Setting up your child’s new smartphone or device for success and safety
Whether it’s your child’s first phone or their next device, it is super important that we don’t give our kids a smartphone or device with access to every danger on the internet, without putting up...
I grew up in a blended family. My parents separated when I was a young child and I grew up with step-parents.
With that being said, there was a lot less blended families when I was growing up than there is now. Blended families are a much more normal family structure than when I was younger and...
Before I begin with my sleepover safety advice and tips, I would like to acknowledge that sleepovers were one of my fondest memories growing up.
When I went to a sleepover, I got to see how other families interacted and lived. I got to see how their mum’s took care of my friends and...
Thought I'd jump in with my own thoughts on what's 'IN & OUT' in parenting in 2024.
What we (society/parents) have done in the past when it comes to child safety isn't ALL bad, however, it's TIME TO CHANGE the future of child safety!!!
This requires us to be brave and boldly face the...
Have you ever contemplated this question before? You would be surprised at the number of people who haven't.
It's probably because it's not something our parents openly discussed, it's not something we have grown up discussing and it's not something we have been asked to analyse...
Whether you believe in this very interesting tradition or not... it is very likely your children may be wanting to go 'trick or treating' tonight.
As a child of the 80's, we didn't have this tradition and as an ex-police officer and child abuse detective, it sets off all sorts of alarm bells in...
TRIGGER WARNING - THIS BLOG POST CONTAINS THE DISCUSSION OF CHILD ABUSE MATERIAL!
I had a young person contact me yesterday asking for HELP.
The young person had been shared a link to a website in which they were pressured to open and look at on insistence from 'friends'.
The...
After my Sunrise interview this morning which just touched on some of the basics of child safety, I wanted to share with parents, more in-depth advice on how to help keep your kids safe but NOT scared when talking about things like Stranger Danger.
In my experience, compared to reported...
