# Safe Child Guide — Full Documentation
> Free, practical child safety resources for parents, carers, schools, and communities. Helping you keep children safe online and offline.
> URL: https://safechildguide.com
> License: CC BY 4.0 — attribution to SafeChildGuide.com required when re-used.
> Languages: English (en, default at site root) plus Thai (th, ไทย) at /th/. Hreflang alternates are emitted on every page's metadata and inside every content sitemap. Untranslated Thai routes fall back to English with a polite in-locale notice; the language switcher routes to the Thai homepage rather than 404.

## Purpose
Safe Child Guide is a free, independent educational resource designed to help parents, carers, schools, and communities keep children safe — both online and in the real world. Content is evidence-informed, regularly reviewed, and written in a calm, practical tone.

## Content Types & Routes

### Age Groups (/by-age)
- /by-age/0-4 — Under 5s: Babies & Toddlers: Guidance for keeping babies, toddlers, and pre-schoolers safe in the digital world and beyond.
- /by-age/5-7 — Ages 5–7: Early Primary: Helping early primary school children navigate their first independent encounters with technology safely.
- /by-age/8-10 — Ages 8–10: Upper Primary: Supporting upper primary children as they seek more independence online and encounter a wider digital world.
- /by-age/11-13 — Ages 11–13: Transition to Secondary: Navigating the pivotal transition to secondary school, first smartphones, and social media with confidence.
- /by-age/14-16 — Ages 14–16: Mid-Teens: Helping teenagers manage complex digital risks including sextortion, social media pressures, and growing independence.
- /by-age/17-plus — Ages 17+: Older Teens & Young Adults: Preparing older teenagers for independent digital life as they approach adulthood, university, and the workplace.

### Safety Topics (/by-risk)
- /by-risk/cyberbullying — Cyberbullying: Understanding cyberbullying, recognising the signs, and practical steps to protect your child from online harassment and intimidation.
- /by-risk/grooming — Online Grooming: How to recognise online grooming behaviour, protect your child from predatory adults, and respond if you suspect grooming is taking place.
- /by-risk/sextortion — Sextortion: What sextortion is, how it targets young people, and what to do if your child is being blackmailed with intimate images.
- /by-risk/privacy-oversharing — Privacy & Oversharing: How children can accidentally reveal too much personal information online, and practical steps to help them protect their privacy.
- /by-risk/screen-time — Screen Time & Digital Wellbeing: Practical guidance on managing screen time for children and supporting healthy digital habits without constant conflict.
- /by-risk/gaming-safety — Gaming Safety: How to keep children safe while gaming online, including managing in-game chat, spending, and contact with strangers.
- /by-risk/livestreaming-safety — Livestreaming Safety: Understanding the risks of children livestreaming and how to manage live video features across popular platforms.
- /by-risk/social-media-safety — Social Media Safety: A practical guide to keeping children safer on social media platforms, covering privacy, content, and contact risks.
- /by-risk/group-chats — Group Chat Risks: Understanding the risks of group chats for children and how to help them manage group messaging safely.
- /by-risk/online-strangers — Contact from Online Strangers: How strangers make contact with children online, the risks involved, and how to teach your child to stay safe.
- /by-risk/scams-targeting-children — Scams Targeting Children: How scammers target children online and practical steps to help young people recognise and avoid fraud.
- /by-risk/harmful-content — Harmful Online Content: How children encounter harmful content online and what parents can do to reduce exposure and respond supportively.
- /by-risk/ai-risks — AI Risks for Children: Understanding the risks that AI chatbots, image generators, and AI-powered features pose to children, and how to guide safe use.
- /by-risk/location-sharing — Location Sharing Risks: How location-sharing features can put children at risk and practical steps to manage location privacy across devices and apps.
- /by-risk/in-app-purchases — In-App Purchases & Loot Boxes: How in-app purchases and loot box mechanics target children, and practical steps to prevent unwanted spending.
- /by-risk/dark-web-and-your-child — The Dark Web & Your Child: What the dark web actually is, why most parental worry about it is misplaced, the small number of real risks, and what to do if your child is trying to access it.
- /by-risk/school-pickup-safety — School Pickup Safety: Practical guidance on keeping children safe during school drop-off and pickup, including authorised collection and emergency plans.
- /by-risk/sleepover-safety — Sleepover Safety: A practical guide to ensuring your child is safe at sleepovers, including what to ask, what to agree, and how to prepare.
- /by-risk/body-safety-consent — Body Safety & Consent: Age-appropriate guidance on teaching children about body safety, personal boundaries, and consent.
- /by-risk/water-safety — Water Safety: Practical guidance on keeping children safe around water, from garden ponds to open water and swimming pools.
- /by-risk/leaving-a-child-home-alone — Leaving a Child Home Alone: There is no legal minimum age for leaving a child home alone in the UK — but the law and the NSPCC set clear expectations. How to judge whether your child is ready.
- /by-risk/first-aid-and-choking-basics — First Aid & Choking Basics for Parents: The few minutes before an ambulance arrives can matter most. What every parent should know about choking, the recovery position, and CPR — and where to learn it properly.
- /by-risk/home-fire-safety — Home Fire Safety with Children: Working smoke alarms, a practised escape plan, and a few bedtime habits are what protect a family from fire. Practical UK home fire safety for parents.
- /by-risk/household-poisoning-and-button-batteries — Household Poisoning & Button Batteries: Medicines, cleaning products, liquid laundry capsules, and button batteries are the everyday home dangers behind child poisonings. A swallowed button battery is a 999 emergency.
- /by-risk/buying-vapes-nicotine-drugs-via-social-media — Buying Vapes, Nicotine & Drugs via Social Media: Snapchat, Telegram, and Instagram are increasingly used as marketplaces where under-18s buy vapes, nicotine, and illegal drugs. How dealers reach children, the warning signs, and what to do.
- /by-risk/vaping-and-children — Vaping & Children: Youth vaping has risen sharply. What the health risks are, what the law now says (including the June 2025 disposable-vape ban), and how to talk to your child about it.
- /by-risk/road-safety — Road Safety: Practical road safety guidance for children of all ages, from holding hands to independent travel.
- /by-risk/public-place-safety — Safety in Public Places: Practical guidance on keeping children safe in shops, parks, events, and other public places.
- /by-risk/travel-safety — Travel Safety with Children: Practical tips for keeping children safe during travel, whether by car, public transport, or on holiday.
- /by-risk/emergency-contact-planning — Emergency Contact Planning: How to create and maintain an emergency contact plan so your child always knows who to reach and how.
- /by-risk/missing-child-preparation — Missing Child Preparation: How to prepare in advance so you can respond quickly and effectively if your child ever goes missing.
- /by-risk/unsafe-secrets — Unsafe Secrets & Manipulation: Recognising when a child is being asked to keep unsafe secrets, whether by peers or adults, and how manipulation tactics work both online and offline.
- /by-risk/peer-pressure-digital — Peer Pressure & Digital Behaviour: Understanding how peer pressure influences children's behaviour online, from sharing content they are uncomfortable with to engaging in risky challenges.
- /by-risk/photo-video-sharing — Photo & Video Sharing Risks: Understanding the risks of children sharing photos and videos online, including loss of control, misuse by others, and long-term digital footprint consequences.
- /by-risk/tutoring-safety — Tutoring & One-to-One Coaching Safety: How to ensure one-to-one tutoring, coaching, and mentoring arrangements are safe for children.
- /by-risk/transport-arrangements — Transport & Pickup Arrangement Safety: Ensuring safe pickup, drop-off, and transport arrangements for children in various settings.
- /by-risk/changing-room-privacy — Changing Room & Privacy in Organisations: Ensuring appropriate privacy standards in changing rooms, toilets, and private spaces in organisations working with children.
- /by-risk/photography-filming-policies — Photography & Filming Policies: Understanding and implementing appropriate photography and filming policies at events, schools, and organisations involving children.
- /by-risk/holiday-clubs-camps — Holiday Club & Camp Safety: Ensuring children are safe at holiday clubs, summer camps, and activity programmes.
- /by-risk/staying-safe-at-friends — Staying Safe at Friends' Houses: Guidance for parents on ensuring children are safe when visiting or staying at friends' houses.
- /by-risk/extracurricular-activity-safety — Extracurricular Activity Safety: How to ensure your child is safe at clubs, classes, and organised activities outside school hours.
- /by-risk/community-event-safety — Community Event Safety: Keeping children safe at community events, festivals, fairs, and public gatherings.
- /by-risk/residential-care-safety — Residential Care Safety: Understanding the specific safeguarding risks faced by children in residential care and how professionals and carers can mitigate them.
- /by-risk/online-to-offline-meeting-risks — Online-to-Offline Meeting Risks: The risks when children arrange to meet someone in person that they first met online, and how to reduce the danger.
- /by-risk/online-gambling — Online Gambling & Loot Boxes: Understanding how children are exposed to gambling mechanics through loot boxes, skin gambling, crypto gambling, and sports betting apps — and what parents can do.
- /by-risk/digital-self-harm — Digital Self-Harm: Understanding digital self-harm, where children create or seek out harmful content targeting themselves online, and how to recognise and respond to this cry for help.
- /by-risk/child-neglect — Child Neglect: Recognising and responding to physical, emotional, and educational neglect — the most common form of child abuse in the UK.
- /by-risk/emotional-abuse — Emotional Abuse: Understanding emotional and psychological maltreatment — the persistent behaviours that damage a child's mental health and sense of self-worth.
- /by-risk/physical-abuse — Physical Abuse: Recognising non-accidental physical injury in children and knowing how to respond appropriately.
