Beacon aims to improve the digital future for Australian children by building parents’ and carers’ digital skills so they can confidently navigate their children’s use of digital technology in a positive way and minimise potential harms associated with being online.

The Beacon app integrates seamlessly into parents’ daily lives, delivering the most trusted and up-to-date information backed by behavioural science research, as well as personalised support, ideas and strategies at their fingertips to navigate the ever-changing online world.

The Beacon Digital Citizenship Framework outlines all the evidence-based topics found in the Beacon app  (in the BROWSE tab menu) including information for each age group - pre-schoolers, young children, early adolescents and teenagers:

• App and devices provides reviews of popular games, social media and chatting apps

• Digital parenting such as managing screen time, online safety basics and role modelling

• Relationships such as cyberbullying, dating and social connections

• Health and wellbeing such as mental health, body images and online/offline balance

• Learning and education such as school and technology, developmental needs and media literacy

• Privacy and security such as setting parental controls on devices, apps and consoles, digital footprint and cyber security

• Online safety such as pornography, grooming and hard-to-have conversations