DCE for Parents & Carers
The role of parents in today’s highly digitized society is more challenging than ever.
Empathy, cooperation, and understanding themselves and their rights and responsibilities, are developed from earliest childhood onwards, and necessary to every individual throughout life.
Digital citizenship education offers ideas and tools for parents and carers to help their children become caring, ethical individuals who enjoy a sense of well-being and are able to actively participate in online and offline communities.
Download "DCE from a parent's perspective"
In 2020, the Council of Europe conducted a survey to better understand the views of parents on digital citizenship education and the concerns they have about their children’s use of digital technology.
More than 21 000 parents in 47 countries responded to the survey, which was followed up by interviews in 2020 and 2021.
The publication maps the needs and reflections of parents as they strive to ensure the well-being of their children and help them become competent digital citizens, who are empowered by digital technology rather than shaped by it.
Leaflets
- Back-to-school: making a positive start to the new school year
- Act for eliminating exclusion and bullying online and offline!
- Helping children understand their rights and responsibilities in the real and virtual world
- A New Year has begun: it’s time to help children become active digital citizens
- Protecting privacy and personal data: empowering children to safeguard their own privacy and the privacy of others
- Holiday time: holiday activities to do with young digital citizens
Booklets
- Easy steps to help your child become a Digital Citizen
- Educating for a Video Game Culture - A Map for Teachers and Parents
Info sheets and games