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This aligns strongly with our own work in DRAGON, including the C2CHAT project, where children told us they want open, blame-free conversations with parents, caregivers, &practitioners about their online experiences.

🔗 tinyurl.com/bddvwdcv

#DRAGON #C2CHAT #onlinesafety #onlineharms

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Researchers interviewed over 490 young people aged 10–19 across 11 countries. What emerged was a nuanced, clear, & consistent message: Young people want adults to be involved in their online lives.

#DRAGON #C2CHAT #digitallives #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childprotection #childsafeguarding

A new study has investigated what teenagers really want adults to know about their digital lives.

It offers some striking answers & challenges a lot of assumptions.

🔗 tinyurl.com/52kvx9k7

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#DRAGON #C2CHAT #digitallives #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childprotection #childsafeguarding #cocreation

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Many feared their images being misused or shared without consent.

Yet they also emphasised the positive: digital spaces can offer belonging, friendship, anonymity, & mental health support when offline life feels isolating.

#DRAGON #C2CHAT #digitallives #onlinesafety #onlineharms

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Despite cultural differences, the views were remarkably similar across countries: teenagers value the benefits of digital connection but want adults to help them navigate the risks.

#DRAGON #C2CHAT #digitallives #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childprotection #childsafeguarding #cocreation

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Teens said adults often don’t understand what children do online — or reflect on their own digital habits.

They wanted trusted adults to talk with them about the pressures they face online, including constant comparison, unrealistic beauty standards, & cyberbullying.

#DRAGON #C2CHAT

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One of the clearest conclusions was the need for open, non-judgemental communication between children & adults about online harm.

If you’d like to explore the findings, check out the C2CHAT report & blueprint: tinyurl.com/h3hemed5

#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharm

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This issue is what our C2CHAT project set out to address by examining how children use language in online child-to-child sexual harassment.

The project brought together a lit review on this topic, a linguistic analysis of real data, & co-creation workshops with adults & children.

#DRAGON

The C2CHAT Project report & blueprint are available! In this project, we spoke to children & practitioners about their experiences of child-to-child #SexualHarassment. We also analysed texts where this harassment occurred to better understand this phenomenon & how to tackle it.

tinyurl.com/3tx22h6m

This issue is one we explored during the #C2CHAT project for #ProjectDRAGON-S where we examined child-to-child sexual abuse talk.

If you're interested in learning more, take a look at our website: www.swansea.ac.uk/project-drag...

#Langsky