1. What tech Is your family using?

2. Raising Digital Citizens

3. Embrace their world Encourage balanced use Monitor media use as best you can Discuss what sites they can visit Basic Rules of the Road No cyberbullying

4. Explain that nothing is really private Set up privacy settings Keep passwords private Protecting Personal Privacy

5. Teach kids to ask the who, what, when, and how questions Is a person who they say they are? Balance research sources Point out all the ways marketers target them What Kids Can Trust and Believe

6. Easy-to-use reviews and ratings of media titles Parenting advice and education Common Sense Media www.commonsense.org

7. Raise good digital citizens!

8. What Worries you? Newspaper headlines are a great Conversation starter with your child

9. Parents can to choose to set filtering via home internet provider http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-and-resources/parents-and- carers/parental-controls

10. “Just like in the offline world, no amount of effort to reduce potential risks to children will eliminate those risks completely. We cannot make the internet completely safe. Because of this, we must also build children’s resilience to the material to which they may be exposed so that they have the confidence and skills to navigate these new media waters more safely” Safer Children in a Digital World The Report of the Byron Review

11. Tools for parents Get involved - Choose quality and age appropriate technology together amongst a mix of other offline activities Conversations - Talk, support and reinforce you are there if things go wrong Talk to your child’s school Agree Boundaries for whole family (including parents!) tech at bedtime, weekends, bathtime, mealtimes, screen time) Passwords, Google SafeSearch, YouTube Safety Mode Parental controls on your Internet service (http://www.internetmatters.org) (e.g. BT Family Protection) Parental controls and separate accounts on your computer Parental controls on your mobile phone (e.g. Vodafone Content Control) Parental controls on your games console (e.g. Nintendo DS and important control to turn off 3d for children under 7, Xbox and restriction of Xbox live) Facebook privacy controls

12. Embrace Technology - City Old Street – future careers, New Computing Curriculum, Year of Code!

13. Be Creators not just Consumers!

14. Take time together to explore and choose quality Apps, Games and Websites https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ app-reviews

15. Parent leaflets (13 different languages) http://www.childnet.com/resources/supporting-young-people-online Reminders from today’s sessions Conversations starters Signpost to key organisations Practical tips “What can I do now?”

16. Foster Carers Things to think about when planning a placement Privacy and confidentiality Establishing trust and giving advice What to do if something goes wrong Adoptive Parents Managing online contact with birth family members Managing your family’s online presence Preparing for and responding to unmanaged contact http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-and-resources/fostering-adoption This session can be used with Foster carers & Adoptive Parents – 2 leaflets support discussion points below: