RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
TIPS TO KEEP CHILDREN SAFE FROM ONLINE GROOMING
1. Make sure your child’s online contacts/friends are people they know and trust.
2. Acknowledge that your child may talk to people they don’t know online
and let them know to keep their conversations general and avoid sharing
personal information.
3. Nothing in life is free— warn your child about accepting gifts from people they
don’t know.
4. Discuss with your child who they can speak to about sensitive issues or things
they may be too embarrassed to tell you about. This might be an aunty or uncle,
older cousin or trusted family friend.
5. Talk about the difficult issues – it is important to speak
with your child about sex and sexuality (or advise them
where to access the correct information) otherwise they
may seek advice from untrustworthy people online.
6. Help your child develop strategies for saying no to sexual
solicitations from people online.
7. Make sure your child knows how to block and report
people on the sites and applications they use.
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