Survey messages

Teens, Tech & Wellbeing

During COVID year 2

Teens say 'Worries affect my life' and  'I can't make my worries go away.' More than half say they're afraid bad things might happen. In their reports of online life, we note a marked rise in teens who are seeing content about self-harm or suicide. Misogyny and misandry are reported this year and teens talk about misinformation, racism, violence and nudes.

Locked Down & Online.

Teenagers' wellbeing & online lives in the COVID winter lockdown 2020/1

As isolation and loneliness hit some teens, others take to the their phones to stay connected to friends. We explore young people's wellbeing and emotional health, and what happened to friendships and access to trusted adults. Also included:  changing trends - as cyberbullying falls and harmful content rises. Read how body image and interest in 'bulking up' emerges  alongside  pro-anorexia content among the harmful online content reported.

Refuge and Risk:

Life Online for Vulnerable Young People

Young people's behaviour online is influenced less by online safety rules than about how they feel. It is influenced by emotional needs, pre-existing vulnerabilities and the support they have around them. In this report we hear how the digital environment represents both a refuge and a risk especially to children who need to feel connected because they are  isolated, hurt, or vulnerable.

What can adults do in the face of a lack of

trust and teen’s desire for autonomy? In these messages from young people there are urgent trends we cannot ignore.

1.A lack of trust in adults to help effectively when something goes wrong online, and a feeling that parents often don’t understand online life or are too judgemental. 2. A tendency to say that school online safety lessons are not teaching what is relevant and up to date, or what these young consumers say they need.

3. Another strong thread is autonomy. Educators and parents could recognise and support this by helping those who want to find out how to problem solve and stay safe online for themselves.

This report is an overview of the survey messages on all issues covered by The Cybersurveyin 2019.

In Their Own Words - the survey report

What motivates a teen to share nudes? By exploring this question with young people, we can learn how to adjust our safety messages, and change how we support a child or teen. We learn that the majority had shared nudes without incident or harm, which makes them sceptical about adults' warnings! The report dispels some myths about sexting and offers hard to hear truths about  those who are struggling already and the likelihood that they will be under greatest pressure to share nudes.  These challenging messages from young people need to be heard and acted upon.

LOOK AT ME: TEENS SEXTING & RISKS

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Vulnerable Children report 2019