Online safety

Children learn through exploration and natural curiosity, and the internet can be a wonderful educational tool. But there are risks in the virtual world as well as the real world and our children need to be protected from everyday dangers – and that includes going online.

In the age of smartphones and tablets adults can find it a real challenge to not only educate children in doing the right thing, but monitor and control their online behaviour.

None of us – of whatever age – are immune from encountering problems online and our children are certainly more vulnerable and naturally more trusting than adults.

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