- /by-risk/fgm — Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Understanding FGM, the mandatory reporting duty under the Serious Crime Act 2015, and how to recognise children at risk.
- /by-risk/child-sexual-exploitation — Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE): Understanding child sexual exploitation — how it differs from grooming, the warning signs, and how to report concerns.
- /by-risk/peer-on-peer-abuse — Peer-on-Peer Abuse: Understanding abuse carried out by children against other children — including bullying, sexual harassment, violence, and sexting — and schools' duties under KCSIE.
- /by-risk/harmful-sexual-behaviour — Harmful Sexual Behaviour (HSB): Understanding age-inappropriate or harmful sexual behaviour in children and young people, and how to assess and respond using evidence-based frameworks.
- /by-risk/county-lines — County Lines: Understanding how criminal networks use children and young people as runners in drug supply operations, and how to spot the warning signs.
- /by-risk/modern-slavery-trafficking — Modern Slavery & Child Trafficking: Understanding how children are trafficked and exploited within the UK and internationally, and how to make a National Referral Mechanism referral.
- /by-risk/child-criminal-exploitation — Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE): Understanding child criminal exploitation beyond county lines — including cuckooing, fraud, and theft — and the safeguarding response.
- /by-risk/sexual-harassment-schools — Sexual Harassment in Schools: Understanding unwanted sexual comments, touching, and online harassment between pupils, and schools' duties under KCSIE Part 5.
- /by-risk/upskirting — Upskirting: Understanding the criminal offence of upskirting under the Voyeurism (Offences) Act 2019, and how to report it.
- /by-risk/online-challenges-dares — Viral Online Challenges & Dares: Understanding the risks of viral online challenges and dares, recognising when a challenge may be dangerous, and knowing how to respond if your child is involved.
- /by-risk/influencer-culture-risks — Influencer Culture & Its Risks for Young People: Understanding how influencer culture affects children's self-image, spending habits, and behaviour, and how to have helpful conversations about it.
- /by-risk/misinformation-literacy — Misinformation & Media Literacy: Helping children identify misinformation, fake news, and conspiracy theories online, and developing the critical thinking skills to question what they read.
- /by-risk/dark-patterns-apps — Dark Patterns in Apps & Games: Understanding how apps and games use manipulative design tactics — countdown timers, fake urgency, and endless scroll — to exploit children's attention and money.
- /by-risk/knife-crime-awareness — Knife Crime Awareness: Understanding the risks of knife crime for young people, recognising the warning signs that a child may be involved or at risk, and knowing where to get help.
- /by-risk/drink-spiking — Drink Spiking: Understanding the risks of drink spiking, recognising the symptoms, and knowing what to do if you suspect a young person's drink has been tampered with.
- /by-risk/festival-concert-safety — Festival & Concert Safety: Keeping young people safe at festivals and concerts — including crowd safety, drug risks, phone theft, and the risk of predatory adults.
- /by-risk/fake-job-scams — Fake Job Scams Targeting Young People: How fake job listings, advance fee fraud, and identity theft target teenagers and young adults seeking work, and how to spot and avoid them.
- /by-risk/forced-marriage-hba — Forced Marriage & Honour-Based Abuse: Understanding forced marriage and honour-based abuse, recognising the warning signs, and knowing how to access specialist support.
- /by-risk/subscription-traps — Subscription Traps & Dark Patterns: How manipulative website and app design tricks children and families into unwanted subscriptions and recurring charges — and what to do about it.
- /by-risk/online-marketplace-scams — Online Marketplace Scams: How scammers target teen buyers and sellers on Vinted, Depop, and eBay — and what to do if your child falls victim.
- /by-risk/airtag-tracker-stalking — AirTag and Tracker Stalking: Apple AirTags, Tile trackers, and similar devices can be misused to secretly track children, ex-partners using shared family devices, or anyone the abuser wishes to monitor.
- /by-risk/audio-deepfakes-voice-cloning — Audio Deepfakes and Voice Cloning: AI tools can now clone a child's voice from just a few seconds of audio — typically pulled from social media — and use it to impersonate them in phone calls to family members.
- /by-risk/onlyfans-minor-exposure — OnlyFans and Minor Exposure to Adult Content Platforms: Minors accessing OnlyFans content, attempting to create accounts, or being groomed via creator messaging is a growing safeguarding concern with significant legal implications.
- /by-risk/online-radicalisation — Online Radicalisation — Spotting Extremist Pipelines: How children are drawn into incel, far-right, conspiracy, and terror-recruitment pipelines online, and how to use the UK Prevent referral pathway.
- /by-risk/cyberflashing — Cyberflashing — Unsolicited Sexual Images: Cyberflashing is a UK criminal offence as of 31 January 2024. How to recognise it, support your child, and report unsolicited sexual images sent by AirDrop, Bluetooth, or DM.
- /by-risk/beauty-filter-dysmorphia — Beauty Filters & Body-Image Dysmorphia: Snapchat dysmorphia, AR-filter overuse, and the rise in teen referrals to NHS body-image services. How to spot it and support your child.
- /by-risk/pro-eating-disorder-content — Pro-Eating-Disorder Content — Algorithm Pipelines: Pro-ana, pro-mia, extreme-fitness and 'what I eat in a day' content on TikTok, Instagram and Tumblr — how the OSA classifies it and how to get support from Beat.
- /by-risk/crypto-scams-teens — Crypto Scams Targeting Teens: Fake investment schemes, sextortion paid in Bitcoin or gift cards, in-game rug-pulls and Robux trading scams that bridge to crypto wallets. How to spot them and use Action Fraud.
- /by-risk/drill-music-gang-recruitment — Drill Music & Online Gang Recruitment: How drill culture, 'trapping for clout', and county-lines recruitment operate on Snapchat and Telegram, and how grooming language overlaps with gang-loyalty language.
- /by-risk/doxxing-swatting — Doxxing & Swatting: How personal information published online can be weaponised against children — from doxxing in gaming and social communities through to swatting hoax-emergency calls that put a family in the path of armed police.
- /by-risk/healthy-digital-relationships — Healthy Digital Relationships: What healthy online friendships, crushes, and romantic relationships look like for young people — consent, mutuality, boundaries, and how to recognise coercive patterns early.
- /by-risk/vr-immersive-harms — VR & Immersive Headset Harms: Risks specific to virtual-reality and mixed-reality headsets like Meta Quest, Apple Vision Pro, and PlayStation VR — harassment in VR, identity blur, motion sickness, time-loss, and in-world groping.
- /by-risk/voice-cloning-ai-toys — AI Toys & Voice Cloning: AI-powered plush toys, smart pets, and voice-clone services — what they collect from a child, how cloned voices are used to bait families into scams, and how to evaluate one before bringing it into the home.
- /by-risk/predatory-livestream-tipping — Predatory Livestream Tipping: How tip-and-gift mechanics on TikTok LIVE, Bigo Live, YouNow, and Twitch can be used to bait or groom children — what to look for, how to switch features off, and where to report.
- /by-risk/animal-cruelty-content — Animal Cruelty Content: How to recognise and respond when a child has encountered animal-cruelty videos, livestreams, or 'crush' content online — and the right UK reporting routes through the RSPCA, IWF, and police.
- /by-risk/smart-home-surveillance — Smart-Home Surveillance of Children: Ring doorbells, Nest cams, smart speakers, and indoor cameras have moved into family homes — what UK GDPR and the ICO's Age-Appropriate Design Code say about monitoring your own children, and where the safeguarding line sits.
- /by-risk/vpn-bypass-of-parental-controls — When Your Child Has Installed a VPN: A calm, conversation-led guide for parents when a child has installed a VPN to get around parental controls — what it actually does, what risks change, and how to respond without a panic.
- /by-risk/family-vlog-exploitation — Family Vlog & Child-Influencer Exploitation: Children featured in family YouTube vlogs, TikTok accounts, and brand deals — consent, labour, monetisation, and the long-term identity footprint, framed against UK GDPR, the ICO Age-Appropriate Design Code, and ASA rules.
- /by-risk/drone-and-camera-privacy-of-children — Drone & Camera Privacy of Children: Drones, GoPros, action cameras, and body-worn cameras around children — the CAA Drone Code, lawful filming in public, school and park boundaries, and how to respond when your child is filmed without consent.
- /by-risk/ai-generated-csam — AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery: What parents and schools need to know about AI-generated child sexual abuse material — why it is illegal, how to report it safely, and how to protect children.
- /by-risk/deepfake-intimate-image-abuse — Deepfake Nudes & Intimate-Image Abuse: When someone uses AI to create fake nude or sexual images of a real young person — often a classmate. What it is, the law, and how to get images removed.
- /by-risk/romance-scams-teens — Romance Scams Targeting Teenagers: How online romance scams target teenagers — building fake relationships to extract money, personal information, or intimate images — and how to spot and stop them.
- /by-risk/exposure-to-pornography — Exposure to Online Pornography: How children encounter pornography online — often accidentally and young — the effect it can have, and how to protect and talk to your child, in the age of the Online Safety Act.
- /by-risk/online-hate-speech — Online Hate Speech & Racism Aimed at Children: When a child is targeted by, or exposed to, online abuse based on race, religion, disability, gender, or sexuality — how to recognise it, support your child, and report it in the UK.
- /by-risk/self-harm-content-online — Self-Harm & Suicide Content Online: When children encounter or are drawn into online content that promotes or glamorises self-harm or suicide — how to spot it, protect your child, and get urgent support. Non-graphic.
- /by-risk/algorithmic-amplification — Algorithmic Amplification & Recommendation Rabbit Holes: How the recommendation algorithms behind apps like TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram can push children toward extreme, distressing, or addictive content — and how to reset and manage them.
