Cyber Parenting - Sexting and Online Grooming
Pornography, violent video games, derogatory comments on social media, and sexualised music videos and lyrics can all spread negative messages about sex, and about girls and boys. These messages can harm young people, making it harder for them to develop and enjoy...
Cyber Parenting - Sexting and Online Grooming
What is online grooming? There’s a chance that your child may meet people online that aren’t who they say they are. Grooming is a word used to describe people befriending children in order to take advantage of them for sexual purposes. How common is online grooming? A...
Cyber Parenting - Sexting and Online Grooming
Children and young people have always been influenced by their friends. This can now include people they meet online, which presents particular challenges for parents. It’s normal for children to want to copy their friends. But now offline peer pressure is Joined by...
Cyber Parenting - Sexting and Online Grooming
Parents would be forgiven for thinking there is an epidemic of sexting among young people. Lurid headlines paint a picture of a highly sexualised generation sharing nude or semi-naked images of themselves via their mobile phones. And, as incidents often come to light...
Cyber Parenting - Sexting and Online Grooming
Selfies seem to be everywhere nowadays. With so many of the younger generation seemingly happy to send pictures and often inappropriate content to each other should it really come as such a big surprise that occasionally something goes wrong” children haven’t changed....