What you need to know about IP Addresses and 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…
Prioritizing Eye Contact in the Digital Age
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,…
Screentime Across the Ages
We hear so many parents struggling to find that right balance with screen time. It can be so tricky, with these modern parenting conundrums which are somewhat new.. In 2019 The World Health Organization (WHO), released screen time recommendations for under 5-year-olds. W.H.O Recommendations: Infants (less than 1 year): Screen time is not…
Digital Parenting Beginnings
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…
Modeling Matters
The sayings like “Monkey see, monkey do” or “Actions speak louder than words” are pretty accurate when it comes to the way children interpret the world around them. We can be super well-intentioned, proactive at setting clear boundaries for our kid’s screen time, have the Internet usage limits set and everything, and then, model…
Pandemic Proofing Your Online Safety
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
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…