Child Safeguarding Week 2025 – Parenting in the Digital World
The internet provides a dynamic and engaging space for children and young people to connect, learn, create and express themselves in ways that resonate with their interests and preferences.
Being Safe Online
Being online offers children and young people exciting opportunities for connection, learning, creativity, and self-expression. It enables them to build relationships, explore interests, access information, and develop new skills in fun and engaging ways.
While digital spaces provide many benefits, it’s important to stay mindful of potential risks and support safe, positive online experiences.
About the issue
In Aotearoa New Zealand, where youth suicide and child sexual abuse rates are alarmingly high, it’s crucial to take a proactive, guided approach to online safety—just as we do with road or water safety.
While digital spaces offer great opportunities, they also expose children to risks like contact with strangers and situations beyond their maturity.
This Child Safeguarding Week highlights the need to actively support and prepare children as they begin navigating the online world, ensuring they do so safely and confidently.
Join the movement to STOP child abuse.
It is PREVENTABLE not inevitable!