Children, Smart-phones, Social media and Well-being: MGGS Students’ advice on how to keep children safe online

Last academic year, a large number of our students wrote some very thoughtful and perceptive responses to questions about mobile phone use, social media and their wellbeing. The first question asked them for advice for parents of younger students. What do they recommend that parents do, to help keep their children safe online?  This article introduces the wider context and shares their advice – as well as highlighting the areas in which there were divergent views.

https://www.mggs.org/wp-content/uploads/Children-Smart-phones-Social-media-and-Well-being_-Students-advice-on-how-to-keep-children-safe-online.pdf