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Beacon

The Kids Research Institute Australia and Dolly's Dream are proud to deliver Beacon - a cyber safety educational app designed to keep parents and carers up-to-date with trusted, tailored information, to help keep their kids safe online.

About us

Beacon would not have been made possible without the generous support and collaborations of the following organisations.

For parents

We've provided some tips and strategies straight from the Beacon app for issues that families are commonly facing when navigating the online world.

Sexting

Definitions of sexting vary but there is a general consensus that it involves ‘sexually explicit content communicated via text messages, smartphones, or visual and activities such as social networking sites’.

Screen time

The question of whether or not parents should monitor their children’s social media often triggers a lot of follow up questions.