Growing Up Digital: Helping Your Kids and Teens Navigate Life Online

By Susan McLean

A new cyber-safety guide for today's world, by a leading international expert and author of the bestselling Sexts, Texts & Selfies.

"Growing Up Digital is a lifeline for parents and caretakers navigating the digital jungle. Susan's advice is grounded in decades of frontline experience, international training, and a passion for child safety that's second to none. Her work has helped hundreds of thousands of families and schools, and her influence stretches from Parliament House to the family dinner table." --Dr Michael Carr-Gregg, bestselling author and adolescent psychologist

Our children are true digital natives, growing up in a world where their friendships, learning and even identity are shaped online. But with this comes risks that parents never experienced themselves. In recent years, alarming new threats have emerged - sextortion, blackmail, deepfakes and image-based abuse - adding to the ongoing dangers of cyberbullying, grooming, pornography, sexting and problematic screen use.

Growing Up Digital is the essential guide for today's online world. Written by internationally recognized cyber-safety expert Susan McLean, this book tackles the urgent challenges now facing families.

With clarity, compassion and authority, McLean offers a conversational, easy-to-use handbook to give your children their 'digital armor'. Packed with real-life case studies, up-to-date resources, clear explanations of the law and trusted links for further support, Growing Up Digital empowers parents and educators to act with confidence. From teaching teens how to manage their digital reputation and social media, to opening conversations about the toughest of issues, this is a practical roadmap for families navigating a rapidly changing landscape.

Susan McLean is the go-to voice for internet child safety, trusted by schools, governments and families across Australia and around the world. With no other resource offering the same depth of expertise or breadth of advice, Growing Up Digital is a must-have for every parent and teacher - a lifeline for raising a safe, resilient and informed generation in today's online world.

"Reading McLean's book is at least, in this digital world, one place where parents can seek advice." --Daily Telegraph on Sexts, Texts & Selfies by Susan McLean

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1761472623
• ISBN13: 9781761472626
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Length: 304 Pages