This week’s #WakeUpWednesday post is all about parental controls.
Why?
The online world gives us access to a huge amount of information and services, but the scale of information available also means that there is content that is inappropriate for children. What is or isn’t appropriate is up to individual parents and carers to decide, and could be based on things like age, ability, beliefs and family values.
What are parent controls?
Parental controls allow you to block and filter upsetting or inappropriate content. They work across your WiFi, phone network, individual apps and devices.
Parental controls can help you to:
- plan what time of day your child can go online and how long for
- create content filters to block apps that may have inappropriate content
- manage the content different family members can see.
Useful links
The NSPCC has handy guides on how to do this on a range of devices, which you can find here
For Android devices, Google have ‘Family Link’ – you can find out more about how to set this up here
Apple have similar controls that can be set up by following the guidance here
If you have any questions, concerns or want to find our more about how to support your own knowledge and understanding or talk to your children about online safety issues, please contact the school office who will put you in touch with the Safeguarding Team.
