Guides
Vodafone Digital Parenting Magazine - very good
Parent Info’s partner organisation, Parent Zone, began the conversation about the importance of promoting digital resilience in children and young people with its 2014 report with the Oxford Internet Institute,(link is external)
A guide to some of the most popular ones children use online.
Teenagers love WhatsApp – as do a lot of parents. Here's what you need to know about it...
All you need to know about the global initiative that encourages safe internet use.
There’s a lot of advice out there but here's what every parent needs to know about online safety.
How the communications regulator tackles harmful or inappropriate material.
Advice on how to help your child learn to question what they see or hear online.
Advice on the security risks of smart toys that talk to the internet.
How to deal with the cyberbullying craze that has a profound effect on its victims.
The risks and opportunities that children face when using this latest development in social media.
How video games can draw players in and what parents should do if they think their child is hooked.
The gen on some of the most popular games, plus how the Games Rating Authority works.
The digital world is so new that half the time we don't know what the rules are. In fact, there are plenty of laws governing what you can and can't do online. Here's our guide to what you should and shouldn't be doing online (legally, anyway).
How parents can teach their children to look after their personal information online.
A selection of the most popular articles that you have looked at in our first year.
A number of schools have asked us about a Parent Info poster to put up around the school or send home to parents, telling them about the service.
Well, now we have one - and here it is!
Top tips on how to help your child make their online presence work for them.
What adults need to know about the app their children love using.
How to keep your family safe when viewing video on demand and films online and on mobile devices.
Sadly, once your child explores the online world, they may find a troll waiting for them. Here's how to help them cope.
Parents sometimes end up paying unexpectedly large phone bills and don’t know why. PhonepayPlus, the premium rate services regulator, explains what to look out for when giving your child a mobile device…
Know your Zoellas from your PewDiePies: a parent's guide to vlogging.
The growth of social media has brought with it some strange modern phenomena. One of the more recent ones is the viral online challenge...
Filters and parental controls may not be the complete answer to keeping children safe online, but they are undoubtedly the first line of defence. It's now possible to set filters on your broadband, your devices and your applications. Here, from Internet Matters, is what you need to know.
CEOP's film explains what they are, and what parents should know about them.
The internet is a wonderful resource for young people and offers unprecedented opportunities for connecting and learning. But it can also be scary. Many parents are afraid their children will be exposed to upsetting content or meet dangerous people online. What are the facts about online risk?
You’ve probably heard of public shaming. It’s a centuries-old punishment, for anything from a crime to someone doing something others feel is morally wrong. But what is online shaming? And how does it differ?
Support organisations for young people and parents who are concerned about what young people are having to deal with online.
There are considerable benefits to internet use for young people with autism and learning disabilities, with lots of apps and specialist tools - but there are also risks. We look at how best to prepare your child.
Advice to parents on how much screen time small children should have has changed - basically, from 'none' to 'it's OK to have some.' Here are our commonsensical top tips on how to manage infants' screen time to make sure they develop healthily and happily without making life impossible for you.
Wondering what your children are tapping into their phones? Or, in fact, what it means? Here's our parent's guide to some popular teen chat acronyms and slang words.
You don't stop educating your children once they've learnt their phonics. They need to move up to understanding the meaning of what they're reading. In the same way, once your child is online and you're filtering and monitoring in the right way for their age, there's still a job to do. Here's a useful breakdown of what it means to be digitally literate, with some good news for parents.
Top tips on staying up-to-date with what your children are doing online.
We're always hearing about 'digital natives' as if all young people are happily at home on the internet, knowing where to find all the good things, how to avoid the hazards and partying happily together. But what if most young people were just as anxious and lost as their parents? The experts think that's much closer to the truth...
Two thirds of young people have their own smartphone before they start secondary school (and some other interesting facts). How does your child's internet use compare?
Do you sometimes feel your child is sharing not just too much information, but the wrong kind of information? Do you worry that their adolescent attitudes are going to hang over them for the rest of their lives? How do you talk to them about the identity they're creating with their friends - and how the internet makes that visible to everyone?
Researchers have been studying how children use smartphones, tablets and computers across Europe. So are children addicted to their phones? And how many have experienced cyberbullying? We have (some of) the answers...
You can't shield your child from every risk in the online world, any more than you can offline. So how do you help them to be digitally literate (what does that even mean?) And what kind of parenting approach is most likely to help them stay safe?
Viral challenges continue to shape a lot of young people’s experiences online. fare harmless and just good fun, but some are more sinister and could pose risks. Here's what parents need to know.
Parent Info examines the very modern phenomenon of social media ‘sharenting’.
Kids can't get enough of the video sharing site. Read CEOP's comprehensive guide to everything parents need to know about it.
Instagram is now bigger than Twitter. What's the big attraction? And is there anything you need to know?
Everything you need to know about the popular smartphone game, including parental concerns and safety tips.
Musical.ly is an app for creating and sharing lip sync videos among friends. What do parents and carers need to know about it?
If you want to set parental controls on apps such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, here's how to do it.
Everything you need to know about the hugely popular picture sharing app.
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Yellow is a popular mobile app. Thinkuknow - the education programme of The National Crime Agency’s child protection command CEOP - has created a guide for parents on how the app works and what your child needs to know about how to use it safely and sensibly.
What do you need to know about Snapchat?
How to be a bit more careful, and a bit better informed, when using Snapchat.
Does the fact that photos disappear from Snapchat make it completely safe to use? If things do go wrong, what can you do?
With the summer holidays just around the corner, we've gathered some of the most exciting apps we’ve found to get kids outdoors and enjoy what nature has to offer.
A lot of sites and apps specify that users must be aged over 13. Why 13? Vicki Shotbolt explains and offers a guide to the age limits for various popular online activities.
