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'How to keep your kids safe online - from strangers, cyberbullies and harmful content'
'Video games are luring 400,000 teenagers into online gambling' (results of Parent Zone's report into skin gambling)
The Daily Telegraph, 28 June 2018
Skin betting: 'Children as young as 11 introduced to gambling'
Our obsession with mollycoddling children is making them sad and fat
How parents aren't following their own TV rules - according to kids
Birmingham Mail, 19 October 2017
Facebook and Twitter could face 'online abuse tax'
Home Secretary Amber Rudd starts UK tour from Poplar to stop teenage radicalisation
The Docklands & East London Advertiser, 2 September 2017
Sharenting: Is it Right?
Channel 4 News, 11 August 2017
Snapchat fears as experts warn SnapMap feature allows strangers to pinpoint exactly where your kids are
'Stalking risk' for children using Snapchat tracker
The Sunday Times, 16 July 2017
Queen Elizabeth honours Anne-Marie Imafidon
VenturesAfrica.com, 19 May 2017
When they’re not eating avocado toast, millennials spend five hours a day doing this…
How parents can help a teenager with anxiety or depression
Mental health scheme for pupils is rolled out to schools
Amber Rudd meets local children for online safety assembly
Amber Rudd MP, official website
How to avoid the ‘embarrassing parent’ trap in digital world
Why parents need to stop moaning about their kids on social media
The Independent, 24 January 2017
Epsom College Digital School of the Year
Epsom Guardian, 23 January 2017
A new report into digital resilience from family internet safety experts Parent Zone asks ‘Is it time to rethink online parental controls?’
The Educator Magazine, 16 January 2017
Should you share photos of your kids on Facebook?
Online safety: Internet ‘not designed for children’
Keep children safe online this Christmas - Top tips
Department for culture, media and sport, 23 December 2016
Risks and opportunities for young people online: a teenager’s perspective of the GDPR
LSE Media Policy Project Blog, December 2016
Is parental consent the way forward, or is the GDPR the end of young people’s freedom to roam digitally?
LSE Media Policy Project Blog, December 2016
Top charities and child internet safety experts back The Sun’s Block The Bullying Campaign
Dream Kardashian gets her own social media accounts: Is this the future of parenting?
Yahoo! News, 14 November 2016
Change now the only constant
GDN Online, 10 November 2016
Parenting In The Digital Age: Recognising The Difference Between Curiosity & Spying
Parent Zone and Securus join forces to help schools meet KCSIE duties
Keeping children safe online: a new responsibility
Pearson Primary Educators, 26 October 2016
Staying safe in the online world
Rutland and Stamford Mercury, 22 October
18-year-old sues parents for posting baby pictures on Facebook
A teenager is suing her parents for posting embarrassing childhood pictures to Facebook
Yahoo.com, 15 September 2016
Parents post 1,500 pictures of children on social media before fifth birthday
Tech-Xit: Looking at what the UK Government has done to shield kids from porn
Sputniknews.com, 5 August 2016
Jailed: man who distributed indecent images of children
It's time we changed the conversation about screen time
Government must do more to teach children about abuse, says MP
The Guardian, 20 July 2016
Online child abuse parliamentary debate
Barry school pupils become internet legends thanks to web giants
Barry & District News, 31 May 2016
Children lose interest in tech in late teens, finds survey
Experts from Google give web safety masterclass
Pontefract & Castleford Express, 7 May 2016
Online bid to protect youngsters
Stressed, depressed, lonely and anxious. Is your teenager OK?
Children turning to internet for help with problems
Daily Mail, 17 March 2016
Children more likely to turn to the internet if they are upset than a friend
How to tame your kids' computer habits
Teenage chat guide helps parents spot online dangers
The Guardian, 6 September 2015
Role-playing with photos of other people's children
Parents risk child safety by sharing photos
The Children Act has to be brought into the 21st century
The Independent, 8 February 2015
Children and tech: we’re making a mess of it
Huffington Post, 12 December 2014
Take the Jane Austen approach and the online world isn’t so frightening
The Independent on Sunday, 12 October 2014
Online parenting
Huffington Post, 11 August 2013
How would you make the internet safer?
Radio and TV
Parent Zone experts have appeared on a huge range of programmes in recent months including BBC News at One, BBC Six O'Clock News, BBC Breakfast, Woman's Hour, BBC Radio Scotland, Sky News, Five News, The Victoria Derbyshire Programme and Good Morning Britain. If you would like to contact us for comment, call 020 7686 7225 or email press@parentzone.org.uk.
Paparazzi parents warned of online dangers
Good Morning Britain, 25 May 2015
Parent Zone CEO talks to Nick Robinson on the Today programme, BBC Radio 4, 26 June 2016
Click link below to listen.