Online gaming can offer many positive experiences. It can give children and young people the chance to escape into a virtual world, to learn, and to connect with others.
However, there is a risk of children and young people viewing inappropriate content in games and being contacted by adults seeking to exploit them.
These parent/carer activity packs explore how you can help keep your children stay safe while gaming:
Worried about children growing up in a modern, digital world that exposes them to the risk of exploitation? The DICE course is a support programme for parents and carers of teens and pre-teens, raising awareness around the risks for them growing up in the digital world. Further details here.