Keeping Kids Safe Online

24/01/2026

Had this message from an older person i help. Yes, it's in caps, I will explain what that means!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK TODAY CLAIRE.
YOU ARE TRULY MAKING A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE.
AND YOU ARE A LOVELY LADY TO. HAVE AROUND TOO. 😁🙏 ###

19/12/2025

Interesting. I commented on a local grassroots football page about the "safety" of parents videos of kids games and then posting online. Apparently my comments around potential safeguarding issues, deep fake p**n, location, AI potential, the fact that online paedophilia went up by circa 50% when COVID-19 hit etc. were not well received! I have now been banned from the group. Are parents/coaches of grassroots football immune to what is out there?

11/12/2025

So sorry for the lack of posting. I did a "talk" lately at a local primary school about online safety and smartphones etc. to parents/carers. The Head Teacher banned me from saying that online paedophilia went up by about 50% when COVID-19 hit. Do parents not want to know the truth?

28/08/2025

Been a while since I have posted. Concerned about your kids going back to school or getting them a phone? Get in touch.

06/08/2024

Be aware there is a rather nasty group doing the rounds amongst children called world gc. The people who set it up invite children and is then being used to share rather nasty images of adults and very inappropriate conversations. Been reported in Oxfordshire and may be elsewhere in the UK.

23/12/2023

As many people know... I am strict with tech for my son (is it strict or just keeping him safe!?) But.... here he is with his dad playing a football knowledge game on his phone. I am cool with that. They are sharing knowledge of something that they both love, learning and focused on each other. This is a good example of tech.

02/12/2023

Food for thought. This has been circulated by the local police force. Please take a couple of minutes to read and maybe pass on to anyone you know who may be more vulnerable to scammers

27/11/2023

Parental controls.... absolutely vital for younger kids tech, but what happens as they get older? Received this email as my son turned 13. So, now a dilemma. To keep some oversight, or allow him free reign? Talking to your children about being safe is something that should be a continuous, open and honest coversation, especially as they get older.... and I felt very old reading that email.
Conversation. Comunication. Education. All vital in this fast paced, ever changing technical world.

23/10/2023

How did you spend your weekend? I spent a lot of mine helping someone recover a hacked email account. Turns out Virgin Media are absolutely rubbish at helping people who pay hundreds of pounds a month change a password. Anyway. Someone else I know had their FB account hacked and now cannot run their business. Meta are also rubbish at helping people. Always good to know that these companies are "available".... not. Change your passwords. Make them "difficult". Look after your online presence.

25/09/2023

So. I am going to mention the "C" word.... Christmas (sorry)
If you are considering buying your child a new console/phone/laptop/tablet for Christmas (or any other time) and aren't sure how to set it up correctly so your child is as safe as they can be then I can help.
As an "aside" to my main job I run KKSO (keeping kids safe online) I can also help older people (or anyone to be fair) with online safety, tech help even setting up TV's! I am enhanced DBS checked, welfare officer for my sports club and have done specialist safeguarding (and a mum of a 12 Yr old whose xbox and other tech I oversee from my phone.....son hates me! But, he is safe and understands tech)
It is SO important to educate children about being online and keeping them as safe as possible should be a top priority. Vault apps ring any bells?
So, if you would rather your child has to ask for more screen time rather than the battle to get them away from screen time, feel free to message me on here or email [email protected]
Many thanks.

16/07/2023

Parental question. Do you 100% know what your kids are up to online?

18/06/2023

Got chatting to a guy on a train the other day. His job is around tech. Really interesting research being done by him and his team. Worth a read about the effects of tech on

The Cognition in Naturalistic Environments Lab (CINELab) is an experimental psychology research lab in the Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London focussing on the investigation of active audiovisual scene cognition in real-world and mediated environments.