Keeping kids safe online, age by age
You do not need to know every app. You need to know what goes wrong at each age, which settings matter, and how to…
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Families & kids
Keeping children safe online, age by age, plus the games and apps they use.
The Games Kids Play, and What Can Go Wrong
The danger in kids’ games is rarely the game. It’s who else is in it, what it wants your child to spend, and where…
Read the guide →When Play Stops Being Play
Two worries get tangled together: mature content that’s above a child’s age, and the way online communities can turn real harm into something that…
Read the guide →A Parent’s Guide to Social Apps
TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube run most of your child’s social life. Here is what each one actually is, where it goes wrong, and…
Read the guide →AI and Kids: A Parent’s Guide
AI landed in your child’s phone faster than anyone could study it. The evidence on harm is still early. But some of the risks…
Read the guide →Screen Time and Digital Wellbeing
Less about the number of hours, more about sleep, what gets crowded out, and what is on the screen. Here is what the evidence…
Read the guide →Spot the Trick
Scams and creeps online aren’t random. They run the same plays over and over. Learn the patterns once and you’ll see them coming a…
Read the guide →The Parent Slang Decoder
A working glossary of the words, abbreviations and emoji parents run into on their kids’ phones, from harmless in-jokes to genuine safety flags. Read…
Read the guide →The Family Tech Agreement
A written agreement won’t stop every hard moment with a screen, but families who make the rules together, instead of handing them down, tend…
Read the guide →First Phone Setup Checklist
Twenty minutes of setup before you hand it over saves a lot later. Work down this list once, together where you can, then let…
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