- /by-risk/sleep-and-screens — Sleep & Screens: Protecting Children's Rest: How late-night devices, notifications, and bedtime scrolling harm children's sleep — and practical routines to protect rest without constant battles.
- /by-risk/phishing-smishing — Phishing & Smishing Aimed at Children: How scam emails, texts, DMs, and fake login pages target children — often via games and 'free' offers — to steal accounts, money, and personal details, and how to spot them.
- /by-risk/school-bullying — Bullying at School: How to recognise bullying at school, understand what schools are legally required to do, and support your child effectively — from everyday exclusion to serious incidents.
- /by-risk/teen-relationship-abuse — Teen Relationship Abuse: Recognising controlling, coercive and abusive behaviour in teenage relationships, what UK law says, and how to support your teen without pushing them away.
- /by-risk/catfishing — Catfishing: How catfishing works, how to spot a fake online identity, and what to do if your child has been deceived by someone who is not who they claim to be.
- /by-risk/sharenting — Sharenting: How everyday parental sharing builds a child's digital footprint, which details create real risk, and how to post about your child safely and with their consent.
- /by-risk/manosphere-online-misogyny — The Manosphere & Online Misogyny: How manosphere and 'alpha male' influencer content reaches boys online, the warning signs to watch for, and how to respond without pushing your son away.
- /by-risk/ai-companion-attachment — AI Companion Attachment: When a child forms a real emotional attachment to an AI companion app such as Character.AI or Replika — why it happens, the warning signs, and how to help.

### Audience Guides (/by-audience)
- /by-audience/parents — Child Safety for Parents: Practical safety guidance for parents navigating online and offline risks. From first phones to teenage independence, find age-appropriate advice you can act on today.
- /by-audience/grandparents — Child Safety for Grandparents: A straightforward guide to keeping grandchildren safe in a digital world. No jargon, just clear steps you can take to stay informed and involved.
- /by-audience/carers — Child Safety for Carers: Safety guidance for anyone in a caring role — whether you look after a relative's child, have a kinship arrangement, or provide informal care. Practical steps to protect children in your care.
- /by-audience/foster-carers — Child Safety for Foster Carers: Specialist safety guidance for foster carers. Understand the unique online and offline risks for looked-after children and how to create a safe, supportive environment.
- /by-audience/teachers — Child Safety for Teachers: Online and offline safety guidance for classroom teachers. Spot the signs, respond appropriately, and teach children to protect themselves.
- /by-audience/schools — Child Safety for Schools: Whole-school safeguarding resources for headteachers, DSLs, and governors. Policies, training, parent communication, and compliance guidance.
- /by-audience/sports-clubs — Child Safety for Sports Clubs: Safeguarding guidance for sports club organisers, coaches, and volunteers. Protect the children in your club with clear policies and practical steps.
- /by-audience/youth-workers — Child Safety for Youth Workers: Safety guidance for youth workers, club leaders, and community workers. Build safe spaces for young people and respond confidently to safeguarding concerns.
- /by-audience/babysitters — Child Safety for Babysitters: Essential safety information for babysitters. Know what to do in an emergency, keep children safe online and offline, and feel confident in your role.
- /by-audience/teens — Online and Offline Safety for Teens: Straight-talking safety information for teenagers. Your digital life, your choices — but here is what you need to know to stay safe and in control.
- /by-audience/after-school-clubs — Child Safety for After-School Clubs: Practical online and offline safety guidance for after-school club leaders, volunteers, and coordinators responsible for children outside school hours.
- /by-audience/community-groups — Child Safety for Community Groups: Safety guidance for community organisations working with children, including youth groups, faith groups, and voluntary organisations.
- /by-audience/single-parents — Single Parents: Tailored child safety guidance for single parents managing digital safety, devices, and online risks independently.
- /by-audience/eal-families — Families with English as an Additional Language: Child safety guidance for families where English is an additional language, with practical advice on navigating digital safety across language barriers.
- /by-audience/young-carers — Young Carers: Child safety guidance for children aged 8–17 who provide care for a family member, with a focus on automated safety tools and protecting limited free time.
- /by-audience/refugee-asylum-children — Refugee & Asylum-Seeker Families: Digital safety guidance for children and families who are displaced, including those navigating unfamiliar platforms, language barriers, shared devices, and the effects of trauma.
- /by-audience/military-families — Military Families: Online safety guidance for families with a parent in the armed forces, covering long-distance communication, social media OPSEC, and supporting children during deployment.
- /by-audience/dsl-designated-safeguarding-lead — Child Safety for Designated Safeguarding Leads: Role-specific guidance for the school or college DSL. KCSiE 2025 expectations, record-keeping, multi-agency referrals, and how to hold the line on safeguarding conversations.
- /by-audience/headteacher — Child Safety for Headteachers: Statutory safeguarding leadership for headteachers in England. Section 175 duty, KCSiE 2025 governance, Ofsted readiness, and whistleblowing culture.
- /by-audience/school-governor — Child Safety for School Governors: Practical guidance for the link governor for safeguarding. KCSiE 2025 training, visiting the school, reading the Single Central Record, and asking the questions that matter.
- /by-audience/teaching-assistant — Child Safety for Teaching Assistants: Frontline safeguarding for teaching assistants. Spotting changes, supporting disclosures, and following the Working Together 2023 pathway without overstepping.
- /by-audience/lado-local-authority-designated-officer — Guidance for Local Authority Designated Officers (LADO): Reference for LADOs handling allegations against people in positions of trust. Threshold, process, outcomes, multi-agency coordination, and record retention.
- /by-audience/social-worker-childrens-services — Online Safety for Children's Services Social Workers: Integrating digital risk into Section 47 enquiries, CIN plans, and Child Protection plans. Working alongside CEOP, IWF, and online-harm investigators.
- /by-audience/gp-and-health-visitor — Child Safety for GPs and Health Visitors: Routine inquiry, IRIS, Red Book observations, and escalation to MASH. The role of primary care in safeguarding children online and offline.
- /by-audience/school-nurse — Child Safety for School Nurses: Health needs assessments, mental-health first aid, signposting, and the practicalities of Gillick competence and consent in the school setting.
- /by-audience/camhs-practitioner — Online Safety for CAMHS Practitioners: Working with online-harm presentations within the Tier 1-4 CAMHS framework. Gender-questioning young people, sextortion-linked anxiety, and safeguarding interface.
- /by-audience/police-officer-and-pcso — Child Safety for Police Officers and PCSOs: Operational reference for officers attending child safeguarding incidents. Section 47 versus Section 17, MERLIN, MASH, and joint investigation with social care.
- /by-audience/faith-leader — Child Safety for Faith Leaders: Safeguarding within a religious setting. Mandatory reporting where applicable, support from thirtyone:eight, and building a culture of disclosure.
- /by-audience/childminder — Child Safety for Childminders: Ofsted-registered childcare in the home. EYFS safeguarding requirements, phone and device rules, and managing other adults in the household.
- /by-audience/adoptive-and-special-guardianship-parents — Child Safety for Adoptive and Special Guardianship Parents: Trauma-informed digital boundaries, life-story work, and the Adoption Support Fund. Practical safety for children who have come to your family through adoption or SGO.
- /by-audience/same-sex-and-co-parents — Child Safety for Same-Sex and Co-Parents: Online safety for LGBT+ families. Recognising targeted homophobic abuse, protecting children from being 'outed', and choosing schools and clubs that signal Stonewall School Champion status.
- /by-audience/lgbtq-young-person — Online Safety for LGBTQ+ Young People: Written for you. Staying safe online while you work out who you are, finding genuine community without being exploited, and knowing who to call when things are hard.
- /by-audience/private-tutors — Child Safety & Safeguarding for Private Tutors: Safeguarding guidance for private tutors and one-to-one coaches working with children, covering online lessons, boundaries, and reporting concerns.
- /by-audience/gypsy-roma-traveller-families — Gypsy, Roma & Traveller Families: Online safety guidance for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller families, recognising digital exclusion, mobile-first internet use, and the importance of community and privacy.
- /by-audience/care-leavers — Care Leavers (16–25): Online safety for care-experienced young people leaving care — new independence, new accounts and devices, and a higher exposure to financial scams, romance fraud, and exploitation.

### Device Guides (/devices)
- /devices/iphone — Parental Controls on iPhone: Built-In Setup & Safety Guide: Yes, iPhone has built-in parental controls. How to set up Screen Time and Family Sharing for your child: website filtering, Ask to Buy, allowed contacts and time limits.
- /devices/android-phone — Android Phone Parental Controls & Safety Guide: How to set up Google Family Link and parental controls on Android phones to keep your child safe online.
- /devices/ipad — Apple Parental Controls for iPad: Setup & Safety Guide: Apple parental controls on iPad are built in. How to set up Screen Time and Family Sharing for your child: website filtering, Ask to Buy, contacts and time limits.
- /devices/android-tablet — Android Tablet Parental Controls & Safety Guide: Guide to setting up parental controls on Android tablets using Google Family Link, including content filters and screen time management.
- /devices/windows-laptop — Windows Laptop Parental Controls & Safety Guide: How to set up Microsoft Family Safety parental controls on Windows laptops for children, including web filtering, screen time, and app restrictions.
- /devices/chromebook — Chromebook Parental Controls & Safety Guide: How to set up parental controls on Chromebook using Google Family Link, including web filtering, app management, and screen time limits.
- /devices/macbook — MacBook Parental Controls & Safety Guide: Guide to setting up parental controls on MacBook using Screen Time and Family Sharing, including web filtering and app restrictions.
