Tag Archives: Kids & Gaming

The Cyber Safety Lady Parent Webinar

The Cyber Safety Lady Parent Webinar

Parent/Carer/teacher adult only webinar for online safety.

Due to the enormous response to my posts on Roblox this week I will be holding a Parent Webinar next week on Monday the 25th January 2021 before school goes back to discuss Roblox, and other online games like Among Us and more. Registration is a donation of $10. The webinar will be recorded and available after the event for 48hours if you register before. Click the below link to register and share this post with anyone else you think might benefit. I have a 100 registration limit, but may increase it if there is interest.
Education about online games such as Roblox, Among Us, Minecraft and Fortnite. TikTok and other social media advice. Advice on screentime issues, avoiding unwanted contact from strangers online and protecting your child from being exposed to adult content via parental controls and alternative solutions to messaging and video viewing online. Heaps more! Registration essential. Registration $10. Webinar will be recorded and available for registrants for later viewing if you can’t make the date. Please share with friends and family, the more parents and carers are educated about online safety, the safer your child will be
When: Jan 25, 2021 07:00 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
Topic: The Cyber Safety Lady Parent Webinar
Register in advance for this webinar:
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Let me know below if you have any questions

 

Digital Families Gaming Together!

Digital Families Gaming Together!

This weeks guest on Digital Families is Alex Kidman an Australian freelance technology journalist and co-host of Vertical Hold: Behind The Tech News, a weekly technology podcast with Adam Turner.  Alex also writes about video games for various publications, and today I’m going to be asking his advice on behalf of parents about family video… Continue Reading

A Parents Guide To Steam

A Parents Guide To Steam

  Are your children talking about Steam? And asking you to allow them to buy and download games from this gaming platform? Guest poster Will.B (14yrs) helps parents providing all the information you need to understand this very popular online gaming store. What is Steam? Steam is an online game platform, where you may purchase games and… Continue Reading

Dangerous Facebook Apps. Which Ones Are They?

Review Facebook is somewhat of a walled garden when it comes to setting up safety filters and safe search settings for internet use for your younger aged teens who use Facebook. Facebook is much more than just sharing updates and chatting, it also has apps and games connected with it. Any app or game that… Continue Reading

Should You Use Your Real Name On The Internet?

Should You Use Your Real Name On The Internet?

Fake names…. There’s a lot of discussion going on at the moment around the issue of using what some people call “Fake” names on the Internet, particularly around Google+ which has outlawed them, as has Facebook, although on Facebook you can set up a Fan Page under your “Fake” Name. On Twitter you can call… Continue Reading

Where Are Kids Going Online?

Where Are Kids Going Online?

There were one or two comments made to me via twitter, about the stats I provided, on my last post on online safety and kids, particularly the one about “64 percent of all teens say they do things online they don’t want their parents to know about”. I’d like to talk about the concern I… Continue Reading