Online Risks: How to Keep Your Kids Safe

On-Demand Class · Child Safety

This class will look at the risks children can face online and will provide parents with strategies that they can implement in their own home to prevent some of these risks from occurring.

Class Description

This class will look at the risks children can face online and will provide parents with strategies that they can implement in their own home to prevent some of these risks from occurring. The Modules include: Brain Development and Risks Risk Online in Greater Detail Mental Health Related Issues Body Safety Education Advice for Parents — Cyber Safety Tips and Strategies The online world is vast and not age segregated. Education is your most powerful weapon in empowering you to understand the risks children face online and implement measures to reduce these risks.

Class Materials

Pen and paper for taking notes.

Sessions Overview

  1. Introduction: During this session, I will introduce myself and let you know what to expect from the class.
  2. Brain Development and Online Risks: In this session, I will discuss one aspect of brain development and outline for you some of the risks children face once they have access online.
  3. Online Risks in greater detail: In this session, I will discuss in greater detail some of the risks children face once allowed access online.
  4. Mental Health Related Issues: In this session, I will discuss some mental health related issues that can arise once children have access online.
  5. Body Safety Education: In this session, I will provide you with basic body safety education — an important component to keeping children safe in both the online world and physical world.
  6. Advice for Parents: In this session, I will provide you with tips and strategies that you can implement in your own home to keep your children safe online.

Your Instructor

Jen Hoey

Jen is founder of “Not My Kid’ and is a Parent Cyber Safety Consultant, offering online training and private coaching to parents with a focus on empowering them to keep their kids safe online, with an emphasis on delaying exposure to screens and prevention of child exploitation online. Jen is based in Sydney, Australia, and is a mum of three children - two in their late teens, and one in early primary school. Jen’s passion in this space stems from personal experience following her daughter's contact with a predator via an online game. With her daughter's consent, Jen has published the story ‘A Regular Story that Rarely Gets Told’. In addition, she has navigated severe cyber bullying, a sexting incident, and the suicide of a friend with her older son. All this has allowed her to gain a real understanding of the challenges parents face once their children have access to an internet connected device. As well as this, Jen has been managing her husband's psychiatric practice for over a decade. She has noted in recent years an alarming increase in teens seeking help for mental health issues, some of which are directly related to gaming and social media use. Jen has a particular interest in the prevention of online child exploitation and has completed several certified online courses. She is currently completing a Bachelor Degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Jen draws on her personal experience, work experience, and education to help parents empower themselves with knowledge and strategies in order to better protect their children online. Jen offers private consultation for parents tailored to their needs. For further information, please email: classes@babysparks.com.

Degrees and Certifications

Certificate of Achievement in Keeping Children Safe Online (2021) — NSPCC / CEOP, UK Certified Training — National Online Safety, UK Counselling and Psychology Certificate, Career Academy, AU Child Psychological Development, Career Academy, AU Training courses — NCMEC, USA

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