Dame Rachel de Souza, Children’s Commissioner has recently published a new guide, What I wish my parents or carers knew: A guide for parents on managing children’s digital lives.
This guide recognises the complex, rapidly evolving landscape in which children – and parents – are navigating. It focuses on the challenge of managing children’s everyday online habits. It was written with the direct involvement of children to get their expertise on what works and what doesn’t work between parents or carers and children in the 21st Century.
Supporting children’s safety is a shared responsibility between families, schools and wider society. For parents and carers, this responsibility has become increasingly complex as children’s lives are now deeply intertwined with the digital world. Many parents face difficult decisions about how to balance protecting children from online harm with enabling access to spaces that are now central to learning, socialising and play.
We hope this guide will be a useful resource for our families.