Some cyber safety experts say teens should have no screen access in their bedrooms, but others warn against knee-jerk reactions and suggest negotiating boundaries instead.
"Part of being a parent in the 21st century is being able to parent wherever your child is, and that includes the digital space."
It supports group chats, topic-based channels and voice and video calls. In Australia, you have to be at least 13 years old to access it. "We've certainly found over COVID that a lot of the young people that we interviewed started using Discord to stay in touch with their friends when they weren't seeing them face-to-face," she said.There is a range of strategies parents can use to ensure young people are safe online, Dr Humphry said.
"Often young people do want to have set boundaries on their own use of technology, and are very sensitive to the fact that it can be great in some situations, and not great in others."
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