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Family Digital Wellbeing

In partnership with Be in Touch, Dial a Nerd has created this page to give you all you need to begin you and your family’s digital wellbeing journey. Be in Touch recommends 3 pillars of digital wellness:

  1. Educate – Family Digital Wellness is a journey of learning from our own experiences and those of others. Good digital habits are a life skill that needs constant practice!
  2. Connect – Children need to be socially connected and tech plays a huge role in their lives. Help them make choices to connect safely and happily!
  3. Protect – Devices open doors to worlds that you don’t necessarily want your children to explore. Make sure that devices are protected to keep your children safe!

Where Be in Touch and Dial a Nerd can help:

Some worrying Internet Safety Statistics:

Majority of online enticement victims are girls

78%

Parents not using parental controls

61%

Children that revealed their phone number to a stranger

53%

Children and Teens that have been cyber bullied

50%

Recieved nasty messages

47%

Children that texted a stranger

30%

Statistics from:

  • https://internetsafety101.org/cyberbullyingstatistics
  • https://enough.org/stats_internet_safety

What does Be In Touch do?

We get parents and children talking about the device use challenges they have, and how they can improve their daily digital habits. We speak in schools, run online learning experiences, and promote practical products that can help to make sure you and your children are educated, connected and protected when it comes to your digital wellness.

We simplify the complicated world of digital wellness with practical guides, resources, information and products. To ensure we are offering solutions that our parents and children really need, our work is driven by the search enquiries we receive every day.

Dial a Nerd and Digital Wellbeing

Dial a Nerd is passionate about making technology simple for people. Dial a Nerd can help you with your digital wellbeing by recommending:

  1. Anti-virus software that protects you and your kids
  2. Home Wi-Fi products that give you greater control over what your children are accessing online
  3. Home Firewall systems that give you the ability to filter what your kids can access online
  4. Privacy control setups for all your children’s devices – from TVs to consoles to smart phones.

What can you do to make sure you and your family are safe online? View our products below

Bark Parental Control

$14 per month/ $99 annually

Bark’s affordable, award-winning dashboard proactively monitors text messages, YouTube, emails, and 30+ different social networks for potential safety concerns, so busy parents can save time and gain peace of mind.

 

Digital Family Assessment

R650

What YOUR family needs to manage their devices. Being a bit more conscious about your kids’ parallel digital lives is a huge step ahead, and one you can take today! Take ownership of your “license to parent”.

 

 

iGen Book

R244

Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy. A great asset for educators, counsellors and mental health practitioners.

 

 

Parenting from the inside out Book

R315

How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive. A great read for parents looking to develop a deeper connection with their kids. An insightful journey of self-reflection leads to increased understanding and compassion.

 

Parenting in a Tech World Book

R415

A Handbook for Raising Kids in the Digital Age. The authors of this book are part of the team at Bark.us – one of the world’s best providers of parental filter solutions.

 

 

Unitek Charging Station

R1754

Get your child’s devices out of their bedroom. In the surveys we complete in schools we work with, as much as 66% of cyberbullying happens late at night, and unfortunately over 80% of the teens we talk to are allowed devices in their rooms at night, it’s a perfect storm for late-night bullying.

 

 

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