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Michelle McManus, Professor of Safeguarding and Violence Prevention, Co-Director of the Institute for Children's Futures, Manchester Metropolitan University

A parents’ guide to keeping kids safe online in the summer holidays

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Parenting over the summer holidays, especially when juggling work and childcare, comes with significant challenges. One of those is screen time and staying safe online.

Children’s time online has the potential to soar in the summer, and when you’re doing your best to work from home with the kids around, it’s pretty difficult to monitor what they’re doing on the tablet or TV. Devices help us get through the day, but they also open the door to risks we may not fully see.

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