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  • 10/05/23

    What Parents Need to Know about Screen Addiction

    A free online safety guide on screen addiction. It can be challenging for parents and carers to know whether children are spending too much time on their devices. Furthermore, it’s even more of a conundrum to decide whether a child is genuinely addicted to the internet and social media. As...
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  • 10/05/23

    What Parents Need to Know about Likee

    A free online safety guide on LIKEE. LIKEE is a free video creation and editing app similar to TikTok. It has a global community of over 200 million users who can create any type of video, add their own special effects and then upload and share them with the world. The app is largely used to crea...
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  • 10/05/23

    What Parents Need to Know about YOLO

    A free online safety guide on YOLO. YOLO is an anonymous question-and-answer app that works in combination with Snapchat. In May 2019 it became the most downloaded app in the UK version of the iTunes store, less than a week after its release and with no prior marketing or promotion. It has become...
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  • 10/05/23

    9 Top Tips to Get Smart about Children's Devices

    A free online safety guide on Children's devices. Children are using smart devices from a much younger age than ever before. Therefore it’s essential we talk to our children about how to use them safely. There are many positive benefits to the new technology at our disposal these days...
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  • 10/05/23

    What Parents Need to Know about Online Challenges

    A free online safety guide on Online Challenges. In today’s digitally connected world, children and adults are constantly presented with new ways to engage, react and contribute. We’re sociable beings; it’s a natural human instinct, especially amongst younger audiences, to want...
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  • 10/05/23

    What Parents Need to Know about Age Ratings (BBFC & PEGI)

    A free online safety guide on Age ratings (BBFC & PEGI). If you have children, it is understandable to have concerns about the films and TV shows they watch, as well as the games they play. In this guide, we take a look at the two official ways you can assess if a particular title is suitable...
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  • 10/05/23

    What Parents Need to Know about Kik

    A free online safety guide on Kik. Kik is a free messaging app used by 300 million people worldwide that lets users exchange messages, photos, videos, GIFs and webpages via a Wi-Fi connection or data plan. Kik is unusual in that your child can sign up without a phone number and then find and mess...
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  • 10/05/23

    7 Questions to Help You Start a Conversation with Your Child about Online Safety

    A free online safety guide on a series of 7 questions that will help you as a parent or carer, start an initial conversation with your child around online safety. Talking about the online world with your child can be difficult, and some topics can be particularly awkward; for you and your child...
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  • 10/05/23

    What Parents Need to Know about the App Store

    A free online safety guide the App Store. Apps (short for applications) are designed to run on certain devices and are written for a specific operating system, such as Apple iOS, Windows, or Android. The official store for the Apple iOS operating system is known as the App Store. Before your childre...
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  • 10/05/23

    What Parents Need to Know about Live Streaming

    A free online safety guide on live streaming. Live streaming is the term used to describe the broadcast of a real time video from a mobile device, tablet or games console. Many live streaming apps have functionality for interactions from viewers, such as commenting, live chats and sending reactio...
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