- /devices/playstation — PlayStation Parental Controls & Safety Guide: Complete guide to setting up parental controls on PlayStation consoles (PS5/PS4) to keep children safe while gaming.
- /devices/xbox — Xbox Parental Controls & Safety Guide: How to set up parental controls on Xbox consoles (Series X|S and Xbox One) using Microsoft Family Safety for child-safe gaming.
- /devices/nintendo-switch — Nintendo Switch Parental Controls & Safety Guide: How to set up parental controls on Nintendo Switch using the Nintendo Switch Parental Controls app for safe gaming.
- /devices/smart-tv — Smart TV Parental Controls & Safety Guide: Guide to setting up parental controls on smart TVs from Samsung, LG, and other manufacturers to keep children safe from inappropriate content.
- /devices/shared-family-device — Shared Family Device Safety Guide: How to set up and manage a shared family tablet, laptop, or computer so that every family member — especially children — can use it safely.
- /devices/amazon-fire-tablet — Amazon Fire Tablet Parental Controls & Safety Guide: How to set up Amazon Kids+, FreeTime, and content filtering on Amazon Fire tablets to create a safe environment for children.
- /devices/apple-watch — Apple Watch Parental Controls & Safety Guide: How to use Apple Watch Family Setup to manage communication limits, location sharing, and contacts for your child.
- /devices/smart-speakers — Smart Speaker (Alexa / Google Home) Safety Guide: How to configure Amazon Alexa and Google Home smart speakers for child safety, including purchase restrictions, explicit content filters, and voice controls.
- /devices/vr-headset — VR Headset Parental Controls & Safety Guide: How to set up parental controls on VR headsets including Meta Quest, covering social boundaries, content restrictions, and motion sickness guidance.
- /devices/windows-pc — Windows PC Parental Controls & Safety Guide: How to set up Microsoft Family Safety and parental controls on a Windows PC to keep children safe while using a desktop or laptop computer.
- /devices/google-tv — Google TV Parental Controls & Safety Guide: How to set up parental controls and supervised profiles on Google TV to keep children safe when streaming.
- /devices/steam-deck — Steam Deck Parental Controls & Safety Guide: How to set up Steam Family View and parental controls on the Valve Steam Deck handheld gaming console.
- /devices/first-phone — Choosing Your Child's First Phone — A UK Guide: How to choose a first phone for your child in the UK, covering smartphone vs feature phone, age signals, networks, and what to set up before handover.
- /devices/school-device — School-Issued iPads, Chromebooks and Laptops — Parent's Guide: What UK schools must filter, what parents can ask, and how managed school devices differ from home devices under Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).
- /devices/router — Home Router Parental Controls — UK Guide: How to set up network-level parental controls on common UK home routers — BT, Sky, Virgin, TalkTalk, EE, Netgear and TP-Link.
- /devices/family-wifi — Family Wi-Fi Mesh Systems — Parental Controls Guide: Per-device profiles, content filters and time-outs on mesh systems: Google Nest WiFi, Amazon eero, Netgear Orbi and TP-Link Deco.
- /devices/smartwatch — Smartwatches for Children — Safety & Setup Guide: How to choose and configure a child smartwatch — Apple Watch Family Setup, Garmin Bounce, Xplora and kid-specific GPS watches.
- /devices/kindle — Kindle & Amazon Fire Kids — Safety & Parental Controls: How to set up Amazon Kids+, FreeTime profiles, age filters and the parent Dashboard on Kindle e-readers and Fire Kids tablets.
- /devices/mobile-network-controls — UK Mobile Network Parental Controls: How to set content lock, age verification and spend caps on EE, O2, Vodafone, Three, Tesco Mobile, Sky Mobile and Smarty.
- /devices/airtag — AirTags, Tile & SmartTag — Child Safety & Stalking Risks: Using Apple AirTag, Tile and Samsung SmartTag with children safely — plus what to do if your child is being tracked by an unknown person.
- /devices/dns-filtering — DNS Filtering for Families — CleanBrowsing, NextDNS, AdGuard, OpenDNS: How to set up family DNS filters on home routers or per device using CleanBrowsing Family, NextDNS, AdGuard DNS and OpenDNS Family Shield.
- /devices/used-refurbished-phone — Buying a Used or Refurbished Phone for Your Child — Safety Checklist: How to safely buy a second-hand or refurbished phone for a child — factory reset checks, account de-association, MDM/lock status and warranty.
- /devices/apple-tv — Apple TV Parental Controls & Safety Guide: How to configure tvOS Screen Time, Family Sharing and content restrictions on Apple TV to protect children from inappropriate films, apps and AirPlay requests.
- /devices/fire-tv-stick — Amazon Fire TV Stick Parental Controls & Safety Guide: How to set up Amazon Kids profiles, the Parental Controls PIN, app-purchase confirmations and sideload protections on the Fire TV Stick.
- /devices/chromecast-google-tv — Chromecast with Google TV Parental Controls & Safety Guide: Set up Google Family Link supervision, child profiles and content filters on Chromecast with Google TV so streaming and casting are age-appropriate.
- /devices/google-nest-hub — Google Nest Hub Parental Controls & Safety Guide: How to set up Family Link, voice-purchase prevention and video-call safeguards on the Google Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max smart displays.
- /devices/alexa-kids-edition — Amazon Echo Kids / Alexa Kids Parental Controls & Safety Guide: How to set up Amazon Kids on Echo devices, including the Echo Dot Kids edition, with explicit filters, voice-data review and the Parent Dashboard.
- /devices/fitbit-ace — Fitbit Ace Parental Controls & Safety Guide: How to configure the Fitbit Family Account, parent dashboard and social-feature controls on the Fitbit Ace children's activity tracker.
- /devices/garmin-bounce — Garmin Bounce Parental Controls & Safety Guide: How to set up the Garmin Jr. app, approved-contact LTE messaging and location tracking on the Garmin Bounce kids smartwatch.
- /devices/ring-doorbell-and-indoor-cam — Ring Doorbell & Indoor Cam Safety Guide for Families: How to use Ring video doorbells and indoor cameras around children safely, including recording consent, the Neighbors app and UK considerations for audio recording.
- /devices/consumer-drone — Consumer Drone Safety Guide for Families: UK CAA Drone Code, Flyer ID and Operator ID rules, sub-250g drones and child photography ethics for families using consumer drones from DJI, Autel and similar.
- /devices/gopro-and-action-camera — GoPro and Action Camera Safety Guide for Families: How families can use GoPro and other action cameras safely in changing rooms, swimming pools, schools and clubs, with consent and club-policy guidance.
- /devices/gps-child-tracker — GPS Child Tracker Safety Guide: Choosing and using a GPS child tracker — Jiobit, Tile, AirTag — for legitimate safety reasons, with guidance on consent, misuse and Apple unwanted-tracking alerts.
- /devices/apple-vision-pro — Apple Vision Pro & Spatial Computing Safety Guide: How to keep children safe on the Apple Vision Pro and spatial computing headsets — age limits, Screen Time controls, immersion, and eye-comfort guidance.
- /devices/smart-glasses-camera-wearables — Smart Glasses & Camera Wearables Safety Guide: What parents need to know about camera glasses like Ray-Ban Meta — covert recording, privacy and consent, AI features, and the safeguarding issues for schools and changing rooms.
- /devices/nintendo-switch-2 — Nintendo Switch 2 Parental Controls & Safety Guide: How to set up parental controls on the Nintendo Switch 2, including the new GameChat voice and video chat, spending limits, and play-time limits.

### App Safety Guides (/apps)
- /apps/tiktok — TikTok Parental Controls and Safety Guide for Parents: A practical guide to keeping your child safe on TikTok, including privacy settings, content controls, and what parents need to know.
- /apps/snapchat — Snapchat Safety Guide for Parents: Everything parents need to know about Snapchat, including disappearing messages, location sharing, and how to set up Family Centre.
- /apps/instagram — Instagram Safety Guide for Parents: How to protect your child on Instagram with privacy settings, supervision tools, and practical advice for parents.
- /apps/discord — Discord Safety Guide for Parents: A parent's guide to Discord servers, voice channels, and direct messaging — and how to keep your child safe on the platform.
- /apps/roblox — Roblox Safety Guide for Parents: A parent's guide to Roblox, including in-game chat, spending controls, and how to set up parental restrictions.
- /apps/youtube — YouTube Safety Guide for Parents: How to set up YouTube's parental controls, restricted mode, and supervised accounts to keep your child safe while watching videos.
- /apps/youtube-kids — YouTube Kids Safety Guide for Parents: A guide to YouTube Kids settings including content levels, search controls, and timer features to help parents manage their child's viewing.
- /apps/whatsapp — WhatsApp Safety Guide for Parents: Practical advice for parents on WhatsApp group chats, privacy settings, and helping children manage messaging safely.
- /apps/telegram — Telegram Safety Guide for Parents: What parents need to know about Telegram's channels, secret chats, and self-destructing messages — and how to keep children safe.
- /apps/twitch — Twitch Safety Guide for Parents: A parent's guide to Twitch live streaming, chat safety, donations, and how to protect your child on the platform.
- /apps/facebook-messenger — Facebook Messenger Safety Guide for Parents: How to set up Facebook Messenger safely for your child, including privacy controls and Messenger Kids as an alternative.
- /apps/fortnite — Fortnite Safety Guide for Parents: A parent's guide to Fortnite, including voice chat, in-game spending, and Epic Games' parental control settings.
- /apps/minecraft — Minecraft Online Play Safety Guide: A parent's guide to keeping children safe while playing Minecraft online, including server safety, chat settings, and age-appropriate configuration.
