Cyber Wellness Resources for Parents

Cyber Wellness Education in School

In school, students will learn to be respectful, safe and responsible users of technology. 

Topics covered in the curriculum and co-curriculum include balanced use of technology, dealing with cyber bullying and how to be an upstander (standing up against bullies). Students will also learn how to be a positive influence online, how to discern online falsehoods, how to manage their social media presence such as managing peer pressure and to avoid being caught in an echo chamber, to be safe online when talking to strangers and to respect intellectual property rights.

As parents/guardians, you can reinforce good practices in the following ways:

• Model good digital habits for your child/ward e.g. parents/guardians not using devices during family meals.

• Know your child/ward well, and have conversations with your child/ward about safe and responsible use of technology.

• Discuss and come up with ground rules for internet/device usage that both your child/ward and you can agree with.

• Encourage your child/ward to use productivity tools using his/her PLD, to organise information and simplify tasks for efficiency.

Download the Parent Handbooks below: 

To support you in keeping your child/ward safe online, you may also refer to these resources:

• Parent Kit on Cyber Wellness for Your Child (https://go.gov.sg/moe-cyber-wellness)

• Parent Kit on Raising a Digitally Smart Child (https://go.gov.sg/moe-raising-a-digitally-smart-child)

• Parenting with MOE: Instagram Live session on Raising Digitally Smart Kids (https://go.gov.sg/iglive-raising-digitally-smart-kids)

• Schoolbag article ‘Keeping our teens safe online’ (https://www.schoolbag.edu.sg/story/keeping-our-teens-safe-online)

• MOE Cyber Wellness Programme (https://www.moe.gov.sg/education-in-sg/our-programmes/cyber-wellness)

• Media Literacy Council’s Resources for Parents (https://go.gov.sg/better-internet-sg)