AIFS – Navigating online safety and sexual development: eSafety’s new resource

What children and young people see and do online can affect them in both positive and negative ways. For parents and carers, keeping children and young people safe online can feel overwhelming, especially with the availability of violent content and the potential for sexually abusive or exploitative contact. There is also often online misinformation about sex, relationships, sexuality and gender – which can be hard to identify.

It’s important that practitioners and service providers who work with children and families can provide support and guidance regarding online safety. To provide this support, it is critical to understand how the online experiences of children and young people can impact, and be impacted by, their relationships and sexual development.