Easy Steps to Help Your Child Become a Digital Citizen
- Corporate Author
- Council of Europe
- Collation
- 16 p.
- Resource Language
- EnglishFrenchGermanGreekCroatian
- Year of publication
- 2020
- Topic
- Civic / Citizenship / DemocracyMedia and information literacy / Digital citizenshipGlobalisation and social justice / International understandingDiversity / Cultural literacy / Inclusiveness
- Resource Type
- Curriculum, teaching-learning materials and guides
- Level of education
- Early childhood care and educationPrimary education
- Region
- Global
- Place of publication
- Strasbourg
A guide to help you use your experience as a citizen to guide your children on their path towards digital citizenship.
Young people today inhabit a world that has been transformed by digital technologies, effortlessly enabling connectedness through social media and access to vast quantities of information. Making sense of this hyper rich information and engaging effectively and responsibly poses a whole set of new challenges for educators as they seek to prepare young people as citizens, exercising their rights and participating effectively in the affairs of the community.
Parents, and โnon-techโ grandparents too, can help children become digital citizens. In this guide, we explain some of the easy steps to follow, to help children master what it takes to act responsibly and respectfully online.

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