This summer I'm doing a series on What Parent's Need to Know about *insert some type of online thing here*... because it's not just parents that need to know these things but teachers too AND if there is one thing we all know it's that online stuff changes so often it's hard to keep up (especially when you aren't even using that app/program)!
Today I'm talking about Online Grooming!
This one is a scary one...
I'm going to do the poster say it all (as it does) which you can find free to download at
What's most concerning to me?
1 in 4 kids said they had been sent a message that made them feel uncomfortable.
It doesn't need to be a long drawn out process and a meet up could be arranged in less than an hour. Do you know what your child was doing online in the last hour?
The biggest thing to remember is to check privacy settings on your child's apps and devices. It can't totally eradicate the problem but it's definitely a start. And remember, a lot of the apps and sites that I've already talked about can all play a roll in child grooming (Twitch, Live Streaming, Tik Tok, Minecraft, Roblox, WhatsApp, Twitter, Fortnite, SnapChat, Instagram, Youtube)
Last week I talked about what we all need to know about Reddit.
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