The ultimate parent's guide to understanding our kids online world (and how to keep them safe!)

Our local schools have partnered together to bring Rob Copes' Parent Cyber Safety programme to our community.

Rob is one of New Zealand's leading parent educators in online safety, dedicated to keeping our tamariki safer in our digital world. Come and hear Rob talk for what promises to be a straight-talking, eye-opening and often hilarious presentation.

We want to thank our local business sponsors who have supported our schools to offer heavily subsidised tickets to parents.

Tickets are $15 per person which includes the evening talk and 12 months access to the online Parent Cyber Safety portal where parents can access videos and resources that help further educate and support conversations with their children.

The in-person information evening covers the following topics: 

• Cyberbullying - How bullies can reach our kids 24/7

• Social media - How social media is affecting the mental health of 3 out of 5 children.

• FOMO, depression, anxiety

• Gaming and the developing brain – An oversupply of dopamine leading to

• dopamine deficiency, synaptic pruning, and the underdevelopment of social skills and empathy

• Naked Selfies - The pressure to send nudes from intermediate up through highschool

• Online predators - The methods they use, and how to spot them

• Online porn vs healthy sexuality - How consuming online pornography as a child or teen can create a sexual template where violence, aggression, and dominance are seen as normal and consent can become very blurry.

• AI - Growing concerns around Companion bots, Deepfakes, Voice Cloning,

• Algorithmic Radicalisation Solutions

• Filters - Which filters are best and how to install them

• Smartphones - How to lock down a smartphone to make it a safe phone

• Boundaries - How to put good boundaries in place around device use

• 3 golden rules - The 3 golden rules that will keep your kids safe

• Talking to your kids - How to have difficult conversations with your kids

• Challenging our own phone and device usage - Reconnecting as a family.

This event is R18 only