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The ‘three Ts’ all parents should adopt to help their children stay safe online

A new book has revealed the 'three Ts' all parents should adopt in order to help keep their children safe online

MANY kids today spend the majority of their free time online - whether its chatting on Facebook Messenger or sharing photos on Snapchat.

Now a new book has revealed the "three Ts" all parents should adopt in order to help keep their children safe while navigating the digital world.

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A new book recommends parents adopt the 'three Ts' to deal with their children's internet useCredit: Getty - Contributor

The guidelines are aimed at assisting any parents - many of whom may have only a basic understanding of the latest apps - to ensure their kids don't fall prey to scams or perverts.

The book, written by security expert Will Geddes along with Loose Women's Nadia and Kaye, is designed to help parents set base rules, or can be used as a "crisis management tool".

Will told The Sun Online: "Children inhabit two distinctly different worlds now. The parent needs to take responsibility about who are they talking online too, who are they playing Fortnite with?

"There is a real detachment in society now particularly in younger children where they have these aspirations that they need to be famous, or need exposure. It's not uncommon for kids to have two or three Instagram accounts.

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Security expert Will Geddes says parents should adopt his Trust, Talking and Teamwork modelCredit: Getty - Contributor

"The way I've written the book is regardless of what advances there are in technology, they are the same elements that need to be had."

Outlined in Parent Alert: How To Keep Your Kids Safe Online are the "three Ts" he suggests all parents follow.

TRUST

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Will says: "The parent needs to have trust in the child, but the child must have trust in them. You have to accept that the child will be exposed to stuff that they shouldn't. Trust will stop it becoming the punitive response."
TALKING
"Finding out who there friends are online. It's about talking to the child so they understand that they can come to the parent without judgement."
TEAMWORK
"It's working with your child so the child knows if they have a problem they can come to the parent and they will work with them to solve it. There will be time for the punishment far later.

"It's really important that the child can come to the parent and know they're not going to be chewed out within the first 5 seconds."

Will added: "From a child's experience they are too trusting, they will take someone at face value or image value.

"It's about understanding that detachment as a parent (because) in the online world because you can't actually physically see them.
"They know more about the threats from their peer groups than their parents. But the problem is we've got a community that has very little experience to combat them."
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