The Guardian has published a news story on the introduction of new measures on Roblox aiming to improve protection for children on the online gaming platform. Updates include greater parental controls allowing parents to monitor their children’s activity on the platform; adjustments to built-in limits around how children under 13-years-old can communicate with others; and changes to content warning labels.

Read the news story: Roblox to give parents more control over children’s activity after warnings over grooming

See also on NSPCC Learning
> Online safety resources

Thank you to those that attended the Lower Fifth Parent Carousel on Saturday. Please see the power point that Andrea and Sue delivered along with the powerful video on 'Sharenting'

Instagram is overhauling the way it works for teenagers, promising more "built-in protections" for young people and added controls and reassurance for parents.

The new “teen accounts” are being introduced from Tuesday 24th Sept in the UK, US, Canada and Australia.

The BBC has published a news story on Meta’s plans to put child users into new “teen accounts” on Instagram. The change means parents should have more control over their children’s activities and aims to help address youth safety issues online.

Read the news story: Instagram boosts privacy and parental control on teen accounts

This is a very interesting article from Psychology Today, a site we use a lot. Please do take a look -

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/mental-health-nerd/202408/the-paradox-of-helicopter-parenting

Check out this website! The Wellbeing Hub uses a proactive approach to young people's mental health and wellbeing - something we take very seriously! 

The site has monthly parenting webinars and some wonderful resources ranging from how to help with nightmares to understanding and supporting panic attacks to building emotional resilience.

Please do have a look - https://teentips.co.uk