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Online Safety for Parents

We know, lots of children have computer equipment at home and with the ever changing digital world, we know it is so easy for them to get onto inappropriate websites these days.

To help keep your children safe on the internet at home, here are a number of links to websites which will be able to help you as parents and carers.

Websites

http://parentinfo.org/

http://www.safeinternet.org.uk

http://www.childnet.com

http://www.internetmatters.org/advice/6-10/resources/

http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-and-resources/ 

https://www.betterinternetforkids.eu/

 

IPad

http://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201304

 

IPhone/IPod

http://www.imore.com/iphone-101-set-parental-controls-iphone

 

Parental Software Control: Here is a free software package that can be installed on a Windows PC or MAC PC.

http://www1.k9webprotection.com

 

Antivirus Software: All computers should have "Anti Virus" software installed and kept up-to-date each week. Here are a couple of Free antivirus software packages that will work with both Windows and Mac OS.

http://www.avg.com

http://www.avast.com

 

Keep you and your children safe on the internet

Report any cyber crime to http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/crime-threats/cyber-crime

 

Below are a selection of extremely useful safety cards that clearly explain how to adjust any privacy settings on consoles, streaming apps and other forms of technology.