The Parents’ Guide to Teaching your Teen Online Safety

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Full Guide Available Here: https://www.mytutor.co.uk/blog/the-parents-guide-to-teaching-your-teen-online-safety/

Summary

Keeping your teen safe online is near the top of the worry list for parents today. Kids do everything online, from learning to socialising, gaming to shopping. For teens, learning how to recognise the risks and protect themselves is a life skill they’ll need for years to come.

It contains plenty of helpful information such as:

A practical guide for parents on how to keep teens safe online, including useful summaries of popular internet apps as well as the types of threats teens could be exposed to online.
Safety tips for using apps such as Instagram, TikTok (which has gathered 1 billion users in only two years), YouTube, Snapchat, Twitter and Whatsapp. We also cover advice and safety tips for teens playing online multiplayer video games.
Other online safety topics and advice such as sharing personal information, socialising online, cyberbullying, harmful content, influencers, body image and mental health for teens online.

Links to additional internet safety resources for parents from well-respected sources such as the NSPCC and the UK government’s own guidelines.