Thank you
I was on an online session of yours recently. We are fortunate that our children's school does amazing esafety training too. Earlier this week my daughter became suspicious of an adopt me game within Roblox as they asked for her password. Fortunately she told me and we looked at it together. We ended up reporting the game querying it's authenticity. It has now been removed. Thank you for helping us not be 'cliff top parents'. Thank you for the updates too. Take care.
An outstanding and highly informative e-safety session.
An outstanding and highly informative e-safety session, delivered in an engaging and very interesting style. You maintained my full attention throughout - it was great. Thank you so much for sharing your extensive knowledge and experiences with us this evening.
Essential for any parent living in the real world
Thank you so much for the zoom session this evening (04/02/21).
I attended a session at my son's school a few years ago and have been sharing your advice and links ever since. Your analogies to 'old school' stranger danger and how we should equip our chidlren with the skills and tools to safely conduct themselves online are incredibly illuminating and so very helpful.
It was great that although many of the messages of tonight's session crucially echoed your previous session, it was very much updated to explain the changes in games and social media and the new challenges, dangers, and indeed benefits, of online interactions during lockdowns.
As a parent - I have always tried to follow your maxim that my children should feel comfortable and able to talk to me about anything they see, hear or do online. After tonight's session, I will give myself a good coat of looking at to see if there are some cliff top tendencies that need re-thinking...
I love the style of your delivery - it is incredibly engaging and motivating.
Thank you!
Enlightening both for a teacher and a parent
Really eye-opening stuff and essential knowledge for any parent or teacher involved with primary age children negotiating the tricky environment online where predators and the children themselves always seem to be one step ahead. Thank you for this.
Zoom ESafety talk
Thank you for a very informative presentation.
It’s really refreshing to see how up to date you are and how your presentations change. I’ve learnt lots, especially as mine are online lots more.
Thanks again.
Thought-provoking webinar
We have just attended your E-safety Webinar for Parents and Carers provided by Safer Basildon. We have never attended a talk on this subject matter before, and thought the content, format and presentation was excellent. We appreciated your accessible approach to subject matter which is both terrifying and daunting to parents, like us, who grew up in the 80s and 90s.
Providing screenshots and clear examples of how to change the settings in apps and on websites was incredibly helpful. The “Clifftop Parent” description was something that struck a chord with us and has motivated us to ensure that we continue to communicate, build trust and provide context for our children. You were absolutely right to point out that the world of online dangers is not just paedophiles, but gangs and drugs too - please keep reminding people that it is not just men in white vans offering sweets! Also always mention the geolocation details on photos, it’s worrying how easy it is to pinpoint exactly where you are and we had no idea. Advertising your car online was a brilliant demonstration. We also thought the example of using a football match to explain context was memorable too.
Our takeaway from your thought-provoking webinar is that technology is ingrained in our children’s lives, whether we like it or not. In order to be the best parents we can, we need to work together with them rather than denying them access. The Snapchat example with your daughter really helped to get these points across. We would rather be educated than burying our heads in the sand, and your talk has really helped us work towards that goal.
Please keep up the excellent work in an ever-evolving world, we really appreciate it. We will definitely be sharing your website with our friends and family.
Immensely Useful
Thank you guys. This was immensely useful session to me.
I didn't realise some of the risks that some of the games and social media apps mentioned posed. Thanks for explaining this in a very accessible way.
Thanks
Just wanted to say thanks for a fascinating presentation this evening and a really impressive day at Stanway Fiveways, lots of great feedback from teachers and kids.
I wear two hats as the Chair of Governors and a parent with kids at the school. My two were full of things they’d taken on board from your sessions with them today and my wife and I were horrified and intrigued in equal measures with our presentation from you this evening.
I hadn’t heard of Omegle and am grateful for the warning.
I’ve changed my view about TikTok now and might actually allow our son to download it but with the settings you recommended.
Really insightful day and evening guys, thank you very much.
Eye opening and very informative!
Gents,
Thanks for all the useful information you shared with us this evening. We have found it very helpful indeed and will definitely tune in to the next broadcast in a months time.
Love the educate and nurture approach, rather than the jurassic approach! This is exactly how we want to be but there was so much we didn't know or realise. Very eye-opening.
Keep up the good work!!