Keeping youngsters safe online is one of the biggest child protection issues of the modern world, campaigners have warned.
Children should be given lessons in how to use the internet safely from as young as five or six.
The call comes amid concerns rising numbers of youngsters are being exposed to online pornography, cyberbullying and forced into sending indecent images to others.
According to the NSPCC, young people are now experiencing new forms of abuse "on a scale never before seen".
The charity said its latest research had found that abuse through mobile phones and the internet is one of the major issues facing young people today.
In total, ChildLine conducted around 3,745 counselling sessions last year over these issues, with a further 250 contacts from children who said they were being "groomed" online.
There was also an increase in calls about online pornography, with some from children as young as 11, the NSPCC said.
It added that previous research had shown many teenagers see "sexting" and hardcore pornography as the norm, with some describing it as "mundane", and some had been blackmailed or coerced into sending indecent images of themselves to strangers or other youngsters.
The NSPCC is calling for all schools to provide age-appropriate lessons in online safety, with pupils themselves sharing advice on how to stay safe.
Safer Internet Day promotes online and mobile phone safety It also says parents should have access to information to talk to their children about using the internet as they would drugs or the danger of strangers.
The call comes on Safer Internet Day, which promotes the responsible use of online technology and mobile phones for children and young people.
Claire Lilley, from the NSPCC, said: "Young people tell us they are experiencing all sorts of new forms of abuse on a scale never before seen. It's now clear that we are facing an e-safety timebomb, with this being one of the biggest child protection issues of our time."
More than two in five (41%) of those aged 11 to 19, and over a quarter (27%) of those aged seven to 11 have seen something online in the past 12 months that they found hurtful or unpleasant, according to a separate survey commissioned by the UK Safer Internet Centre.
This could include a scary video or pictures, rude images or words and swearing and violent films or games.
The Have Your Say study, which questioned around 24,000 schoolchildren, found that a third (31%) of seven to 11-year-olds and 23% of 11-19-year-olds said that gossip or mean comments online had stopped them from enjoying using the internet.
The poll also found that more than half (57%) of primary school children and 63% of those at secondary school say they want the right to feel safe online.
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