Online Safety Part 4 - building resilience and reducing harm

Last updated: 03 Feb 2025 Topics: Online safety Community and school sports

Join us for the fourth instalment of our mini series on online safety, featuring Samantha Lawrence, Senior Digital Content Editor at NSPCC CPSU, and Louisa Street, Youth Worker, PhD Candidate, and member of the Headstart Kernow Digital Resilience Project in Cornwall.

In this episode, they explore how adults can support children and young people in reducing harm and building digital resilience in the online world.



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In this episode, Samantha and Louisa discuss: 

  • Why prohibition doesn’t work
  • The harm reduction principle and its application to online safety
  • Concerns young people have about the online world
  • How adults can respond if a child or young person is worried about their online safety

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