"Children and young people need to be empowered to keep themselves safe - this isn't just about a top-down approach. Children will be children - pushing boundaries and taking risks. At a public swimming pool we have gates, put up signs, have lifeguards and shallow ends, but we also teach children how to swim."

Please discuss.

Safer Children in a Digital World - The Report of the Byron Review
Dr Tanya Byron
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
March 2008 (the most recent research based report I've seen)
http://tinyurl.com/32tayz [pdf]
(thanks to George Siemens - eLearning Resources and News 29/03/08)