Clicks & Consequences: Helping Your Child Navigate the Online World

* This workshop is targeted at parents, guardians or caregivers of children aged 5 to 9 About the Programme

Worried about your child's exposure to the online world once they enter primary school? Join us in this parenting workshop facilitated by White Byte and NLB as we share how to better prepare and safeguard your child’s exposure to the online world.

• Understand how screen time impacts emotional & social growth

• Learn how the media shapes your child’s values & perceptions

• Identify potential online dangers like AI and privacy risks

• Adopt a healthy family tech plan with balanced screen time

This workshop is co-organised by White Byte and NLB’s S.U.R.E. team.

[Optional] Please indicate in registration if your child/ward is also attending the workshop.

About the Speakers

Frances Yong is the founder of White Byte, an award-winning company that promotes cyber integrity and digital inclusion. Frances has spoken extensively to parents on how psychosocial development influences online behaviour among youths. Combining her professional experience as a fraud and cybercrime specialist, Frances’ work has received several accolades. Her recent recognitions are being named one of Singapore’s Top 100 Women in Tech by IMDA and the Singapore Computer Society, as well as one of 50 Changemakers internationally by the global Money Awareness and Inclusion Awards.

Mervin Ang is a manager and librarian with over 10 years of experience in NLB’s outreach team. With his passion and specialty in public education and content creation, he has conducted several talks and courses on information literacy and generative AI to a diverse audience of more than 100,000 individuals. He also curates educational content and regularly features in interviews and videos to equip more with S.U.R.E. (Source, Understand. Research, Evaluate) knowledge and skills. Mervin also oversees various collaborative projects with different organisations and schools.