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#DigitalParenting: BBC Drama ‘Picture of Innocence’

‘Moving On‘ is a series of BBC dramas about how to ‘move on’ and pass turning points in life. This episode, named ‘Picture of Innocence’:

When Hayley’s 16-year-old daughter Ruby comes flying in from school one evening in tears, Hayley presumes it is just another teenage drama. Ruby won’t tell her anything and her younger brother is saying even less. It is up to Hayley’s friend Mel to say that the situation is rather more serious. It seems that an intimate photograph allegedly of Ruby and her ex-boyfriend Stephen has been uploaded onto a website and gone viral. With all things technological slightly over her head and Ruby claiming the picture isn’t her, Hayley doesn’t know what to do. She tries the police, the school, and speaking to the Stephen’s parents. In doing so, she finds that her daughter might not be the picture of innocence Hayley always thought she was. And that Stephen wasn’t quite the respectable boy he appeared to be either.

Short clip via the BBC here:

Overall, the story seemed well handled, the mum keen to support her daughter – and in some ways demonstrated just how much what happens now with technology, has always happened – and as with any other form of parenting, requires time, conversation, and support.

This episode is only the BBC iPlayer until Friday, but it would be well worth parents/teenagers watching it together, and discussing what they might do if caught in the same situation, and what they could do now to ensure that they are not in the same situation.

‘Conversation, conversation, conversation’ is what I entitled one chapter of Raising Children in a Digital Age, and I think really is at the core of all progress made in having a more positive life – online and offline!