This week I’ve attached a guide on digital citizenship taken from the MediaSmarts website. You can quickly scroll to the sections of interest to you. It addresses a number of topics such as: how to talk about drama and healthy relationships, cyber safety, digital footprint… It is a good guide on how to have these conversations with your child and when/how to intervene.

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