Every week e-safety adviser Alan Mackenzie sends me weekly updates. They are useful teaching resources but also parent guides to keep you up to date with current trends.
Here are a few tips from this week’s updates:
Resource – Know your Emojis
Do you know your eggplant from your snowflake? How about a horse or a stick of dynamite?
If you watched the Netflix drama series, Adolescence, you may have been confused by the talk about the different emojis that are used in messaging to convey a message. Some of these will be obvious, others not so much.
Richard Pomfrett, a good friend of mine and fellow consultant runs his Boyz 2 Men programme in schools and he has put together a quick guide to some of the different emojis that are used. It’s really good for safeguarding leads to know about, maybe even a quiz during a staff meeting?
You can download Richard’s guide HERE and his main website is HERE.
Incidentally I can across a video on YouTube where an incel researcher reviews Netflix Adolescence, I haven’t had a chance to view it all yet (it’s 70 minutes long) but first impressions are that it seems very interesting. You can see the video on YouTube HERE.
For Parents – What is Financially Motivated Extortion?
FMSE is where someone threatens to release explicit images of a child victim unless they pay money or other financial demand (such as Bitcoin, pre-paid gift card etc.). It is a form of child abuse which is sadly getting worse.
The National Crime Agency has a great article explaining all about FMSE, how to talk to your child and what you can do if your child becomes a victim. The guide can be found HERE.
For Parents – How to Talk About Misogyny
The Netflix short series ‘Adolescence’ has got a lot of people concerned and talking about misogyny, the manosphere, incels and much more. For parents this can be a difficult conversation to have especially when you don’t know where to start.
Thankfully, Internet Matters have a fantastic guide all about this subject, things you need to know, understand the pressures and more. You can find all the information HERE.