- /apps/group-chat-overview — Group Chat Apps — Safety Overview: A comparative safety overview of the most popular group chat and messaging apps used by children, including WhatsApp, iMessage, Discord, and Telegram.
- /apps/livestream-overview — Livestreaming Apps — Safety Overview: A parent's guide to the risks and safety settings of popular livestreaming platforms used by children, including Twitch, TikTok Live, YouTube Live, and Instagram Live.
- /apps/imessage — iMessage Safety Guide: Safety considerations for Apple's iMessage, including group chats, photo sharing, and parental oversight.
- /apps/facetime — FaceTime Safety Guide: Safety guidance for Apple's FaceTime video calling, including who can contact your child and group call risks.
- /apps/reddit — Reddit Safety Guide: Understanding Reddit's risks for young people, including content exposure, anonymity, and community dynamics.
- /apps/ai-companion-safety — AI Companion & Chatbot Safety Guide: Safety guidance for AI companion apps and chatbots that children and teenagers are increasingly using.
- /apps/social-discovery-apps — Social Discovery & Friend-Making Apps: Safety guidance on apps designed to help young people meet new people online, and why they carry elevated risks.
- /apps/omegle — Omegle & Random Video Chat Safety: Why Omegle and random video chat sites are fundamentally unsafe for children, and how to block access and discuss the risks.
- /apps/kik — Kik Messenger Safety Guide: What parents need to know about Kik Messenger, including its anonymity features, grooming risks, and why it is not suitable for children under 16.
- /apps/x-twitter — X (Twitter) Safety Guide: A parent's guide to X (formerly Twitter), covering content risks, privacy settings, and how to help your child use the platform more safely.
- /apps/bereal — BeReal Safety Guide: A parent's guide to BeReal, covering location data, privacy settings, and what makes this app lower risk but not risk-free.
- /apps/chatgpt — ChatGPT Safety Guide for Parents: A practical guide for parents on ChatGPT — what it is, how children use it, and how to set appropriate boundaries around AI chatbot use.
- /apps/google-gemini — Google Gemini Safety Guide: What parents need to know about Google Gemini — including how it appears on school devices, what data it collects, and how to limit children's access.
- /apps/microsoft-copilot — Microsoft Copilot Safety Guide: A parent's guide to Microsoft Copilot — the AI assistant built into Windows 11, Microsoft Edge, and Office 365 — and how to manage children's access.
- /apps/midjourney-ai-images — AI Image Generation Safety Guide: A parent's guide to AI image generation tools — including Midjourney, DALL-E, and Stable Diffusion — covering deepfake risks, CSAM generation, and body image concerns.
- /apps/spotify — Spotify Safety Guide for Parents: What parents need to know about Spotify — including explicit music and podcast content, social listening features, and the lack of built-in parental controls.
- /apps/netflix — Netflix Parental Controls Guide: How to set up Netflix parental controls, create a kids profile, use PIN locks, and manage what your child watches on the platform.
- /apps/amazon-prime-video — Amazon Prime Video Parental Controls: How to set up Amazon Prime Video parental controls — including profiles, PIN locks, purchase restrictions, and content ratings — to manage what your child watches.
- /apps/chai-ai — Chai AI Safety Guide: An urgent safety guide for parents about Chai AI — an AI companion app popular with teenagers that has documented incidents of harmful and explicit content and very limited safety features.
- /apps/pinterest — Pinterest Safety Guide for Parents: What parents need to know about Pinterest — image sharing, mood boards, and the risks of body image content, harmful trends, and scams.
- /apps/capcut — CapCut Safety Guide for Parents: Everything parents need to know about CapCut — TikTok's video editing app — including data collection concerns, deepfake risks, and age considerations.
- /apps/steam — Steam Safety Guide for Parents: A parent's guide to Steam — the world's largest PC gaming platform — including community chat risks, profile safety, and adult content mods.
- /apps/epic-games — Epic Games & Fortnite Safety Guide for Parents: A complete guide to Epic Games — home of Fortnite — including the friend system, voice chat, V-Bucks spending, and parental controls.
- /apps/ea-fifa — EA Sports FC (FIFA) Safety Guide for Parents: What parents need to know about EA Sports FC (formerly FIFA) — including loot boxes, Ultimate Team gambling mechanics, online chat, and spending risks.
- /apps/gta-online — Grand Theft Auto Online Safety Guide for Parents: Why GTA Online is not appropriate for under-18s — graphic content, voice chat with adults, in-game gambling, and what to do if your child is already playing.
- /apps/vrchat — VRChat Safety Guide for Parents: What parents need to know about VRChat — a virtual reality social platform with significant risks from stranger contact, harassment, and immersive environments.
- /apps/yubo — Yubo Safety Guide for Parents: An urgent parent's guide to Yubo — a high-risk friend-making and livestreaming app, now an adults-only (18+) platform, with significant concerns around stranger contact and location.
- /apps/signal — Signal Safety Guide for Parents: A balanced guide to Signal for parents — understanding end-to-end encryption, privacy benefits, and the challenges for parental oversight.
- /apps/zoom — Zoom Safety Guide for Parents: What parents need to know about Zoom — video call safety, meeting link risks, recording concerns, and settings for safer use with children.
- /apps/microsoft-teams — Microsoft Teams Safety Guide for Parents: A guide for parents whose children use Microsoft Teams for school — understanding chat, file sharing, and how to identify potential misuse.
- /apps/kick — Kick Streaming Safety Guide for Parents: What parents need to know about Kick — a livestreaming platform with minimal moderation, adult content, and significant risks for younger viewers.
- /apps/vinted — Vinted Safety Guide for Parents: What parents need to know about Vinted — a second-hand clothing resale app officially for adults — including scams, address sharing, and stranger messaging.
- /apps/depop — Depop Safety Guide for Parents: A guide for parents on Depop — a second-hand fashion resale app popular with teenagers — including scam risks, address sharing, and image-based concerns.
- /apps/ebay — eBay Safety Guide for Parents: What parents need to know about eBay — scam risks for young sellers, address privacy, account security, and safe online marketplace habits.
- /apps/character-ai — Character.AI Safety Guide for Parents: A practical, honest guide to Character.AI for UK parents — how AI companion chatbots work, the mental-health and safeguarding risks, and the settings and conversations that matter.
- /apps/ngl — NGL Safety Guide for Parents — The Anonymous Question App: What UK parents need to know about NGL, the anonymous question app linked to Instagram Stories — how it works, why it pressures teens, and the safest action to take.
- /apps/meta-quest — Meta Quest VR Safety Guide for Parents: A practical UK parents' guide to the Meta Quest VR headset — setting up Parent Supervision, choosing safe social apps, and managing immersion, friends, and casting.
- /apps/threads — Threads Safety Guide for Parents: What parents need to know about Threads, Meta's text-based social app linked to Instagram, including privacy, content discovery, and adult-topic exposure.
- /apps/wattpad — Wattpad Safety Guide for Parents: A practical guide to Wattpad's community fiction platform, including mature content, in-comment grooming risks, and age-gating bypass.
- /apps/lemon8 — Lemon8 Safety Guide for Parents: What parents need to know about Lemon8, ByteDance's lifestyle and photo-sharing app, including beauty-filter pressure, sponsored content, and a low minimum age.
- /apps/pokemon-go — Pokemon GO Safety Guide for Parents: A practical guide to Pokemon GO's location-based AR play, including raid meet-ups, PokeStop congregation points, and in-app purchases.
- /apps/webtoon — Webtoon Safety Guide for Parents: What parents need to know about Naver's Webtoon comics platform, including mature content tiers, comment culture, fast-pass spend, and fan-art DM solicitations.
- /apps/bluesky — Bluesky Safety Guide for Parents: What parents need to know about Bluesky, the decentralised Twitter-style network gaining UK teen users, including the AT Protocol, the labelling system, and how moderation differs from X/Twitter.
- /apps/mastodon — Mastodon Safety Guide for Parents: What parents need to know about Mastodon, the federated social network where the choice of server (instance) shapes the entire safety experience.
- /apps/strava — Strava Safety Guide for Parents: What parents need to know about Strava, the activity-tracking app, including heatmaps, running routes, location leakage, Privacy Zones, and Athlete Privacy Controls.
- /apps/crunchyroll — Crunchyroll Safety Guide for Parents: What parents need to know about Crunchyroll, the anime streaming platform, including mature-tagged content, the account-age versus profile-age gap, and Discord crossover.
- /apps/marco-polo — Marco Polo Safety Guide for Parents: What parents need to know about Marco Polo, the family video messaging app, including indefinite storage, group invite risks, and why 'safer than DMs' is only partly true.
- /apps/line-kakaotalk-wechat — LINE, KakaoTalk & WeChat Safety Guide for Parents: What UK parents need to know about diaspora messaging apps - LINE, KakaoTalk, and WeChat - including age-verification gaps, in-app browser exposure, cross-border data, and payments.
- /apps/tumblr — Tumblr Safety Guide for Parents: What parents need to know about Tumblr, the resurgent fandom platform, including mature-content settings, AI-generated image floods, and the ask-anonymously feature.
- /apps/linkedin — LinkedIn Safety Guide: Understanding LinkedIn's risks for teenagers, including recruitment scams, fake job offers, and unsolicited adult contact.
- /apps/viber — Viber Safety Guide: Understanding Viber's risks for young people, including contact from strangers, group communities, and disappearing messages.
- /apps/archive-of-our-own — Archive of Our Own (AO3) Safety Guide: Understanding Archive of Our Own (AO3), a large unmoderated fanfiction site, and why its content is not filtered for children.
- /apps/wizz — Wizz Safety Guide for Parents: A high-risk friend-making app that connects teenagers with strangers. Wizz has been repeatedly removed from app stores over child-safety and sextortion concerns. What parents need to know.
