Net aware: Parents review kids’ social networks, apps & games
This is a good link to put on your school’s website or parents’ newsletter.
Netware is a parents’ guide to the social networks children and young people use. Stay up to date and keep your child safe in today’s digital world.
www.net-aware.org.uk
Parenting a moving target: Understanding how young people’s lives are changing
Every two years, the Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH) publishes a collection of statistics about young people’s health, which provides a fascination picture of their lives.
Interestingly, the data shows that smoking, drinking and drug use is now at the lowest rate since the 1990s. The rate of teenage pregnancies has halved since the late ‘90s and continues to decline.
Whilst there is a lack of good data on mental health, there is growing evidence of rising levels of anxiety, depression and stress in young people, particularly among teenage girls.
Parenting a moving target: Understanding how young people’s lives are changing
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digitalfuture/2016/10/19/parenting-a-moving-target/
Association for Young People’s Health
www.youngpeopleshealth.org.uk
Self-harming
Following the completion of a research project, the Royal College of Psychiatrists has published a new guide for parents about self-harming, which will be useful for teachers too. Self-harming affects 10 – 15% of young people, and parents can feel overwhelmed. The guide has information on topics including understanding self-harm, managing injuries, sources of help and looking after parents’ own needs.
The guide is available at the link below and it might be worth printing a few copies off ready to pass to parents when needed.
This one is more for primary parents
Staying safe on Mine craft | Parent Info
http://parentinfo.org/article/staying-safe-on-minecraft
