When you introduce your child to their first device take it SLOW

2024-02-06T16:25:29+00:00February 6th, 2024|

Each day 200,000 children go online for the first time. The Internet has become an unstoppable presence in children’s lives, transforming the way that they learn, interact and access entertainment and games. But is it good for their health and [...]

You gave your child a smartphone or tablet for Christmas – now what?

2024-01-15T12:03:33+00:00January 6th, 2024|

It’s the end of the holiday season and many parents and grandparents gave the children in their lives what they had been asking for - their own phone or tablet. Among teenagers, smartphones are the number one most popular gift [...]

Don’t let the First Amendment stop you from addressing cyberbullying

2023-09-25T13:50:16+00:00September 13th, 2023|

Last month’s New York Times article The Instagram account that shattered a California High School chronicles a complex online bullying incident at a California high school that sparked intense backlash, lawsuits and raised thorny issues around balancing free speech and [...]

Musk versus Zuckerberg: What if kids think famous people actually fight?

2023-09-13T14:43:01+00:00September 12th, 2023|

In June, the BBC reported that Elon Musk had challenged Mark Zuckerberg to a cage fight. It brings up an important point - what lessons are we really teaching children when influential figures “joke” about violence or exchange public verbal [...]

How trolls are born: The psychology of internet trolling and why they are everywhere

2023-06-15T07:30:07+00:00June 15th, 2023|

Internet trolling can have devastating psychological impacts on its victims, so what leads someone to engage in cyber violence? We speak to Dr Gareth Tyson, a leading researcher on the dark side of the Internet to find out. What is [...]

Talking about neurodiversity and cyberbullying with Next Level Collaboration

2023-05-09T14:57:32+00:00May 9th, 2023|

Recently, we had the pleasure of speaking with CEO Jessica (Jess) Rowlings and Dr Matthew (Matt) Harrison about their organisation Next Level Collaboration, a neurodiverse-positive social capacity-building program for young people delivered through online gaming experiences.  How did you decide [...]

The struggles of parenting in an online world – the view from Jersey

2023-02-07T14:22:40+00:00January 28th, 2023|

Eloise Perkins lives with her family on Jersey, a tiny island in the stretch of water between the United Kingdom and France.  As my child turns ten and rapidly heads towards the end of their primary school journey, my husband [...]

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