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 A list of websites that parent or carers will find useful

CEOP

The NCA's CEOP Command (formerly the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre) works with child protection partners across the UK and overseas to identify the main threats to children and coordinates activity against these threats to bring offenders to account. We protect children from harm online and offline, directly through NCA led operations and in partnership with local and international agencies.

CEOP You Tube Channel

CEOP’s YouTube page has lots of useful guides including how to report a post to Facebook, a video to YouTube and a web site to the Internet Watch Foundation.

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Childnet Parental Controls

Parental controls are designed to help protect children from inappropriate content they may come across online. These controls can be used to limit access to only age appropriate content, to set usage times and to monitor activity.

There are four main places you can find parental controls, and it can help to set up a combination of these:

Internet provider: you can set up filters to help block access to inappropriate content on any device that connects to your home wifi
Mobile operator: filters are often automatically set up on mobile contracts, but you can double-check with your provider
Devices: many devices have parental control settings, for example, to help restrict spending in apps or disable location functions
Online services: sites like BBC iPlayer and YouTube have parental control settings to help restrict access to inappropriate content 

Common Sense Media

Common Sense is dedicated to helping kids thrive in a world of media and technology. We empower parents, teachers, and policymakers by providing unbiased information, trusted advice, and innovative tools to help them harness the power of media and technology as a positive force in all kids’ lives.

Media and technology are at the very center of all our lives today -- especially our children’s. Kids today spend over 60 hours of screen time every week. The media content they consume and create has a profound impact on their social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development. Learning how to use media and technology wisely is an essential skill for life and learning in the 21st century. But parents, teachers, and policymakers struggle to keep up with the rapidly changing digital world in which our children live and learn. Now more than ever, they need a trusted guide to help them navigate a world where change is the only constant. 

This site is particularly useful for finding out about games, apps and films that your child may want to watch or play. Search for a game and you will see a comprehensive description of what the game involves, who it is suitable for and any inappropriate content it may contain.

Facebook Family Safety Centre

We believe safety is a conversation and a shared responsibility among all of us. That's why we provide the information, tools and resources you'll find here.

A comprehensive resource from Ben Taylor

internetmatters.org

Useful site with lots of information about (e)Safeguarding Depending on the age of your children here are some simple things you Cando on this site. You’ll also find interactive video checklists and links to expert advice in the age guide pages

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Microsoft Family Safety

Family Safety helps you set limits on your child's PC time, as well as the websites, applications and games they can use (and when they can use them). 

Norton Online Family

The free Norton Online Family offers almost everything you could want in a multi-computer parental control system. Stepping up to the paid Premier edition adds long-term information about computer usage, regular e-mail summaries, and monitoring of videos watched

O2 Digital Family

Today, kids and teenagers tend to know more about mobiles, the internet and social media than adults. Texting, tweeting and downloading are a part of their everyday life. To help them enjoy it safely, we all need to be as clued up as they are.

That's why we've written this guide. We want to help adults know the basics about keeping themselves and their children safe in the digital world so that everyone can make the most of all the great stuff online.

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Parental Controls On

A comprehensive site that details how to set up parental controls on EVERY device!

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Set up safe checklist

This simple checklist helps parents to set up laptops and tablets safely for their children.

Smart Talk- Draw up your tech ground rules with your children

Site down with your child and use this brilliant site to draw up a set up rules for safe and sensible internet use on all your devices. 

Before technology, bullying typically occurred at school and in your local neighborhoods. However, today children, teens, and young adults have access to phones, computers, tablets, and other devices that connect them to the internet 24/7. This constant access to the internet has created a new realm for bullies known as cyber-bullying, causing victims to experience depression, anger, humiliation, and even suicidal thoughts.

Cyber-bullying occurs when someone or groups of individuals use online communication to harass, humiliate, and threaten someone else. Before handheld technology was widely available, bullies taunted their victims in person. The victims were usually smaller than their bullies in size and strength, but today, if an internet connection is available, cyber bullies target anyone regardless of their physical or mental attributes. Unlike a traditional bully, you may not even know their identity due to the anonymity of the internet. Unfortunately, cyber-bullies can target and torment others every hour of the day because the internet is an endless connection of technology.

Parental controls give the heads of the household a better grip on how the younger ones are using the web, and helps to guide kids during their journey of growing up online. But getting the right software to do the right job isn’t always as cut and dry as it seems, which is why Comparitech has done the heavy lifting for you. They have exhaustively tested several of the top parental control software suites on the market today, and have written a detailed guide to help you find the one that suits your needs, budget, and parenting style the best.

Thinkuknow for Parents and Carers

Advice for parents and carers about keeping children safe online

Parental controls are a great tool to help protect your children online. There’s plenty of advice available to help you using them may not be as difficult as you first thought and there is help available.

UK Safer Internet Centre Advice for Parents and carers

Parents and carers play a key role in supporting children to learn about how to stay safe online, and they are one of the first people children turn to if things go wrong. We know it can be difficult to stay on top of the wide range of sites and devices that young people use, so we hope that this site helps.