Safeguarding your child: Advice to parents on the dangers of online predators

I've written and spoken on this topic several times in the past and worked with young people and parents when they have become the targets of online grooming. Unfortunately, it continues to rear its ugly head and has gotten to a stage where children are being threatened and blackmailed.

We have had calls from distressed parents over the past couple of months whose children have been subjected to online grooming, mostly through gaming sites, or on social media platforms to start with before being coerced into chatting more privately on communication apps such as Snapchat, WhatsApp, Messaging, etc.

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