The Online Safety Parent Toolkit is a is a simple and practical seven-step framework to help parents with digital parenting in a rapidly changing world.

The Online Safety Parent Toolkit explains the online challenges young people are likely to encounter, how to best support them and what you can do to teach your child to have a safer online experience.

As young people spend more time online, it’s important that parents and whānau can teach their child to have a safe online experience. A downloadable version pdf the Online Safety Parent Toolkit is available so parents, families and whanau can have information on hand when needed.

If you have questions about platforms your children and young people are using or want to know what to be mindful of as they navigate the online space, check out Netsafe’s resources for parents. All you need to know about online bullying, online gaming or the latest video conferencing craze.

How much time are young people in New Zealand spending online? Who are they engaging with when they are there and who do they turn to when things don’t go as planned? How do young people feel about pornography and how prevalent is online harm? If you are interested in reading more about how children and young people in New Zealand are interacting online, some of the challenges they face and how they are dealing with those challenges, check out Netsafe’s latest research.