This Years Safer Internet Day's Theme is Prepare, Protect and Thrive: Navigating algorithms and influencers.
Focus
With access so much information online how can we protect and empower the young people in our lives (and ourselves!) to navigate the opportunities and challenges of these powerful influences?
Protection-Child and Student Focus
You may have heard the news today reporting that:
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A high proportion of 8 to 12-year-olds are allowed to use phones and other smart devices unsupervised in their bedrooms, according to new research.
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Almost a third of children surveyed said they had been bothered or upset by something they had experienced online in the last year,
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Only half of them spoke to a parent or trusted adult about it.
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Interesting News Articles and Resources
CSK-BDP-Booklet_2025_FINAL.pdf- Better Digital Parenting: Cybersafe Kids and Accenture have produced this lovely document to help anyone with children and young people in their lives
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Prepare / Protect / Thrive - Webwise Resources and Videos to support anyone with young people in their lives to cultivate healthy technology habits