Fiona Haynes Internet Safety

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What are the main concerns?

Cyberbullying Pornography

Internet Privacy On line stalkers

Groomers Video game addiction

internet addiction Facebook addiction Gambling addiction

Indecent images Sexting

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– Opportunities

• The positive benefits

– Risk

• The different types of risk, and how to manage them

– Use

• How much time is spent using digital technologies

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FACTS

• 170 million iPads sold to date and Increasing Everyday

• 9 million iPhones sold in one weekend, with launch of 5S

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uSwitch Survey 16/1/2014

• More than a quarter of British children (27%) have a tablet by the time they are eight years old

• Nearly 4 million children in Britain (29%) first learned to

use a tablet or smartphone by the time they were three – one in ten (11%) were under two years old

• Parents spent £5.6 billion on gadgets for their children in

2013 - splashing out £462 each on average • Nearly a fifth of parents (16%) believe their under 16s are

“addicted” to gadgets, while more than a quarter (26%) say their children would feel lost without them

• More than one in ten children (12%) have run up bills on

their tablet or smartphone through in-app purchases

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Trends

• Tablets are becoming the must-have device for children...

• ...while older children opt for smartphones...

• ... and children are less likely to have other media devices in their bedrooms

• One in seven parents of 3-4s feel their child knows more about the internet than they do

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Some Digital Activities

• Communication – Skype, What’s App, Snapchat, Kik Messenger, Whisper

• Social Networks – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Chatroulette, Ask FM

• Media – YouTube, Spotify; creation of media

• Gaming – Candy Crush, Saga, Minecraft

• Learning and education

• Purchasing – Apps, Content, Lives in Games

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‘EU Kids Online’

http://www2.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/research/EUKidsOnline/Home.aspx

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Insights from EU Grooming Project

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What are the potential risks?

• Do things online that you would not do offline!

• Share too much information with people you don’t want to/do not know.

• Meeting up with a stranger.

• Seeing upsetting or disturbing images

• Being exposed to bad language

• Feel pressured to do things that you don’t want to do.

• People lying to you online

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While face-to-face connection becomes less important in the digital age, the

skills people gain from conversation, like negotiation, reading emotions, and

facing confrontation, are becoming less essential. On top of that, having

constant access to technology inhibits the human need to accept and cope

with being alone.

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What wrong with the digital world?

When a child cancels a visit with grandma over the phone versus by text or email. The child explained that just hearing the disappointment in their grandmother’s voice on the phone was enough to alter their decision. By comparison, when simply typing an excuse and hitting the “send” button for a text or email, the sender doesn’t have to consider their grandmother’s feelings at all.

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Smartphones are making it easier for children to be mean to each other without having to face consequences e.g. when one child calls another fat. In person, a child can see how

insulting their peer might cause upset. However, via text, the in-person exchange is completely lost, allowing a child to develop a kind of callousness that can accompany a lack

of face-to-face communication.

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Who cares?

What can you do as a parent?

The most important thing is communication.

Don’t leave young children alone on the internet.

They may be comfortable surfing the net, however they are more vulnerable than we were at that age.

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Advice by age

• 2- to 4-year-old children often see cartoon violence. But keep them away from anything that shows physical aggression as a means of conflict resolution, because they'll imitate what they see.

• For 5- to 7-year-olds, cartoon rough-and-tumble, slapstick and fantasy violence are OK, but violence that could result in death or serious injury is too scary.

• 8- to 10-year-olds can handle action-hero sword fighting or gunplay as long as there's no gore.

• For 11- to 12-year-olds, historical action is OK, including battles, fantasy clashes and duels. But close-ups of gore or graphic violence (alone or combined with sexual situations) aren't recommended.

• Children ages 13-17 can and will see shoot-'em-ups, blow-'em-ups, high-tech violence, accidents with disfigurement or death, anger and gang fighting. Point out that the violence portrayed hurts and causes suffering. Limit time exposure to violence, especially in video games.

• Most 18 rated games aren't right for children under 17. The ultra-violent behaviour often combined with sexual images, isn't good for developing brains. Just because your child's friend is allowed to play violent games or watch violent movies doesn't mean they're OK for your child.

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Let them teach you

Get involved, ask the following:

• Why do they like the site?

• What can they do on it?

• What’s so fun about it?

• Who uses it at school?

• Who can you talk to?

• Who are their friends on it?

This is a good way to develop a trusting relationship with your child about what they are up to online.

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Parents’ links to some of the popular

sites

• http://www.moshimonsters.com/parents

• http://www.clubpenguin.com/parents/

• http://www.habbo.com/groups/officialparentsguide

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Parents’ links to some of the main consoles

• http://support.xbox.com/en-GB/billing-and-subscriptions/parental-controls/xbox-live-parental-control

• http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/basicoperations/parentallock.html

• http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/wii/en_na/ht_settings.jsp?menu=pc

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Reach an agreement

A good way to set boundaries with your child about what they can and can’t do online is to set an agreement with them. Here are some examples of the areas you might want to discuss: • Limits on the amount of time your child spends online, or playing

computer games. • Having regular screen breaks – at least five minutes every 45-60

minutes. • Not sharing any pictures they wouldn’t be happy to share with you. • Not giving out personal details, such as mobile phone number and

address, to people they don’t know and trust. • Coming to you if they are concerned. Or, if not, knowing where they

can go for independent help and support.

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Tips for parents • Explain consequences. What parent hasn't heard "but there's no

blood" as an excuse for watching a movie or playing a video game? Explain the true consequences of violence. Point out how unrealistic it is for people to get away with violent behaviour.

• Keep an eye on the clock. Don't let children spend too long with virtual violence. The more time spent immersed in violent content, the greater its impact and influence.

• Teach conflict resolution. Most children know that hitting someone on the head isn't the way to solve a disagreement, but verbal cruelty is also violent. Teach children how to use their words responsibly to stand up for themselves without throwing a punch.

• Know your children‘s media. Check out ratings and, when there are none, find out about content. Content in a 1992 18 rated movie is now acceptable for a PG-13. Streaming online videos aren't rated and can showcase very brutal images.

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Is the problem just with young people?

Women constantly lie about life on Facebook

Women consistently lie on social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter to make their lives appear more exciting, a survey has found

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Researchers found that at least one in four women exaggerated or distorted what they are doing on social media.

The most common reasons for women to write “fibs” included

• Worrying their lives would seem “boring”,

• Jealousy at seeing other people’s more exciting posts

• Wanting to impress their friends and acquaintances.

Psychologists suggested that as people attempt to “stay connected” on social media, they can in fact “paradoxically” be left “more isolated”.

They also said that the “more we try to make our lives seem perfect, the less perfect we feel”.

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Just before you post…..

THINK

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THINK

T= is it TRUE? H= Is it HELPFUL? I = is it INSPIRING? N= is it NECESSARY? K= is it KIND?

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