Tell NSPCC about the family rules you have to keep safe online - chance to win a £300 voucher NOW CLOSED

[AmeliaMumsnet]

NSPCC have teamed up with O2 to launch their #ShareAware campaign. Here’s what they have to say: ‘We tell our children to share, but online it’s different. In fact, sometimes sharing online can be dangerous. That’s why we’ve joined forces with O2 to ask parents to be Share Aware and keep children safe online. With the internet changing all the time it can be hard to keep up to date but our Net Aware guide gives an overview of the sites young people use. . Our straightforward, no-nonsense advice will untangle the web, and show you how you can be just as great a parent online as you are the rest of the time.’

As a parent, your main priority is to keep your self and your family safe, and this means agreeing on some rules for when you’re surfing the web, for both you and your child. As part of their #ShareAware campaign to keep children safe online, NSPCC and O2 want to know about the family agreements you have in place to make sure you and your DC stay out of trouble - the family contracts you have in place within your home to help things run smoothly.

So, maybe you always make sure there’s an adult present when your DC is online or have you agreed to not share images of your child without their permission? Perhaps no one is allowed on their phones at the table. Every family has a set of rules that works for them, so post on this thread to tell NSPCC and O2 about your family agreements and you’ll be entered into a prize draw to win a £300 voucher of your choice (from a list).

For more information, or to download your family agreement template, visit Share Aware
here to download your family online agreement template.

Thanks so much for taking part, and good luck with the prize draw!

MNHQ

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My daughter is 13 and our main rule is being selective about who they accept as friends - only people we know in real life. look bad or put them in a vulnerable position.

No tech inluding phones at the dinner table,

we have parental controls in place and the laptop is in the kitchen so I can see what they are doing. They know to ask if anything unusual pops up on any devices and we don't allow phones at the dinner table or in there rooms overnight.

We trust the kids (they are secondary school age). But I have talked with them and do monitor what they are looking at on a regular basis. My advice to them is that if you would not do or say something in real life with adults presents do not do it online.

I think it is best to set up rules very early on so that it becomes the default position. It is not always easy to control one's kids - my eldest son bought three 400 page programming books when just 8 and worked his way through them - C+, Visual Basic etc so he knew his way around a computer and was far more advanced than we were.We were not really adequately equipped to oversee what he did. On the plus side he is now about to do his PHD in Robotics/AI in LA so he survived our ignorance.

My six year old can only use the iPad if we are in the room. We vet all apps prior to her using them. She has been educated to understand that she cannot click on pop ups and must alert us if there is anything unfamiliar on the screen. She sings a little rhyme she learned at school - "before you click, click, click, you'd better think, think, think... TELL SOMEONE!"
Technology can be an amazing thing and I would never deter her from using it, I simply prefer to educate her on its correct use. I like the analogy, the park is full of different dangers but you wouldn't stop your child from enjoying it, just give them the information the need to stay safe.

They are only allowed on it under supervision and only to watch videos and do homework, strictly no interaction with people on there.

Parental controls installed... Laptop is only used in the living room in full view of others, checking regularly, no friending others outside their social circle...

A time for how long they use the phones

I have a 15 year old who of course loves her mobile phone and social media, This is what I do, all her SM accounts are set up in my email address so I also get her notifications on her phone, periodically I make her tell me who the people on her friends list are and something about them i.e. in my class blah blah, if she gets an instant message I get one too, I don't intervene in her private conversations but she knows if I have to I will.
My smallest two children ages 6 and 7 have kindles, no social media and mainly use educational apps and books.
I ask my 15 year old to monitor them from time to time, check they are not on sites and apps they shouldn't be, by doing this it makes my teenager feel older and special and also re-enforces the rules in her too.

I've always worked it the other way round and just made them super aware that people they "meet" online could be pretending to be someone they are not. When they were younger they weren't allowed to have online "friends" that they didn't know in real life. Now they are all teenagers I allow them to make their own decisions but they are very savvy with regards to keeping themselves safe and know not to ever give out personal information about themselves. In some ways they know more than I do, which means the education they are getting on the subject is working and is going in and staying in.

Always aware of what sites they are using, usually they use the computer in front of us! One is too young for social media the other has parental controls and every so often we will check internet history

my eldest is 15. our rule is to be responsible and to not push her luck!
she is allowed to surf the internet for half hour a day she has facebook but i monitor the pages she like and her posts other than that i trust her to be responsible so far no issues with her she really isnt that into tech and prefers reading to be honest

DS8 Only allow tablet/laptop access in same room as a parent. PArental controls on internet, but thats flaky with you tube

Never ever give out any personal details to anybody on,one.

We have parental controls enabled on the devices that the children use.
And even then we supervise them, just to be sure.

It was supposed to say never ever give out personal details to anybody online.

My son is only allowed on the internet when we are supervising. We use the parental controls, too. He is not allowed to download anything.

I sign my son on to family computer so that I know when and how he is using it. He has no clue of passwords etc.

Key one for us is "If you can't see us, we can't see you".

Online is fairly easy though as I've locked down all of their devices nd they know that if they want access to anything else they come and ask us.

I know I can trust them when it comes to computers. Let's face it, if I have any problem, I ask them about it!

I have set parental controls with my ISP to block many things, my children do not bring tablets out or at the dinner table. I am very concerned over cyber bullying and therefore keep a close eye on their on line activity. I check their history and who they have messaged to keep my mind at ease that no one sinister is trying to get in touch. I have spoken at length about the do's and don'ts of being on line, and am confident that they will approach me with anything they are uneasy with. I will try to keep this up as they get older (and wiser).

Theres one main computer thats in a very public place. Its monitored regularly and passwords have to be shared with us.

Can't stand the NSPCC.

I have a 15 year old so it is getting harder to "police" what she does online. However, we have talked to her about what is acceptable and what isn't and hope she will use her better judgement! She is not on Facebook and I take her phone and all her tablets, etc. off of her before bed.

computer only allowed in living room, social media blocked, no phones at meal time and bed time. parental controls on all gadgets.