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Rob Cope – The Ultimate Parents’ Guide to Protecting our Kids Online

By September 15, 2026No Comments
๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ“ฑ WE HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS TO SHARE! ๐Ÿ“ฑ๐Ÿšจ
We tried to get Rob Cope to Puketapu last year, but unfortunately we didnโ€™t have enough interest to make it happen.
Wellโ€ฆ we are VERY lucky this time around to be able to join one of the sessions Rob is coming down to do! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐ŸŽ‰
And we honestly canโ€™t recommend this enough.
With the amount of online and social media issues that are coming through into our school at the moment, this is incredibly valuable kลrero for parents and caregivers.
The online world our tamariki are growing up in is changing FAST, and it can be hard to know how to keep up.
๐Ÿ“ฑ ONLINE SAFETY PARENT EVENING WITH ROB COPE ๐Ÿ“ฑ
๐Ÿ“… Thursday 24 September
๐Ÿ“ NPBHS Ryder Hall Auditorium
โฐ 6:30โ€“8:30pm
Rob will talk about:
๐Ÿ‘ง Screen time and young brains
๐Ÿ’ฌ Cyberbullying
๐Ÿšจ Online predators & explicit content
๐ŸŽฎ Gaming & the developing brain
๐Ÿ“ฑ Social media & mental health
๐Ÿค– AI, chatbots, voice cloning, radicalisation & deepfakes
๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Filters, safer smartphones & boundaries
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Having the difficult conversations with our kids
โค๏ธ Reconnecting as a family
โญ His 3 Golden Rules for keeping kids safe online
ANDโ€ฆ everyone who attends gets a FREE one-year subscription to Robโ€™s Parenting in an Online World 101 programme, valued at $99! ๐ŸŽ
๐Ÿ‘‰ If you can, YOU MUST GET THERE! We would love to see at least one person from every whฤnau there.
๐Ÿ’ฐ If cost is a barrier, please contact the school office โ€” we have a small number of free tickets available.
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ Adult-only event.
๐ŸŽฅ Want a sneak peek? Check out this short video from Rob:
This is one of those evenings that could genuinely make a difference to how we support and protect our tamariki in the online world.