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Staying Safe Online

for childrens
Table of content
The purpose of this presentation is to help
you understand:
• how technology is changing
• the nature of children and young people’s online world
• risk factors and protective factors when going online
• what can we do as parents ?
• good practice guidelines
Scénario :
Yasmine was given a phone for her birthday. She had told her parents that all her friends use social media, so she
felt left out. Yasmine signs herself up for several social media accounts, telling her mum not to worry because she
only has people she knows on her accounts.

• Should Jasmine’s parents be concerned?


• What are the risks?
• What is the potential harm?
Technology and behaviour

2.9%
Of all internet users In China are
2.9%
of children In Poland use a
children under the age of 10 . smartphone daily.

28%
Of childrens In the UK, aged between five to
28%
Of childrens in Morocco have their own
seven, 60% of children aged eight to 11 and 97% devices and
of children aged between 12 and 15 have their 78% of Moroccan parents are not
own smartphone. sufficiently informed on means to
protect their children from online
dangers.
What do children and young people
like about being online?

• Making friends
• Keeping in touch
• Playing games
• Videos and photo sharing
• Giving and receiving support
• The sense of community
• Having fun

What don’t they like?


• Being asked for nudes
• Animals being hurt
• Pornography
• Violent videos
• Hate speech
• Bullying
• Fighting
• Unwanted sexual approaches
Potential risk factors

A child may perceive risk as an immediate threat,


whereas adults tend to think a few steps ahead
and sometimes arrive at the worst-case scenario.

negative impact on a young person’s wellbeing and


inappropriate content which all has the potential mental health.
to be viewed by a young person
understand the motives behind why different use their critical thinking skills and seek help if
people contact them online they are unsure

something sounds too good to be true, a new All the content, good and bad, is across platforms
contact comes out of the blue or a conversation and can exist on games, social media, and video
suddenly changes direction. platforms.
Many parents feel that the benefits of the internet outweigh any risks, but parents still express concerns about :
• companies collecting information on what their child is doing
• their child seeing content which encourages them to hurt or harm themselves
• their child being bullied online
• their child giving out personal details to inappropriate people
• the content on sites or apps visited
• pressure on the child to spend money online
• their child damaging their reputation either now or in the future
• the possibility of their child being radicalised online
• the amount of time spent online
Online safety risks can be
categorised into four areas :

Content Contact
Social media Social media

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