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Welcome to the Parent's Pages

The Internet is a vital and wonderful resource that can encourage young and old alike to explore, learn, interact, create and contribute. Increasingly, children are accessing the Internet in a myriad of ways, from pcs and laptops to game-console, mobile phone, iPads and more. Many parents however, feel left behind as their children know more about the Internet and digital technologies than they do. Parents do however, have an important role to play in their children's Internet use. Whilst they may not be technologically savvy, they have wisdom about the world, which is invaluable. This real world wisdom can be used to guide their children when they use the Internet and digital technologies.

How to use the Internet safely - a guide for parents
The following are some guidelines that WISE KIDS offers parents...[more]


Social Networking Sites Increasingly young people are using sites like Facebook, Bebo and MySpace to socialise and network with friends online. Click on our Safe Social Networking page to find out more.

Cyberbullying
Many young people today get bullied via their mobile phones or via online websites. Schools and teachers also need help in tackling this problem. See our WISE KIDS page on tackling cyberbullying

Sexting
When a young person creates or distributes an explicit image of themselves or their friend/ boyfriend or girlfriend, this is referred to as sexting. To find out more see our page on sexting.

Understanding Chat Danger
Childnet have an excellent website on Chat Danger which offers advice on how to keep safe when chatting online.

Young people, Music and the Internet
Childnet and ProMusic have launched an international campaign to help parents everywhere to keep up to speed with the music downloading habits of their children, and to be aware of the associated risks in terms of legal, content and security issues....[more]

Report Online Abuse
If you encounter illegal content either via email, browsing the web, or otherwise, you can report it here ...[more]

The Internet Watch Foundation
A UK based organisation launched in 1996 to combat illegal material online, particularly child pornography. It includes information on how to make a report, filtering tools to block harmful sites and rating the content of websites...[more]


 

 

New Video Guides on Parental Controls
The major ISPs have created video guides on setting up parental controls...[more]

Internet Safety Video Clips
The following page provides links to a number of video clips provided by Google and others to reflect on different aspects of being safe online....[more]

UK Council for Child Internet Safety - UKCCIS
Read more about the work of the UKCCIS formed in Sept 2008.

ParentPort

A website run by UK media regulators, who set and enforce standards across the media to protect children from inappropriate material.

Get Started and Learn More about the Internet
The Internet is an amazing tool for education, learning and socialising.
Want to up skill and learn more? Check out the BBC's 1st Click pages; the BBC's Webwise  pages; UK Online Centre's site: Go On Make Online easy; or Digital Unite's Guides

Location Based Services and Parental Controls for Game Consoles
Ofcom's Guide for parents on Location Based Services and Parental controls for game consoles

Google Family Safety
Google's Family Safety Centre has good resources for parents on Internet Safety.

Google's Safety Tools

Google's Frequently Asked Questions

Facebook Security
Facebook Security Guide

Facebook Privacy Tutorial for Parents

BBC Online Safety
The BBC has an excellent site with Internet  Safety information for all age groups....[more]


To Inspire You
The Internet has a wealth of inspiring material - talks, tutorials and more. Have a look at TED talks and VideoJug




 

 

Homework and Fun Sites

The Internet offers great websites for homework help and learning
...[more]

Search the Internet?
Ever wondered if there were search sites just for young people? ...[more]


Net Family News
A useful website providing weekly technology news for families, parents, and educators....[more]

Other resources for parents

Childnet’s Know It All resource for parents.

Internet Safety guidance and more from DirectGov....[more]


CEOP's ThinkUKnow Resource for Parents

Common Sense Media's resources for Parents

IKeepSafe and Symantec Parents Resources on Internet Safety.

29 Things We Should Teach Our Kids About Using the Internet by Deb Ng on October 27, 2011

Internet Safety Games
Want to use some games to teach your children to be Internet WISE...[more]

Assess website content

Just because a website looks smart, it does not mean that its contents are official or true...this page provides useful resources to explore the issue of Internet literacy and evaluating online content...[more].


GetNetWise
A website with many useful links and resources on Internet Filters, Online Safety ...[more]


Internet Acronyms
The Internet and digital technologies have given rise to a whole new language. click here to read more about it..



 

 

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