Top Tips

TOP TIPS for parents and carers

  • As soon as your children start using the technology start talking about safety
  • Trial the technologies before your children and come up with realistic ground rules
  • Follow this link to learn how to sign up and begin to use the most popular online series, including MSN, Skype and Facebook
  • Use parental controls!
  • Explain parental controls and internet rules so that your children understand and respect them
  • Teach your children the SMART rules – think about creating your own

A good place to start

Download the pdf for tips for primary aged children, and tips for secondary aged children

Factsheets

If you want more information about keeping your children safe online have a look at the fact sheets Childnet has produced about mobiles, safer searching, internet addiction, chatting, spam and photos online.

Of course it's also a good idea to have a look at the information on our site – why not have a go at our KidSMART website treasure hunt?