7 - Preparing Young People for a New Digital Age
Supporting children to develop digital resilience and wellbeing online in rapidly changing times.
A New Digital Age- An Introduction
LATEST CONTENT UPDATES: APRIL 2026
7.1 Introduction - Setting the Scene
Impact of Children Living and Learning Online
Growing Up Digital
The AI Explosion
What is digital wellbeing?
Definitions, new words and new meaning
7.2 Introduction
Smartphones in School: For & Against (Pre‑12 and Pre‑16)
To ban or not to ban?: That is the question
So why all the fuss about children and social media?
"Exploring Social Media" Worksheets
7.3 Introduction
Learning the Language
Why am I seeing this? Algorithms
How Digital Content "Reels us in"
Distressing Contents and Violence
Scamming and Phishing
Mood-altering Content
7.4 Introduction
Dealing with harmful and violent content- Children say they teach themselves
Strategies for avoiding violent content
Developing safe online habits and attitudes
Taking ownership – the internet and activists - Everyone’s Invited
How Online Bystanders Can Help Prevent Cyberbullying
Counteracting misogyny
Grok’s deepfake controversy: why it matters to this debate
7.5 Introduction
Resetting our relationship with Technology
An Introduction to BeCSR- Be Cybersafe and Responsible
Photoshop and Fake News
Expressing Emotions online
Online Safety and its Impact on Wellbeing
Online Behaviours: Netiquette, Online Safety Myths and Solutions
Netiquette and Cyberbullying
‘Influencers’, ‘Insta’ and FOMO
Building Digital Resilience in Children Affected by Migration
Resources