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Understand the apps, risks and issues affecting children online.
Advice for parentsIndependent guidance for life online
Practical online safety advice for parents, schools and young people.
Clear, practical answers about the apps young people use, the problems families face, and what can help.
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A considered place to begin, selected by our editor.
Guides
Parental controls: what to set up and what they cannot do
A sensible order for setting up home, device and app controls, with a clear view of what filters can and cannot protect against.
Guides
How to talk with your child about life online
A calm, practical way to understand what your child enjoys online, agree boundaries and keep the door open when something goes wrong.
Apps & Games
A parent's guide to Roblox
What Roblox is, why children spend so long on it, the risks that are worth taking seriously, and the settings that make a real difference.
Explore online issues
Straightforward information on the key online safety issues, and what actually helps.
Need help now?
If something has already happened, start here. We point you to the organisations that can act — Online Wise does not monitor or respond to reports.
Latest from Online Wise
New guides, updates and resources to help you stay informed.
Guides
When a pupil tells you something happened online
A first-response checklist for school staff: listen, preserve the child's account and follow your setting's safeguarding procedure.
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Online Wise is written by a UK teacher and online safety coordinator, for the families, schools and young people he works with every day.
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