- /apps/call-of-duty-warzone — Call of Duty & Warzone Safety Guide for Parents: One of the most-played shooters among UK teenagers. Call of Duty is rated PEGI 18 for realistic violence and has open voice chat and in-game spending. How to set it up and talk about it.
- /apps/teen-dating-apps — Teen Dating Apps: Grindr, Tinder & Bumble: Dating apps such as Grindr, Tinder, and Bumble are strictly 18+ adult platforms — but underage teenagers do access them. Why they are unsafe for children and how to respond.
- /apps/anonymous-messaging-add-ons — Anonymous Messaging Add-ons: Sendit, YOLO & Tellonym: Apps that let people send your child anonymous messages — often bolted onto Snapchat or Instagram. Anonymity removes accountability and drives bullying. What parents should know.
- /apps/gacha-and-supercell-games — Gacha & Loot-Box Games: Genshin, Brawl Stars & Clash: Genshin Impact, Brawl Stars, and Clash of Clans are built around 'gacha' and loot mechanics — random paid rewards that work like gambling. Where the money goes and how to lock it down.
- /apps/temu-shein — Temu & Shein: Shopping Apps and Children: Cheap shopping apps popular with tweens and teens. The concerns are less about content and more about dark-pattern spending, data collection, and unsafe or counterfeit products.
- /apps/rumble-and-alt-tech — Rumble & 'Alt-Tech' Video Platforms: Rumble and similar 'alt-tech' video platforms market themselves on minimal moderation. That is exactly why they can expose children to conspiracy, extremist, and harmful content.
- /apps/facebook — Facebook Safety Guide for Parents: What parents need to know about Facebook — Marketplace scams, friend requests from strangers, Groups, cloned accounts, and the settings that keep a teenager's profile private.
- /apps/monkey — Monkey App Safety Guide for Parents: Monkey is a random video-chat app that pairs children with strangers. Why it is high-risk and unsuitable for under-18s, and what to do if your child is using it.
- /apps/grok — Grok (xAI): AI Chatbot & Companions — Parents' Guide: What parents need to know about Grok, xAI's chatbot and AI companions built into X — the 'Ani' 18+ character, weak age checks and deepfake risks. Not suitable for under-18s.

### Emergency Action Guides (/emergency)
- /emergency/child-saw-sexual-content — My Child Has Seen Sexual Content Online: Calm, step-by-step guidance for parents and carers when a child has been exposed to sexual or pornographic content online.
- /emergency/stranger-messaged-child — A Stranger Has Messaged My Child Online: What to do if an unknown person has contacted your child through social media, gaming, or messaging apps. Practical steps to keep your child safe.
- /emergency/child-being-bullied-online — My Child Is Being Bullied Online: Supportive, practical guidance for parents and carers when a child is experiencing cyberbullying — including how to gather evidence, report, and support your child emotionally.
- /emergency/child-sent-private-image — My Child Has Sent a Private or Intimate Image: Guidance for parents when a child has shared a nude, semi-nude, or intimate image of themselves with someone online. Focuses on damage limitation and emotional support.
- /emergency/child-being-blackmailed — My Child Is Being Blackmailed Online (Sextortion): Urgent guidance for parents when a child is being threatened or blackmailed with intimate images. Includes steps to stop the cycle and report to authorities.
- /emergency/child-panicking-after-online-incident — My Child Is Panicking After an Online Incident: How to calm and support a child who is visibly distressed, anxious, or panicking after something that happened online.
- /emergency/found-hidden-account — I Have Found a Hidden Account or Secret Profile: What to do if you discover your child has a secret social media account, alternative profile, or hidden app. How to approach the conversation without damaging trust.
- /emergency/someone-knows-our-address — Someone Online Knows Our Home Address: What to do when someone on the internet has obtained or shared your family's home address, school location, or other identifying information.
- /emergency/child-gone-missing — My Child Has Gone Missing and I Suspect Online Involvement: Emergency guidance for parents when a child has gone missing and there is reason to believe an online contact or relationship may be involved.
- /emergency/child-disclosed-something-worrying — My Child Has Disclosed Something Worrying: How to respond when a child tells you something concerning about their online experiences — whether abuse, exploitation, or another harmful situation.
- /emergency/child-saw-violent-content — My Child Has Seen Violent or Disturbing Content Online: How to support a child who has been exposed to violent, graphic, or deeply disturbing content online — including real-world violence, gore, self-harm content, or extremist material.
- /emergency/suspicious-gaming-contact — Suspicious Contact Through Online Gaming: What to do if your child has formed a concerning relationship with someone through an online game — including signs of grooming through gaming platforms.
- /emergency/harmful-peer-sharing — Harmful Content Being Shared Between Peers: What to do when children are sharing harmful, distressing, or illegal content amongst themselves via group chats, social media, or messaging apps.
- /emergency/account-impersonation — Someone Is Impersonating My Child Online: What to do when someone has created a fake account pretending to be your child on social media, gaming platforms, or messaging apps.
- /emergency/device-unsafe-apps — Found Unsafe Apps on My Child's Device: What to do when you discover apps on your child's device that may be unsafe, age-inappropriate, or designed to hide activity.
- /emergency/child-self-harm-online — My Child Is Threatening Self-Harm or Sharing Self-Harm Content Online: What to do if your child is posting, viewing, or sharing self-harm content online, or has expressed thoughts of self-harm through digital channels.
- /emergency/radicalisation-content — My Child Has Been Exposed to Extremist or Radicalisation Content: Guidance for parents who discover their child has been viewing, sharing, or engaging with extremist or radicalisation material online.
- /emergency/online-gambling-emergency — My Child Has Been Gambling Online: What to do if you discover your child has been gambling online, using betting apps, or has accumulated gambling debts.
- /emergency/identity-theft-emergency — My Child's Identity Has Been Stolen or Used Fraudulently: What to do if your child's personal information has been stolen, their identity used to open accounts, or they are a victim of online fraud.
- /emergency/in-app-purchase-debt — My Child Has Run Up a Large In-App Purchase Bill: What to do if your child has made large unexpected in-app purchases on games or apps, and how to seek a refund.
- /emergency/attempted-online-meeting — My Child Has Arranged to Meet Someone From the Internet: Urgent guidance for parents who discover their child has arranged or attempted to meet someone they know only from the internet.
- /emergency/child-received-unsolicited-image — My Child Received an Unsolicited Explicit Image: What to do if your child has been sent an explicit or sexual image without asking for it — covering how to support your child, preserve evidence, and report to UK authorities.
- /emergency/child-being-catfished — I Think My Child Is Being Catfished: What to do if you believe someone online has been deceiving your child using a fake identity — practical steps to verify, protect, and report.
- /emergency/child-recruited-gang-online — My Child Is Being Recruited by a Gang Online: Urgent guidance for parents who believe their child is being targeted for gang recruitment online — including county lines, what to look for, and who to contact.
- /emergency/child-sharing-hate-content — My Child Is Involved in Online Hate: What to do if your child is posting hateful or extremist content online, or has been targeted by sustained hate speech — covering both sides of online hate involvement.
- /emergency/child-shared-family-financial-info — My Child Has Shared Our Financial Details Online: Immediate steps to take if your child has shared bank account details, card numbers, passwords, or other financial information online — including how to limit fraud and report to Action Fraud.

### Conversation Scripts (/guides)
- /guides/first-smartphone-talk — First Smartphone: Setting Expectations Together: A guided conversation to have before or when your child receives their first smartphone, covering rules, safety, and trust.
- /guides/first-social-media-talk — First Social Media Account: What You Need to Know: A conversation guide for parents discussing social media with their child for the first time, covering privacy, kindness, and staying safe.
- /guides/gaming-safety-talk — Gaming Safety: Staying Safe While Having Fun: A conversation guide covering in-game chat, spending, screen time, and recognising unsafe behaviour in gaming environments.
- /guides/body-boundaries-talk — Body Boundaries: Teaching Safe Touch and Consent: A sensitive, age-appropriate conversation guide for teaching children about body boundaries, safe touch, and the importance of consent.
- /guides/stranger-messages-talk — Stranger Messages: What to Do When Someone Unknown Gets in Touch: A conversation script to help children recognise and respond safely to unsolicited messages from strangers online.
- /guides/upsetting-content-talk — Upsetting Content: What to Do When You See Something Disturbing: A conversation guide to help children process and report disturbing or harmful content they encounter online.
- /guides/sleepover-safety-talk — Sleepover Safety: Preparing for Nights Away from Home: A conversation guide covering both online and offline safety when your child stays at a friend's house overnight.
- /guides/you-can-always-tell-me — You Can Always Tell Me: Building Trust and Openness: A foundational conversation that reassures your child they can come to you about anything without fear of punishment.
- /guides/teen-privacy-trust-talk — Teen Privacy and Trust: Finding the Right Balance: A conversation guide for parents of teenagers, balancing the need for safety with growing independence and digital privacy.
- /guides/safe-unsafe-situations-talk — Safe and Unsafe Situations: Helping Children Recognise Danger: A conversation script to help children identify the difference between safe and unsafe situations, both online and in the real world.
- /guides/consent-intimate-images-talk — Consent and Intimate Image Sharing: A guided conversation about consent, intimate image sharing, and the legal and emotional consequences of sending or receiving explicit images.
- /guides/money-scams-talk — Money, Scams, and Financial Safety Online: A conversation guide for talking to children about online scams, financial safety, and recognising too-good-to-be-true offers.
- /guides/ai-chatbots-talk — AI Chatbots: What They Can and Cannot Do: A conversation guide to help children understand AI chatbots, their limitations, and why they should not be treated as friends or trusted sources.
