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Keeping your children safe on the internet survey and your top tips

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CarrieMumsnet · 12/02/2008 19:40

To coincide with Safer internet day we've launched a survey to find out how parents tackle the tricky issue of their children's internet use, with the aim of producing a Mumsnet how-to guide on how we can all ensure safe surfing.

Please (pretty please) take the survey here and give yourself the chance of winning a fab Siblu holiday

and then (pretty pretty please) post your top tips on how you keep your children safe when they use the internet on this thread

Big thanks

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OliviaMumsnet · 13/02/2008 19:50

Bump
Have you done this yet?

TIA

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OliviaMumsnet · 14/02/2008 19:15

Bumping

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OliviaMumsnet · 18/02/2008 11:32

Bump Bump Bump
Don't you want to win a holiday?

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OliviaMumsnet · 18/02/2008 16:45

Bump bump

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OliviaMumsnet · 19/02/2008 09:32

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OliviaMumsnet · 19/02/2008 10:06

HI ghosty
I know. I know - I've just said this to Kerry here it's not always our stipulations but as I said, I'm looking into it.

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OliviaMumsnet · 19/02/2008 11:03

Wotz that's great - have you done the survey? (that's the entry really!)
Thanks
MN Towers

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CarrieMumsnet · 21/02/2008 17:54

We've been working on this survey and report all week and today discovered (thro dd's best friend's mum) that my dd had seen "a woman putting a man's penis in her mouth and sucking" (on youtube) while on a playdate (dd didnt tell friend which playdate). Felt sick and . DD is 9 and we haven't really done the birds and bees in any detail at all, although we have talked about not talking to strangers on the internet and there being some nasty stuff on there.

Can't really talk directly/in detail to dd about it as best friend told her mum in strictest confidence (and told her not to tell me) - so have to find a more roundabout route.

But there was I blithely filling in survey saying I didn't think my children had come across anything too nasty/ of a sexual nature. At home they're supervised, and I know exactly what sites they're on, but what about when they are at other folks' houses?

How do you say to a playdate person - by the way you don't let them on the computer unsupervised do you? And if you do, please don't?

Anyway, sorry for such a sad and sordid post - not sure what my top tip would be. Draw up family rules for use of the internet and post them by the computer, is one that I;ve come across and will follow. Might not solve everything but might at least open a dialogue and let the child talk about what they've seen? Plus investigate some of the software people have suggested. Anyone got any other advice/tips?

Oh and please please fill in the survey and encourage others to do it. If you have children of different ages you can fill it in more than once (with different aged child in mind). We think this is a really important subject and it would be great to have a really authoritative survey of over 1000 parents (we're at 635 at the moment) as well as some tips on how you're already dealing with it.

Thanks to those who've filled it in so far and apologies for epic post!

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CarrieMumsnet · 25/02/2008 11:28

Hi Moondog, if you'd like the thread to move from the top of active convos all you have to do is persuade another 3-400 folks to fill in the survey

Thanks all for your words of advice, do keep them coming.

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OliviaMumsnet · 25/02/2008 17:48

As an added incentive for those of you (and there are quite a few !) who haven't already completed our Internet safety survey, we've added an additional prize of a fab TV, thanks to Mr Men for supplying this.
First out of the hat will get a choice between this and the wonderful Siblu holiday and the runner up will get what's left.
Best of luck
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