep children safe, so we wanted to offer a couple of places to start.

Internet Matters Matters resources and guides

https://www.internetmatters.org/parenta.../broadband-mobile/

https://www.internetmatters.org/.../apple-iphone-and.../

https://www.internetmatters.org/.../android-smartphone/

Age appropriate guidance resources from Internet Matters

https://www.internetmatters.org/advice/

And although the minimum age for most social media accounts is 13, we are very aware that many children have            accounts at a far younger age.

National Online Safety have a vast array of simple one page guides on social media platforms, games and other great advice for parents, these are available here :

https://nationalonlinesafety.com/guides

It's always a great idea to check those settings too!

UK Safer Internet Centre have these simple guides to help with those

https://swgfl.org.uk/resources/checklists/

No matter what age we are, the best way to protect online accounts is to ensure each has a separate passwords, and to ensure you enable #2FA (aka 2SV)

Each platform is different, so we'd advice checking out www.2fa.directory for an easy one stop shop to instructions on "how to"