Learn: For Adults/Caregivers

Learning Corner for Adults/Parents

EDUCATIONAL

GENERAL TOPICS OF RISK ONLINE FOR ANYONE
  • 5 ways to avoid Back to School Online Shopping Scams – HERE
  • How to spot fake reviews (Scams) – HERE
  • Tips on how to spot FAKE NEWS (infographic) – HERE

  • Think you’d benefit from a workshop? Check out our workshops we offer – HERE
  • Know what a catfish is? (It’s where someone pretends to be another person online). Watch Chad Huber’s famous TikTok series now on Youtube in partnership with DEFEND – Catfishing the Catfish – HERE
 

KIDS OR ADULTS RISKS

  • DEFEND’s Dark Side of the Web Podcast (fictional account of real risks online for kids / vulnerable people). See more HERE.
  • Read our blog articles for more tips on how to stay safe online – HERE
  • How to avoid ROMANCE SCAMMERS Video – HERE
  • Elder abuse online – HERE
 

 

 

RISKS TARGETING KIDS ONLINE

See more educational videos on a variety of subjects from scams to parenting issues: HERE

RESEARCH

 

  • New research from Ireland (Nov 2021) regarding children’s online usage – Read more HERE
  • DEFEND study, looks at what restrictions, parental safeguards and other safety settings on 15 major social sites/apps. SEE MORE HERE (Parents – a must look!)
  • DEFEND’s second study looks at misconceptions of online sexual abuse – This data was collected in 2021. See the results HERE.
  • Kids and the Metaverse – Read it HERE – by Common Sense Media (www.commonsense.org)
  • Report (March 30/22) on how social media usage affects children at different ages (UK’s Ofcom): Read it HERE.
  • How much screen time for kids and why – by The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry – Read it HERE

NEWS

 

Educate. Advocate. Protect.