Skip to content

Help & advice

Helpful information and guidance on a range of key online safety topics

Change your child’s behaviour

What do I do if my child has done this to someone? Remain calm and keep an open mind. Listen to your child explain what happened in their own words. Acknowledge how they are feeling and give them time to process their emotions. They might find it easier to draw or write how they are […]

Stop it happening

The way others behave online is not something you can control, but what you can do is to is to make sure that your child knows where to go to get support.

If your child is over 13

This advice is to help parents and carers talk about, and support, 13-17 year olds with online sexual harassment.

Change your child’s behaviour

What do I do if my child has done this to someone? Remain calm and keep an open mind. Listen to your child explain what happened in their own words. Acknowledge how they are feeling and give them time to process their emotions. They might find it easier to write down how they are feeling. […]

Stop it happening

The way others behave online is not something you can control, but what you can do is to is to make sure that your child knows where to go to get support.

Reporting

This advice gives information on how to report online sexual harassment.

Young person using laptop on sofa

Privacy and data

Privacy is the ability to keep certain things to yourself when you are online, for them not to be seen by or shared with others

Children on phones

Nudes

Sometimes referred to as ‘sexting’, taking or sharing naked or sexually explicit images of yourself or others.

Young person using laptop on sofa

Privacy Settings

Privacy settings are the tools provided as part of an online account to protect the information and content you are sharing

Children laughing at another

Online Bullying

Sometimes called cyberbullying. Any behaviour that uses technology and devices to deliberately target or upset someone.

1 3 4 5 6 7 18