Keeping Kids Safe in the Digital Age

3 essential steps to protect your kids online

Here are the resources from my talk on Keeping Kids Safe in the Digital Age – 3 essential steps to protect your kids online.

Australian Government Office of the eSafety Commissioner https://www.esafety.gov.au/

Information on the law and sexting: http://lawstuff.org.au

Sexing statistics http://www.covenanteyes.com

Brett Lee https://www.internetsafeeducation.com

Questions to ask your kids if you suspect they are being targeted for grooming:

1. what ‘friends’ they’ve made online. Younger kids are much more likely to divulge this information.
2. ‘How do you know this person is your age?’ – they’ll usually mention that they look that age in their display photo, run the image through a Google reverse image search. If the image turns up on the social media page of a different person then block the friend and tell your child why.
3. ‘What do you and your online friends talk about’ – trust your gut, if any of their answers make you feel uncomfortable, then look into it further

STEP 1 IT Housekeeping

Kaspersky Antivirus: https://kaspersky.com.au

Malwarebytes Antimalware: https://www.malwarebytes.com/

iDrive online backup: https://www.idrive.com

Dashlane password management tool: https://dashlane.com

Domain name registration: http://dunnsmartwebhosting.com/

STEP 2 Social Media Settings

A Parents Guide to Instagram

STEP 3 Family Media Plan

Family Media Plan wizard: https://www.healthychildren.org