When should kids have a smartphone? How should what they see online be monitored or restricted? These are the kinds of questions parents and grandparents, as well as teachers, doctors and people concerned about the next generation, are asking.
Our kids have a whole world at their fingertips. And they are spending more time online - at younger and younger ages.
The good news is there are things we can do in our homes and society-wide to protect kids online.
One important way to help protect children and teens from inappropriate content on online platforms, such as apps, social media, and websites, is through the use of age-assurance technologies. “Age assurance” verifies that a person is over a minimum age, before giving access to certain content, like online gambling or explicit sexual images.
Read and share the EFC's four-page PDF resource on how age assurance protects children.