- /guides/social-media-addiction-talk — Social Media Habits and Finding Balance: A conversation guide to help children reflect on their social media habits and develop a healthier relationship with their devices.
- /guides/lgbtq-online-safety-talk — Supporting LGBTQ+ Young People's Online Safety: A conversation guide for parents supporting LGBTQ+ young people to stay safe online, covering identity exploration, targeted harassment, and finding safe communities.
- /guides/talking-about-pornography — Talking About Pornography: A Proactive Conversation: A calm, factual guide to help parents proactively talk to their child about pornography before they encounter it online — focusing on healthy relationships and realistic expectations.
- /guides/talking-about-self-harm-suicide — Talking About Self-Harm and Suicide Content Online: A guide for parents on how to proactively discuss self-harm and suicide content encountered online — before a crisis arises. Includes UK helpline information.
- /guides/talking-about-catfishing — Talking About Catfishing and Fake Online Identities: Help your child understand that people online are not always who they claim to be — covering fake profiles, catfishing, and how to verify identity safely.
- /guides/talking-about-deepfakes — Talking About Deepfakes and AI-Generated Content: A conversation guide helping children understand deepfakes, AI-generated images and videos, and the serious risks — including non-consensual intimate images.
- /guides/talking-about-racism-online — Talking About Racism and Hate Speech Online: A conversation guide for parents helping children recognise, respond to, and report racism and hate speech encountered or witnessed online.
- /guides/talking-about-eating-disorders-online — Talking About Body Image and Eating Disorders Online: A conversation guide for parents discussing body image pressures, pro-eating-disorder content, and how to support a child who may be struggling.
- /guides/teacher-student-disclosure-script — Responding When a Student Discloses a Digital Safety Concern: A professional script for teachers and school staff responding when a student discloses a digital safety concern — covering what to say, what not to say, and next steps.
- /guides/teacher-form-time-conversation — Form-Time Digital Safety Check-In: A structured script for form tutors to run a proactive digital safety check-in during registration or form time — accessible, engaging, and non-alarmist.
- /guides/teacher-parent-evening-script — Discussing Online Safety at Parents' Evening: A practical script for teachers raising digital safety topics at parents' evening — covering how to start the conversation, what to raise, and how to signpost support.
- /guides/talking-about-vaping-and-drugs — Talking About Vaping & Drugs: A calm, non-judgemental conversation about vaping, nicotine, and drugs — including how they are sold on social media — that keeps the door open rather than driving it underground.

### Downloads & Checklists (/downloads)
- /downloads/family-online-safety-agreement — Family Online Safety Agreement: A printable agreement for families to complete together. Covers screen time, app permissions, privacy rules, and what to do if something goes wrong online.
- /downloads/first-phone-checklist — First Phone Checklist: A step-by-step checklist for parents setting up a child's first phone. Covers parental controls, privacy settings, emergency contacts, and ground rules.
- /downloads/first-gaming-console-checklist — First Gaming Console Checklist: A practical checklist for parents setting up a child's first gaming console. Covers parental controls, online chat settings, spending limits, and age ratings.
- /downloads/emergency-contacts-sheet — Emergency Contacts Sheet: A printable emergency contacts sheet for the fridge, noticeboard, or child's bag. Includes space for key numbers, the home address, and medical information.
- /downloads/babysitter-safety-checklist — Babysitter Safety Checklist: A checklist for parents to complete with their babysitter before leaving. Covers emergency procedures, household rules, bedtime routines, and contact numbers.
- /downloads/school-pickup-checklist — School Pickup Safety Checklist: A checklist for parents and carers to establish safe school pickup routines. Covers authorised collectors, identification procedures, and what to do if plans change.
- /downloads/sleepover-safety-checklist — Sleepover Safety Checklist: A practical checklist for parents sending a child to a sleepover. Covers questions to ask the host family, online safety, allergies, and pickup arrangements.
- /downloads/travel-safety-checklist — Travel Safety Checklist: A checklist for families travelling with children. Covers documentation, location tracking, emergency plans, and staying safe in unfamiliar places.
- /downloads/body-safety-conversation-guide — Body Safety Conversation Guide: A calm, age-appropriate guide to help parents and carers talk to children about body safety, consent, and recognising unsafe situations.
- /downloads/grandparents-digital-safety-guide — Grandparents' Digital Safety Guide: A jargon-free guide to digital safety for grandparents. Covers setting up tablets, understanding apps children use, and basic parental controls in plain language.
- /downloads/school-newsletter-template — School Newsletter Safety Template: A ready-to-use template for schools to include online safety updates in their newsletter. Covers current risks, top tips for parents, and helpful links.
- /downloads/after-school-club-safety-checklist — After-School Club Safety Checklist: A safeguarding checklist for after-school clubs and out-of-school settings. Covers staff checks, device policies, pickup procedures, and emergency contacts.
- /downloads/sports-club-safeguarding-checklist — Sports Club Safeguarding Checklist: A safeguarding checklist for sports clubs working with children. Covers DBS checks, communication policies, photography rules, and reporting procedures.
- /downloads/co-parenting-device-plan — Co-Parenting Device Safety Plan: A template for separated parents to agree on shared device rules and online safety boundaries.
- /downloads/homeschool-safety-checklist — Home Education Online Safety Checklist: A safety checklist for home-educating families covering online learning, socialisation, and device management.
- /downloads/neurodivergent-child-safety-guide — Neurodivergent Child Digital Safety Guide: Adapted safety guidance for parents of children with ADHD, autism, and other neurodevelopmental differences.
- /downloads/single-parent-digital-safety — Single Parent Digital Safety Quick Guide: A concise guide to the most impactful safety steps for single parents managing devices alone.
- /downloads/mental-health-online-safety-guide — Mental Health & Online Safety Guide: A guide connecting mental health awareness with practical digital safety steps for families.
- /downloads/quick-start-online-safety — Quick-Start Online Safety Guide: A single-page guide for parents who are brand new to online safety. Covers the five most important steps to take right now, in plain language.
- /downloads/universal-new-device-checklist — New Device Checklist (Any Device): A device-agnostic safety checklist for setting up any new phone, tablet, laptop, or console. Works across all brands and operating systems.
- /downloads/teacher-conversation-scripts — Teacher Conversation Scripts: Talking to Students About Online Safety: Ready-to-use conversation scripts and discussion prompts for teachers having online safety conversations with pupils at different key stages.
- /downloads/school-induction-safeguarding-pack — New Safeguarding Lead Induction Pack: A structured induction pack for newly appointed Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs), covering key responsibilities, essential documents, and first-term priorities.
- /downloads/grooming-warning-signs-checklist — Is My Child Being Groomed? Warning Signs Checklist: A printable checklist of grooming warning signs for parents and carers. Covers behavioural changes, digital red flags, communication shifts, and secretive behaviour that may indicate a child is being targeted by an online groomer.
- /downloads/safeguarding-referral-flowchart — Safeguarding Referral Flowchart: A clear decision-tree flowchart helping teachers and school staff know when and how to make a safeguarding referral, from initial concern to formal action.
- /downloads/dsl-quick-reference-card — DSL Quick Reference Card: A single-page reference card for Designated Safeguarding Leads covering key contacts, referral thresholds, and immediate actions.
- /downloads/kcsie-staff-summary — KCSIE Staff Summary: A plain-English summary of Keeping Children Safe in Education Part 1 for all school and college staff — covering what every adult working with children must know.
- /downloads/acceptable-use-policy-template — Acceptable Use Policy Template: A customisable acceptable use policy (AUP) template for schools, covering pupils' and staff use of devices, the internet, and school systems.
- /downloads/risk-assessment-digital-activities — Risk Assessment — Digital Activities: A template risk assessment for schools planning digital activities such as video calls, live-streaming events, or online collaboration with external organisations.
- /downloads/social-media-policy-template — Social Media Policy Template: A customisable social media policy template for schools and sports clubs, covering staff conduct, pupil/member use, and the handling of concerns.
- /downloads/photography-consent-form — Photography & Video Consent Form: A printable consent form for schools and sports clubs to obtain parental permission before photographing or filming children at events and activities.
- /downloads/school-trip-digital-safety — School Trip Digital Safety Checklist: A printable checklist for teachers and schools to complete before taking pupils on trips, covering device use, photo consent, location sharing, and online safety expectations away from school.
- /downloads/work-experience-safeguarding — Work Experience Safeguarding Checklist: A checklist for schools to use when arranging work experience placements, ensuring safeguarding requirements are met by both the school and the host employer.
- /downloads/supply-teacher-safeguarding-card — Supply Teacher Safeguarding Quick Reference Card: A laminated-format quick reference card for supply teachers, covering key safeguarding contacts, reporting procedures, and what to do when a child makes a disclosure.
- /downloads/post-16-provider-safeguarding — Post-16 Provider Safeguarding Guide: A guide for sixth forms, further education colleges, and other post-16 providers on safeguarding responsibilities for students aged 16 to 18.
- /downloads/ofsted-online-safety-prep — Ofsted Online Safety Inspection Preparation Guide: A practical guide for schools preparing for an Ofsted inspection, covering the online safety evidence and policies inspectors are likely to ask about.
- /downloads/volunteer-safeguarding-agreement — Volunteer Safeguarding Agreement: A template agreement for community groups and sports clubs to use when onboarding volunteers, setting out their safeguarding responsibilities.
- /downloads/governor-safeguarding-questions — Governor Safeguarding Questions: A printable question bank for school governors and trustees to ask the DSL and senior leadership about online and offline safeguarding. Aligned with KCSIE 2026.
