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What you need to know about IP Addresses and Secure DNS

November 28, 2020SophiaDNS, IP Address, Secure DNS

Secure DNS If you’ve been on the internet long enough (or just watched a TV show about hacking) you’ve probably heard of an IP address. And, if you’ve had a look around the Safe Surfer apps or website you may have seen these related acronyms pop up quite a lot: DNS, DOH, and DOT. While…

Teens, phones, and porn

November 17, 2020RoryDigital Parenting, porn, teens

We spoke to Attitude Presenter Brayden Murdoch about what he’s learnt through talking to thousands of young people every year about healthy relationships and making positive choices. Here’s what he had to say when we had a conversation about porn. We live in a world where watching porn on your device between maths and science…

Prioritizing Eye Contact in the Digital Age

November 14, 2020SophiaNature time, Screen life balance, Screenfree

Here is a sobering statistic: Children between the ages of 10 and 17 will experience nearly one-third fewer face-to-face interactions with other people throughout their lifetimes as a result of an increasingly electronic culture, at home and in school. That statistic came as the result of a study done in the year 2000 from Qualified Impressions,…

Digital Parenting Beginnings

October 7, 2020SophiaDigital Parenting, Screen Parenting

Introducing screens often begins with simple and innocent thinking like how awesome a tablet will be for helping your young person learn to read, or write or math or research, or perhaps it’s a cell phone for safety and connectivity…and not too soon after your kiddos have got their very own device for ‘learning’ or…

Pandemic Proofing Your Online Safety

August 19, 2020Sophia
Safe Surfer believes a safer Internet experience is something all children deserve. Our young people should be protected from nasty content—like pornography and other adult content, graphic violence, malware, and illegal sites. We want to help you in protecting your young people from the effects of harmful material. Having an easy ability to start filtering...

Sex ed as a series of evolving conversations

August 18, 2020Sophia

One in three New Zealand boys are watching pornography on a regular basis. Girls are watching porn, too. It’s just too easy to access. No more walking through the video shop to a dimly-lit R18 nook. Accessing porn is now as easy as opening a web browser and entering a search term 🔍 So—where to…

Parental controls on Android

May 4, 2019Rory

Hello! We’re really glad you’ve reached out for help to protect your family online. The good news is there are plenty of options available. Some are really simple but cost a bit of money; others are completely free but can take a bit of time to set up. No matter how tech savvy you are…

Parental controls on iOS

April 14, 2019Rory

Hello! We’re really glad you’ve reached out for help to protect your family online. The good news is there are plenty of options available. Some are really simple but cost a bit of money; others are completely free but can take a bit of time to set up. No matter how tech savvy you are…

3 Top Tips for Safer Surfing

March 14, 2019Royce Sharplin

We all know we’re only one misjudged Google search, or an accidental banner click, away from being exposed to something we didn’t intend on finding. And, short of peering over your offspring’s shoulder every web-surfing second, there are a few simple “go-to” tips from the team at Safe Surfer to help ensure your kids don’t…

Safe Surfing – Streaming TV

October 30, 2017Royce Sharplinblock adult content

My three year old loves “Bubbleguppies”. And “Dora the Explorer”. I know the theme tunes off by heart. It does my head in. I’m comfortable allowing Little Miss Three some screen time and, to some degree, I rest easier knowing these shows are often as educational as they are entertaining. And it’s no coincidence that…

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