Protecting your family with SimpleCyberLife.com ** WIN **

Whether we like it or not, children today are growing up in an online world and as parents, it falls to us to make sure we keep our children safe. As a child of the 80’s I didn’t grow up with the internet, in fact I think I was well into my late teens before dial up first hit our area and even then we were only allowed on it after 6pm when calls were free! So it’s crazy to think that our children will never know a world without the internet, which of course opens up a whole range of issues such as fraud, cyber bulling and identity theft for us to worry about.

To make matters worse, the support parents get when it comes to internet safety can be minimal and often we are left to figure things out for ourselves. Often we attend a once-per-year school talk where an ‘expert’ talks  at us for an hour, bombarding us with alarming stories of everything that can go wrong online. This means we go home with more questions than answers and of course, there is no support for us after we leave.

And this is where SimpleCyberLife.com comes in, the world’s first internet safety network designed to offer convenient, educational and practical advice for parents looking to create healthy and happy technology usage in the family home.

Launching just in time for Safer Internet Day (today), once you sign up for a membership on the site, you then have access to their wide range of resources on a variety of topics affecting families including cyber bullying, sextortion, identity theft and parental controls. There’s also a community forum where parents can pitch questions direct to experts.

The site is already making waves in the online community for their unique, educational and practical take on providing parents with the support they need for keeping their children safe online. They are destined to make a real difference, especially as they will be donating a portion of all profits to a cyber bullying charity. They even appeared on BBC News last week to talk about internet safety.

A few years ago when Lewis started at high school we experienced the worries of cyber-bullying first hand. Thankfully for us Lewis told us what was happening and we were able to take appropriate matters with the school to make sure the bullying was dealt with. However, the difficult thing thereafter was then trying to find a way forward without restricting Lewis’ mobile and social media access, whilst still keeping him safe. Had I been a member of SimpleCyberLife.com back then I would have been able to seek expert advice, discuss my concerns with other members and our experience may well have been very different. So I can definitely see the value in their community forum, where you can chat directly with their team of experts and other parents, to get a well-rounded and supportive action plan in place.

The site has been set up by cyber security expert Jonny Pelter, who designed the site due to his frustration at the lack of quality and affordable support available to everyday families. He said:  “By launching this new online community, we create a network of like-minded parents and internet safety experts that parents can tap into, to get the support they need. For a similar price to buying one large coffee per month, parents will have direct access to expert advice, delivered to them at home, whenever they need it – like having their own personal trainer, just for internet safety.”

The platform is pretty unique where, for a monthly membership, parents can get access to support, forums, advice, video tutorials and even 1-to-1 sessions with cyber security experts. SimpleCyberLife.com believe that if they can equip parents with the right knowledge, they can identify these issues before they happen, cutting down the incidents of on-line bullying and fraud.

SimpleCyberLife.com offer a range of memberships to cover all needs, you can use the protection checker facility to see the recommended plan for your family which is really useful too. There are three different membership options, each offering varying levels of support depending on your requirements. The free membership is appropriate for tech savvy users who don’t need as much assistance, the £3.99 a month membership is great for the everyday parent and the £14.99 a month membership offers 1-to-1 coaching and calls with a security expert, so it’s great if you’ve recently been through a cyber-bullying experience and need some extra support.

Once you join as a member, the ‘how to media library’ is your incredible go-to resource with manuals, podcasts, videos and screen recordings to talk you through all of your online concerns. From tutorials on how to set up Google parental controls, home wifi set up, webcam covers, anti virus information, to credit report monitoring, you really can discover all you need to know in easy step by step guides. No more confusing lingo or frantic Googling, everything you need is in one place.

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been watching so many of the guides to make sure that all of our devices are set up correctly with appropriate anti-virus cover and safety measures too. Last year we were the victims of credit card fraud which although our bank refunded, was hugely inconvenient and really unsettled me. I do most of my shopping online and used to think nothing of entering my details into online forms, now I am far more careful and I love that SimpleCyberLife.com informs you of all of these things in a really simple and easy to follow way.

I’ve been using the site for the last few weeks and feel much more equipped to tackle any internet safety issues that arise in my family. Having been a victim of online fraud, and had my child experience cyber-bullying, for the price per month of less than a coffee, it is absolutely worth my membership for peace of mind! You can find out more and sign up here. Use my exclusive code Y75F5DOV for 30% off your monthly membership.

SimpleCyberLife.com are offering one lucky winner a 1 year long VIP membership, worth £44.99, simply by heading over to Instagram via the competition link here. 

** I am working with SimpleCyberLife.com. All words and opinions are my own but I have been compensated for my time **