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E-Safety Briefing for Parents

E-Safety Briefing for Parents. Five golden rules for keeping your children safe online. Age ratings. S. M. A. R. T. The 5 golden rules to keep children safe online. AFE. EETING. CCEPTING. ELIABLE. ELL. Follow the SMART rules. Keep your personal information safe!

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E-Safety Briefing for Parents

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  1. E-Safety Briefing for Parents Five golden rules for keeping your children safe online. Age ratings

  2. S M A R T The 5 golden rules to keep children safe online AFE EETING CCEPTING ELIABLE ELL

  3. Follow the SMART rules Keep your personal information safe! If you wouldn’t say it to a stranger on the street, don’t share it with strangers on the internet…

  4. Follow the SMART rules Don’t meet up! Online games can be a great place for chatting to your friends. Always know who you are talking to. If an adult who you don’t know ever asks you to meet up, say no and report it…

  5. Follow the SMART rules Accepting Think before you accept something from someone online e.g. a file, a download, a picture etc. It may contain a virus. If you don’t know who it’s from, and it has an attachment… DELETE IT!

  6. Follow the SMART rules Reliable Not everyone online is trustworthy. Somebody may be lying about their age and who they are. Make sure you know who you are talking to and use reputable sites and services to protect you and your computer.

  7. Follow the SMART rules Tell Tell a parent, carer or trusted adult if someone, or something makes you feel worried or uncomfortable online. Also, tell someone if a friend of yours needs help online too.

  8. Computer Games Do games have an influence on children? • The research on the impact of videogames has been focused primarily on violence. There is no evidence that playing violent video games causes any long-term increase in aggressiveness or violence. Sources: - Jonathan L. Freedman , Evaluating the Research on Violent Video Games- Guy Cumberbatch, Video Violence Villain or victim? - Raymond Boyle and Matthew Hibberd, Review of Research on the Impact of Violent Computer Games on Young People. • But video games can contain adult content. Violence, Bad language, Fear, Sex, Drugs, Discrimination,Gambling

  9. Age ratings on Computer Games • PEGI – European Games Ratings • 18 Certificate Games are NOT suitable for children • Grand Theft Auto games contains violence, bad language and encourages drug use. • Call of Duty games contain motiveless violence, violence against innocent people and bad language. Source PEGI website (www.pegi.info)

  10. Social Networks • Only children above 13 years old can access Facebook! • Only adults can get a Twitter account. • Sometimes we have had to investigate cyber-bullying through Facebook.

  11. E-Safety • Digital Parenting magazines are available on request. • If you have any concerns please ask us!

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