Ms Sinéad McSweeney:

Yes, we must stay in touch with it. We owe it to our children. We also owe it to them to keep the channels of communication open with them so that when something does not feel right they will tell us, just as we advise them to do in respect of the off-line world.

There are some really interesting resources available, such as technology contracts with children. They start with, for example, "I promise I will not take away your mobile phone if you tell me that somebody is bullying you. I will listen to you and understand." Part of the issue is the fact that teenagers and children are not communicating with parents because they think the very resource they rely on to stay in touch with the world will be taken away from them. Parents can take basic steps such as that.