Hi, My name is Wout Otte, founder of Online Youth Protection.
I know what it’s like to worry about your child’s safety offline and online.
You see, I have 4 kids myself…
I thought I had been doing a GREAT job at being a dad, my kids’ friend, their life adviser…
But one day, I caught my teenage daughter SEXTING and it rocked my whole world.
Did you know that more than *20% of teenagers receive sexts while more than 14% send them on the average?
It sounds like a very small number and it never crossed my mind that my child can become a victim of it.
I’m sure you can imagine how devastated I felt when I found out. I was more scared than angry…
Scared of what other things she’s been exposed to while constantly being online.
Frightened that whatever she’s sent to someone has been shared countless times without her consent.
What if my younger kids were seeing violent videos? Getting bullied by strangers? Being traumatized by the information they find?
I soon realized that what I know about the dangers of the internet wasn’t enough…
That my children will always try to explore and I have no way to stop them…
Nor do I have the right to invade their privacy or lock them up all because I want to protect them.
But I could educate myself… review all of the online platforms kids frequent nowadays…
I read up on studies and research on good internet behaviour as well as the psychology of talking to young kids and teens about it the right way.
I had the power to find a way to communicate and teach them in ways that would be comfortable for THEM as well as for ME…
And I finally formulated a way to help them develop good internet behaviour and even limit their screen time without any punishments.
Soon enough, I saw results with my own kids and I was relieved to see them being good digital citizens!
When I shared it to friends who were parents as well, they immediately opened up about their share of the same problems I had…
So I started showing them how I did it, shared the knowledge I had come across…
And in no time, my friends saw the same, or even better, results that I did with my kids.
This became the starting point of my passion… to help parents like me learn how to talk to their kids…
And protect them from the dangers that lurk on the internet.
With Online Youth Protection, I will help you learn how to communicate effectively with your kids…
Without the hassles and awkwardness that traditional methods bring.
Guaranteed no fights, no walk outs, no misunderstandings — let your children know you have the best intentions…
By using the best methods to guide them on how to be good digital citizens.