Play School characters Big Ted and Jemima are set to team up with the eSafety Commissioner to educate families about good safety habits online.
The new Family Tech Agreement is designed to make it easier for parents and carers to set boundaries around the use of digital devices like tablets, smart TVs and gaming consoles.
The popular Play School characters have been included in the initiative in an attempt to engage young children with safer online behaviours.
Commissioner for eSafety, Julie Inman Grant said the amount of time young children spent online was a common concern for parents.
“Family Tech Agreement is a great way to have conversations and manage expectations around technology use from an early age,” Ms Inman Grant said.
“These rules not only provide parents with tools to help keep their children safer online, they encourage kindness when using technology and help limit potential ‘tech tantrums’.”
She said the rules included: asking before using a device or playing a new game online; only using devices in shared spaces of the home; and only talking to people you know online.
Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, Paul Fletcher said the Government believed it was important that parents and carers helped their children to establish healthy habits with digital devices.
