Strategies to address
Lack of education for youth surrounding how to safely use online platforms
Work towards educating children about the online world, the good, the bad, and most importantly, how to navigate it effectively and safely. NetSafe provides a range of tools, guides and educational harm prevention resources, aiming to educate and provide children with the tools and knowledge needed to navigate online spaces.
Lack of education for parents surrounding online safety
As parents, we must work on educating ourselves surrounding cyber-safety in order to best support our children in navigating the online world. Netsafe provide a range of resources and webinars that focus on educating parents on the issues that matter surrounding children's tech use.
Lack of skills needed to form a meaningful connection online
A good starting point for learning to cope with social anxiety is to identify the social skills that are lacking and could use a bit of work. Working on and improving these skills may help individuals better cope with the thoughts and emotions that come with social anxiety. Psychology Today (2022) has a good resource for understanding strategies to help grow children's social skills.
Setting Boundaries for children with technology
Setting boundaries with technology use for our children can be a hard thing to navigate.
The American Psychology Association (2019) provides some good guidelines for implementing boundaries with children surrounding technology use.
https://www.apa.org/topics/social-media-internet/technology-use-children