Online harms lead to real world damage

The most effective parents and care providers are taking online harms seriously- are you?

As if it wasn't hard enough being a parent in the 2020s… we are waking up to the fact that online harms impact children in the real world.

At the turn of the century, niavity lead to parents giving their children unfettered access to smart phones, the internet and social media. Studies from Dr Jonathan Haidt now attribute this misstep to the rose of an anxious generation.

So now parents grapple with balancing demands from schools and children for the internet and all it's education, entertainment and peer support with growing evidence of online harms.

⚠️ Online challenges gone wrong —-read more

⚠️ Photos turned into sexualised abuse —-read more

⚠️ AI “friends” encouraging isolation and even suicide —read more

⚠️ Opening your child's world up to anonymous actors who can groom, blackmail and abuse your child. —-read more

This feels so overwhelming - as parents we get that. It's why we set up Big Sister to provide some tech to help identify the dangers as and when they arise. If and when you give your child access to an internet connected device, please make sure it has Big Sister on it to keep your family safe.