With children spending more and more time online, we’re asking people around Cardiff how parents can allow kids freedom online, while also keeping them safe.
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00:00Actually, there shouldn't be, I mean, there's that much bad dark things online, isn't there?
00:05I mean, we're out playing outside.
00:07I am not a computer person. I do have experience of nephews growing up.
00:13And by, I think, about the age of 17 or 18,
00:17at least one of my nephews had found access to the dark web.
00:23Having a mobile phone is like an umbilical cord.
00:26If you cut it off, it's like, oh, my God, what can we do?
00:29What did we do before that?
00:31Even sending letters now, it's all emails, isn't it? All this rubbish.
00:36So even text-savvy parents, they're going to struggle to stay on top of all the trends.
00:40And it's the age-old situation.
00:43Any lock you build to prevent someone from getting in, someone's going to crack it.
00:48And if they can't crack that lock, they're going to find a way.
00:52I fear, yes, parents should be concerned.
00:56But how do you rebalance the two?