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Online friendships: a parents' guide
The National Crime Agency’s CEOP command suggests practical steps you can take to help your child experience good online friendships
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Games, apps and tech
Talking to your child about being kind online
The National Crime Agency’s CEOP command offers some scenarios to get the conversation started
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Safety and settings
What your child needs to know about harmful content online
...and how you can help them understand the impact of viewing it
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Safety and settings
Supporting your child with reporting unwanted content online
It's not possible to control all the content that's posted online. NCA-CEOP offer advice on where to go should your child have an unpleasant experience
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Games, apps and techHealth and wellbeing
10 ways to use the internet positively
There is often negativity surrounding how young people use the internet and whether they know enough about the risks. Here’s our guide for talking to your child about how they can get the most out of their time online
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Safety and settings
Your child’s personal information – and how to protect it online (secondary)
Whether they’re watching videos, on social media or learning, your teen will almost certainly share personal information while they’re online. Here’s how to help them reduce the risks
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Safety and settings
Your child’s personal information – and how to protect it online (primary)
Whether they’re playing games or learning, your child will almost certainly share personal information while they’re online. Here’s how to help them reduce the risks
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Education and the future
Returning to school: 7 tips to help secondary students cope
Children in Scotland are returning to school next week after an extended time away, with those in the rest of the UK following soon after. How can you help your secondary-age child deal with all the changes?
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Education and the future
Returning to school: your questions answered
Everything you need to know about the upcoming re-opening of schools in the UK
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Education and the future
Returning to school: 7 tips to help your primary-age child cope
Children in Scotland are returning to school next week after an extended time away, with those in the rest of the UK following soon after. How can you help them deal with all the changes?
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Screen time: should I be worried?
Parents have long had questions around how much screen time is too much – but should we be extra concerned during lockdown?
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Safety and settings
Understanding PEGI ratings
PEGI unpicked: UK video games ratings explained in full
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Parenting
What is - and isn't - legal online?
The digital world is so new that half the time we don't know what the rules are. In fact, there are plenty of laws governing what you can and can't do online. Here's our guide to what you should and shouldn't be doing online (legally, anyway).
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Health and wellbeing
Sexually transmitted infections: eight useful facts
Teens and STIs: a parent’s guide
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Relationships and sex
Teen sex and contraception: what’s legal?
Get clued up on what's legal when it comes to contraception and sex for your teen.
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Relationships and sex
If your teen is sexually active
Finding out your teen is already having sex can be a shock. Find out how best to handle the situation and support them
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Health and wellbeing
When your child comes out as transgender: a Q&A with Sue Chitayi
Sue Chitayi, mother of a transgender son and parent volunteer at Gendered Intelligence, answers some parents' common questions
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Games, apps and techSafety and settingsRelationships and sex
Video chatting: a guide for parents and carers of secondary school-age children
With school closed for most students, young people will almost certainly be using a video-chatting service to stay in touch with friends. Here’s how to help them get the most from it
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Parenting
Online teen speak
Wondering what your children are tapping into their phones? Or, in fact, what it means? Here's our parent's guide to some popular teen chat acronyms and slang words.
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Education and the future
Returning to school: 7 tips to help secondary students cope
Children in Scotland are returning to school next week after an extended time away, with those in the rest of the UK following soon after. How can you help your secondary-age child deal with all the changes?
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Games, apps and tech
Pokémon Go: a parent's guide
Everything you need to know about Pokémon Go, including concerns for parents and safety tips