Bulgaria's National Centre for Safer Internet is running four free online sessions for parents and carers of children aged 3 to 17. The first is on Tuesday 27 October and the last on 26 January 2027, the SafeNet.bg press office said.

Parents from anywhere in Bulgaria can join, but each webinar needs its own sign-up through a link to the event.

Experts from the Safer Internet Centre and the Parents Association lead the sessions. Each lasts 90 minutes: 60 minutes on the topic and 30 for parents to put questions to the specialists.

The topic on 27 October is "Screen time: should we limit it, ban it or agree on it?". Experts will explain how children can balance screens with sleep, exercise, study and time with others. They will cover what good content is and how a family can set rules for time with devices and time without them. They will also discuss the pros and cons of video games and the PEGI rating system.

The webinar on 24 November is "How to find information and build critical thinking". Parents will learn how to talk to children about news, ads, influencers, doctored images and content made with artificial intelligence. They will also learn how children can check whether information online is reliable.

On 15 December the topic is "Growing up safely with social media and artificial intelligence". Speakers will show how algorithms, personal profiles and privacy settings work, and what pressure likes and endless scrolling create. The talk will also cover chatbots and generative AI, personal details that should not be shared, and how technology can help learning and creativity without replacing human contact.

The last webinar, on 26 January, is "Cyberbullying: how to protect your child?". It suits parents of children over 7 best. It will look at abusive messages, being shut out of group chats, fake profiles, pressure to send personal photos, and photos or videos altered with artificial intelligence. The specialists will also offer an action plan. It will show how to start a conversation with a child, how to keep evidence, and when to block and report content. It will also say who to turn to for help in a more serious case.

Parents find it harder and harder to keep up with a digital world that never stops changing, the Safer Internet Centre says. "Digital challenges cannot be solved with limits and technical settings alone," the centre said.

In June, a conference on phone use took place in Sofia. Doctors there advised against using phones at school and for at least an hour before sleep. They also called for digital literacy linked to mental health, and for investment in alternatives.