Scenic Drive with Rian: Emma Sadleir can help your kids avoid cyber bullying
Updated | By Nkhensani Manabe
Emma Sadleir is a media law consultant who focuses on social media law. Her new book is called "Selfies, Sexts and Smartphones" is targeted at a teen audience.
Given the lightning speed at which internet trends and rules change, teaching young people to be responsible in their online spaces can seem like a daunting task.
Parents who feel like they barely understand their own devices might find it difficult to connect with their children on the topic, and this could leave the children more vulnerable to the kinds of trouble that brew online.
With experts in social media and in media law like Emma Sadleir around, parents now have a resource to turn to with all their burning questions.
Emma's new book, Selfies, Sexts and Smartphones, is being billed as "essential reading for all South African teenagers on the major issues they face in the digital age".
Emma shared a few tips for parents who want to keep their children safe online.
Emma also took some questions from our Scenager, who is on the pulse of all the issues facing South African teenagers today:
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