Children are vulnerable online | What are we going to do about this?

Can you guess what the three situations below have in common?
1.⁠ ⁠On a tablet watching RUclips
2.⁠ ⁠Playing the Xbox on live
3.⁠ ⁠In a WhatsApp group
The answer is…we are not there.
So, if something pops up, like a message from someone suggesting something sexual, or a link that’s about something they like, but when you click, it goes to something else - maybe for something sexual - we are not there to intervene.
And with thes online, being part of our culturespace being, we need to move with the times and figure out the best ways to handle this.
That’s why I’ve brought Richard Pomfrett onto my podcast, who speaks to parents, teenagers and children on this topic and has valuable advice to give us.
Richard Pomfrett information
Since 2013 Richard’s passion for his work as pushed him to continually evolve and shape ‘Stay Safe! Workshops’ to fit the needs of young people today. It is through these specialised and unique sessions, that they aim to educate as many young people as possible. Raising awareness and passing on vital skills and knowledge at key stages in their development and helping prevent them from becoming part of the future dire statistics.
To find Richard Pomfrett
Website: thestaysafeinitiative.org.uk
Twitter: / staysafecic
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My links
Website: jeremyindika.com
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[@AM_o2000]

Great conversation, very informative. I was hoping to hear something on Richard's older target audiences too, as he also covers secondary school pupils, and that would make the discussion a bit more three-dimensional and nuanced. In the case of pubescent individuals, self-display online has become the norm (girls parading themselves in skimpy clothing on TikTok, for instance) and 'self-generated' CSA content appears to be an ever increasing problem. Leaving older children out of the discussion skips some important questions.