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A parent's guide to swimming pool safety and hygiene

Learning to swim is a life skill, this guide provides parents and carers with lots of information about keeping you child safe around water.

Anti-bullying information (RespectMe)

Bullying advice for parents, carers and other adults, including what to do if their child is being bullied.

BEAT: beating eating disorders

Information, advice and support on all aspects of eating disorders. Includes telephone helpline service and local help finder.

Behaviour (Parentchannel.tv)

Selection of videos about children and teenagers' behaviour.

Bullying (Young Minds)

Information and where to get help if you're worried that your child being bullied, or that your child is a bully.

Bullying UK (Family Lives)

Website offering bullying advice to parents, children and young people.

Child Accident and Prevention Trust

Expert safety advice to parents to help you understand the risks, and give your children a safe environment to grow up in. Phoneline for safety advice and information.

ChildLine

Free confidential helpline giving support for children in distress or danger.

Children and teenagers' online safety

How to help your son or daughter keep safe and behave responsibly using their mobile phone and other devices that use the internet.

Eating disorders - information for parents (NHS Lothian)

This website is for parents, family members and carers and provides up to date knowledge about eating disorders.

Exclusion from school (Enquire)

Factsheet providing information about when a school can exclude your child, the procedures the school should follow and what to do if you do not agree with the exclusion.

Families Anonymous: families of drug users

Families Anonymous is a self-help support network for families and friends of people with a current, suspected or former drug problem. They have groups in Aberdeenshire, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness. They have regular online meetings too.

Gangs (Parentchannel.tv)

Some former gang members talk about their reasons for joining and leaving gangs, and some experts explain how you can help keep your teen safe from gang culture.

Harmless: self harm support and information

Harmless provides a range of services about self harm including support, information, training and consultancy.

Home alone (NSPCC)

Helpful advice and information for parents and carers about leaving your child at home alone, choosing a babysitter and guidance for keeping your child safe.

Home or out alone guide (NSPCC)

A guide to help parents and carers decide whether their child is ready to either stay at home or go out alone

Hormone hijack 14-19 (Parentchannel.tv)

A video about how to support the natural process of change as your teen enters adulthood – being ready for mood swings, changing attitudes, and the emergence of sexual and emotional maturity.

How can parents and carers talk to children about their online lives? (UK Safer Internet Centre)

Short films of young people giving their advice to parents and carers.

How to Remove Unwanted Images of Yourself Online (Young Scot)

Find out how to remove images shared online.

Immunisation (NHS Inform)

Find out about immunisations and vaccines. Immunisation helps protect against serious diseases such as coronavirus, measles, mumps, whooping cough and polio.

Internet Matters

Website specifically designed for all parents to access simple, easy and practical advice about online safety for their children right through from pre-school to teens.

Keeping children safe online

From social networking to online gaming this website has lots of useful tips covering all online activities.

Keeping kids safe (Rospa)

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents website has lots of information about keeping your baby, toddler and child safe, in the home and outside.

Kids behaving badly (Parentchannel.tv)

Video about what types of teenage behaviour are normal and what you need to watch out for, and how can you make sure you’re in control of the situation.

Know the Score

Comprehensive information and advice on drugs (including legal highs and tobacco) for parents and young people. Helpline also available.

LifeSIGNS (Self-Injury Guidance & Network Support)

LifeSIGNS is the user-led voluntary organisation. They have guidance for family members and friends of people who self-injure.

My data and privacy online (London School of Economics)

This toolkit is for parents to help them talk to their children about their data and privacy online, including data protection, the digital economy and a range of privacy issues.

My teen watches porn (Parentchannel.tv)

Teenagers may be being exposed to pornography. Learn more about this behaviour and what it might mean if you discover your teen has been watching porn.

Net Aware: Your guide to the social networks your kids use (NSPCC)

Keeping up to date with the social networks, games and apps that your child may be using is difficult. The NSPCC has come up with an excellent guide to help keep you child safe online.

Nude selfies: what parents and carers need to know (CEOP)

Four short films covering why young people send nude selfies, how to talk to your child about them, when should you be worried and when to get help.

Online porn (NSPCC)

Advice on how to talk to your child about the risks of online porn and sexually explicit material.

Papyrus - prevention of young suicide

Provides confidential support and advice to young people struggling with thoughts of suicide, and anyone worried about a young person.

Parent Zone

Help and advice for mums, dads and carers about digital technologies, apps, games and social media.

Parenting teenagers (Relate)

Offers guidance and information for parents and carers of teenagers, including changing behaviour and acting up. You can speak to a Relate counsellor in real time using Live Chat.

Parenting teenagers: top ten tips (Parenting across Scotland)

Tips to help make the teenage years easier.

Parentline Scotland

Free, confidential, parent support helpline for anyone caring for a child in Scotland. You can call about any problem, however big or small.

RespectMe YouTube channel

Videos about child bullying from Scotland's anti-bullying services. Includes advice for parents and carers about how to support a young person who has been bullied.

Scottish Autism

Scottish autism provides help and support to families living with autism. They have a dedicated telephone helpline staffed by professionals.

Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution (SCCR)

This online service from the Cyrenians aims to reduce family conflict by providing tips, videos and a discussion. There's also a directory of mediation services in your area.

Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs

Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs supports anyone who is concerned about someone else’s alcohol or drug use. A helpline is available.

Sharing nudes and semi-nudes - sexting (NSPCC)

Advice for parents about talking to your child about creating, sending or receiving explicit images.

Social networking (Parentchannel.tv)

Some tips on how to address the potential concerns of using social networking sites like Facebook, so you can help your children to stay safe online and behave responsibly online.

Talk to Frank

Information and advice on drug use for teenagers and family members who are worried about drug use, including legal highs, tobacco, amphetamines, tranquillisers, cocaine and cannabis. Telephone helpline, an online forum and a web enquiry service.

Teenagers (Family Lives)

Advice for parents of teenagers and anyone with a teenager in their life.

UK safer internet centre

Internet safety website, teaching you how to use MSN, social networking sites and Google safely, and about parental controls for mobiles, laptops and games consoles.

Young Minds

Information and support on bullying, depression, exams, divorce and separation and more. They have a parent's helpline for anyone worried about their child's emotional problems or behaviour.

Young people and gambling (Big Deal)

Aimed at young people, this service provides advice about all types of gambling, offers tips on how to control their gambling.