Schools, media, civil society, governments and industry can make significant efforts to support parents by:  

• Raising awareness of online risks and opportunities for children and adolescents   

• Promoting parental digital skills  

• Strengthening parental mediation practices to prevent and respond to online risks for children  

• Sharing informing on prevention and early identification, and on how to report and support child victims 

• (For industry) Designing easy to use safety tools and features for parents 

THE RESOURCES

• Parenting Tips on how to keep children safe online during COVID 

• eSafety Australia's Global online safety advice for parents and carers

• eSafety Austrlalia's Global online safety advice for young children, parents and carers

• Tech companies' tips and resources on how to keep children safe online  

• Childhood USA Child Online Safety App, Stewards of children prevention toolkit  

• Europol COVID-19: Child sexual exploitation resources for parents  

• ITU Guidelines for parents and educators on Child Online Protection  

• UNICEF COVID parenting webpage  

• StopBullying.gov
   

This collection is part of the End Violence Partnership's technical note, COVID-19 and its Implications for Protecting Children Online. 
 

Pictured above: 8-year-old Mania works on her homework in Iran. © UNICEF/UNI344442/