This page contains links and resources to support you, as parents, in keeping your child safe online. Some of the resources may be more appropriate for older children, but we have included them for families with older children so that you feel well informed when your children ask questions.

We welcome your feedback on the information included and if you feel there are other areas you would like us to include on this page.

More and more parents are becoming aware of the issues surrounding e-safety and ask for our advice or to be pointed in the right direction to find more information.

'Do not give any personal information away, including photographs and names,' shared one child. 

How can parents increase children's safety on the Internet?

There are actions parents can take on their home computer to restrict what children do.

1. Make sure that children do not have administrative access on the computer. It is very easy to set up separate user accounts for everyone who uses the computer Once that is done the following become possible
2. Activate Parental controls in the web browser. In Internet Explorer go to tools>Internet Options>Content>Parental Controls and also to Content Advisor. Other browsers such as Firefox have their own features
3. Install web filtering/blocking software such as Cyber Patrol or Web Nanny
4. Use child-friendly Search Engines.
5. Find out as much as you can by accessing the National Online Safety Guides below and visiting the suggested websites.