‘In the digital age, teaching children digital literacy is like teaching them to swim – an essential skill to navigate the vast ocean of information with confidence and resilience ~ Sue Atkins In today’s digitally-driven world, the ability to navigate, understand, and utilise technology is not just a valuable skill – it’s an essential one. […]
If you have time I highly, highly recommend watching or listening to this absolutely fascinating parliamentary evidence on screen time, digital poverty and education, with Baroness Kidron who’s career has taken her from making movies for Stephen Spielberg to groundbreaking protections for young people online Screen time and Wellbeing Speakers include: John McGee, Senior Policy […]
I was really distressed to read about the tragic suicide of Molly Russell: The ‘caring soul’ who died after exploring her depression on Instagram. Suicide is now the leading cause of death for young people under 20 and levels of self-harm are rising among teenage girls in particular. I was interviewed on BBC Radio Oxford […]
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Feeling out of your depth coping with your kids technology? Find the latest information on the sites your kids like to visit, on mobiles and using all the new technology. Find out what’s good, what’s not and what you can do about it. If you look after young people there’s an area for you too – […]
“My son came to dread school because he was being bullied. He was terribly unhappy and frightened. We didn’t know what to do to help him…” Sound familiar? Thousands of children and parents are going through the pain and anguish caused by bullying right now. You may not even know that your child is being […]
