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A fun tool to help your child solve online safety dilemmas
The National Crime Agency’s CEOP command has created an interactive game that can help you start conversations with your child about making safer choices online.
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Should parents worry about what their kids are doing online?
Are children sharing too much online?
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When your child racks up a huge mobile phone bill
Parents sometimes end up paying unexpectedly large phone bills and don’t know why. The Phone-pay Services Authority explains what to look out for when giving your child a mobile device…
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Parenting
Online safety course for parents: Parenting in the Digital Age
Find out more about Parent Zone's online digital parenting course
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Parenting
Sharenting: should you share pictures of your children online?
A parent's guide to the very modern phenomenon of social media sharenting
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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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Disability and growing up: advice for parents with children going through puberty
Disabled young people have the same needs for sex education, healthcare and opportunities to socialise and discover their sexuality as their non-disabled peers. Read our advice for parents on how best to help them deal with puberty
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Talking to your child about fake images
It’s easy for young people to overlook the many ways in which online images may be fake - so it’s important to talk to them about why people filter their lives in this way, and what effect it’s likely to have.
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Digital natives: are children really better at using the online world than adults?
Popular thinking has it that children instinctively know how to navigate the digital universe, while their parents are clueless. What’s the truth?
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Parenting
Think critically!
Critical thinking: a parent’s guide to fake news and helping your child question what they see or hear online
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Safer Internet Day 2019: How to help your child be kind to others online
Here are some things you can do to teach your child to be kind and respectful online and to expect this from others.
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How can I talk to my child about unhealthy images?
Your child is probably going to come across unwanted images online. Not an easy topic for discussion. So how do you broach the subject?