- /downloads/send-social-story-blocking-reporting — SEND Social Story — Blocking and Reporting: An easy-read social story for SEND children that explains, step by step, what blocking and reporting look like on phones, games and social apps.
- /downloads/send-social-story-private-information — SEND Social Story — Private Information: An easy-read social story for SEND children that explains what counts as private information online and what to do if anyone asks for it.
- /downloads/send-social-story-online-friendship-boundaries — SEND Social Story — Online Friendship Boundaries: An easy-read social story that helps SEND children understand the difference between an online friend and a real-life friend, and what is OK to share with each.
- /downloads/home-network-checklist — Home Network Safety Checklist: A room-by-room checklist for making your home Wi-Fi and connected devices safer for children — router settings, filtering, and device checks.
- /downloads/router-setup-checklist — Router Parental Controls Setup Checklist: A checklist for configuring parental controls directly on your home router, so filtering applies to every device on your network.
- /downloads/dns-setup-guide — Family-Safe DNS Setup Guide: A plain-English guide to setting up filtering DNS on your home network to block adult and harmful sites automatically.
- /downloads/console-safety-checklist — Games Console Safety Checklist: A checklist for setting up parental controls, chat restrictions, and spending limits on PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch.
- /downloads/smart-device-audit — Smart Home Device Audit: A worksheet to audit the internet-connected devices in your home — cameras, speakers, toys, and wearables — for hidden safety and privacy risks.
- /downloads/layered-controls-planner — Layered Parental Controls Planner: A planner to map your family's parental controls across three layers — network, device, and app — so you can see and close the gaps.
- /downloads/public-wifi-safety-tips — Public Wi-Fi Safety Tips for Children: A printable tip sheet for keeping children safe when they use public Wi-Fi in cafés, shops, transport, and hotels.
- /downloads/shared-device-checklist — Shared Family Device Checklist: A checklist for safely setting up a tablet, computer, or console that several children in the family share.
- /downloads/mobile-data-safety-checklist — Mobile Data & Phone Safety Checklist: A checklist for the safety settings that work over mobile data — not just home Wi-Fi — on a child's phone.
- /downloads/school-network-questions — Questions to Ask Your Child's School About Online Safety: A printable list of questions for parents to ask their child's school about filtering, monitoring, and online-safety teaching.
- /downloads/content-filtering-comparison — Content Filtering Options Compared: A comparison sheet of the main ways to filter content for children — network, DNS, device, and app — with the pros and cons of each.
- /downloads/parental-controls-comparison — Parental Control Apps vs Router Filtering: A comparison to help you choose between a parental-control app and router-level filtering — or use both together.
- /downloads/mobile-safety-checklist — Mobile Hotspot Safety Checklist: A checklist for parents whose children use a phone's mobile hotspot to connect tablets, laptops, or consoles.
- /downloads/online-safety-checklist — Complete Online Safety Checklist: An all-in-one checklist covering the essential online-safety steps every family should have in place, across devices, apps, and conversations.
- /downloads/family-safety-checklist — Family Child Safety Checklist: A whole-family safety checklist covering both online and everyday offline safety essentials in one place.
- /downloads/phone-contract — Child's First Phone Contract: A printable phone contract for parents and children to agree the rules, responsibilities, and boundaries that come with a first smartphone.
- /downloads/digital-agreement-template — Family Digital Agreement Template: A flexible template for creating your own family digital agreement, with prompts to fill in rules that suit your household.
- /downloads/screen-time-planner — Weekly Screen Time Planner: A weekly planner to help families balance screen time with sleep, activity, homework, and family time.
- /downloads/family-safety-plan — Family Safety Plan: A printable plan for families to agree emergency contacts, trusted adults, and what to do if a child feels unsafe online or out and about.
- /downloads/parental-controls-quickstart — Parental Controls Quick-Start Guide: A quick-start guide to switching on the most important parental controls across the main devices and platforms in under an hour.
- /downloads/consent-letter-template — Travel Consent Letter Template: A template consent letter for when a child travels with another adult, a group, or one parent — useful for trips and holidays.
- /downloads/family-agreement-template — Family Online Agreement Template: A blank, customisable family online agreement template with prompts, for households that want to write their own rules from scratch.
- /downloads/pants-guide — Talking PANTS: Body Safety Guide: A parent guide to the PANTS rule — a simple, age-appropriate way to teach young children about body safety and privacy.

### School Resources (/schools)
- /schools/online-safety-policy-guide — Online Safety Policy Guide for Schools: A comprehensive template and guidance document to help schools develop or update their online safety policy in line with current UK statutory requirements.
- /schools/parent-workshop-pack — Parent Online Safety Workshop Pack: A ready-to-deliver workshop pack for schools to run parent engagement sessions on children's online safety.
- /schools/classroom-discussion-guide — Classroom Discussion Guide: Online Safety Topics: Structured discussion plans for teachers to facilitate age-appropriate online safety conversations in the classroom.
- /schools/school-newsletter-templates — School Newsletter Templates: Online Safety Updates: Ready-to-use newsletter inserts for schools to keep parents informed about online safety topics throughout the year.
- /schools/safeguarding-poster-pack — Safeguarding and Online Safety Poster Pack: A set of clear, visually engaging posters for display in schools covering key online safety messages for pupils, staff, and visitors.
- /schools/after-school-club-guide — After-School Club Online Safety Guide: Practical guidance for after-school club leaders on managing devices, supervising online activity, and responding to safety concerns.
- /schools/sports-club-safety-basics — Online Safety Basics for Sports Clubs: Essential online safety guidance for sports clubs working with children, covering communication, photography, and social media use.
- /schools/assembly-topic-ideas — Assembly Topic Ideas: Online Safety Throughout the Year: A collection of assembly outlines covering online safety themes, designed to be delivered across the academic year.
- /schools/staff-awareness-checklist — Staff Online Safety Awareness Checklist: A checklist for school leaders to ensure all staff understand their online safety responsibilities and know how to respond to concerns.
- /schools/youth-organization-checklist — Youth Organisation Safety Checklist: A comprehensive safeguarding and online safety checklist for youth organisations, scout groups, guide units, cadet forces, and other groups working with young people.
- /schools/school-digital-safety-starter-kit — School Digital Safety Starter Kit: A ready-to-use starter kit for schools beginning or refreshing their digital safety programme, including templates, checklists, and quick-win actions.
- /schools/governor-safeguarding-pack — School Governor Safeguarding Briefing Pack: A comprehensive briefing pack helping school governors fulfil their safeguarding oversight responsibilities, with a particular focus on online safety.
- /schools/send-online-safety-pack — SEND Online Safety Resource Pack: A resource pack addressing the specific online safety needs and vulnerabilities of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.
- /schools/parent-engagement-toolkit — Parent Engagement Toolkit for Online Safety: A complete toolkit for schools to build ongoing parent engagement around online safety, going beyond one-off workshops to create lasting partnerships.
- /schools/whole-school-digital-strategy — Whole-School Digital Safety Strategy Template: A strategic planning template helping schools develop a coherent, whole-school approach to digital safety that covers policy, curriculum, technology, and culture.
- /schools/governor-safeguarding-oversight — Governor Safeguarding Oversight Under KCSIE 2026: A practical KCSIE 2026-aligned framework setting out what governing bodies and academy trustees must oversee in relation to safeguarding and online safety.
- /schools/deputy-dsl-checklist — Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead Day-to-Day Checklist: A practical day-to-day checklist for Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads covering training, record-keeping, supporting the DSL, and handover protocols.
- /schools/online-safety-policy-template — Online Safety Policy Template (KCSIE 2026): A structured outline of every section a modern school online safety policy should cover, from acceptable use to AI tools, mobile phones, and school trips.
- /schools/peer-on-peer-abuse-response — Peer-on-Peer Abuse Response Framework: A KCSIE 2026-aligned framework for recognising, recording, responding to, and referring peer-on-peer (child-on-child) abuse in school settings.
- /schools/harmful-sexual-behaviour-response — Harmful Sexual Behaviour Response Using the Brook Traffic Light Tool: Guidance for school staff on distinguishing age-appropriate from concerning sexual behaviour using the Brook Sexual Behaviours Traffic Light Tool, with referral pathways.
- /schools/whatsapp-class-group-policy — Class WhatsApp Group Policy and Guidance for Parents: Practical guidance for schools and parent representatives on running class WhatsApp groups safely: who runs them, what belongs in them, and what does not.
- /schools/smartphone-policy — Drafting a School Smartphone Policy: A drafting guide for school smartphone policies covering total bans, restricted-use models, staff-led collection, secondary and primary differences, and SEND adjustments.
- /schools/anonymous-reporting-template — Setting Up an Anonymous Pupil Reporting Channel: A template and operating model for schools introducing an anonymous concern-reporting channel for pupils, with triage, response timeframes, and DSL integration.
- /schools/termly-online-safety-calendar — Termly Online Safety Planning Calendar: A termly online-safety planning calendar linking PSHE delivery, parent communications, and governor reporting across the academic year.

### Training Courses (/training)
- /training/first-smartphone-for-parents — First Smartphone for Parents (35 min, 3 lessons)
- /training/gaming-safety-basics — Gaming Safety Basics (32 min, 3 lessons)
- /training/social-media-for-carers — Social Media Basics for Carers (30 min, 3 lessons)
- /training/talking-to-teens — How to Talk to Teens About Safety (34 min, 3 lessons)
- /training/digital-privacy-families — Digital Privacy Basics for Families (32 min, 3 lessons)
- /training/practical-child-safety-home — Practical Child Safety at Home & in Public (30 min, 3 lessons)
- /training/talking-to-younger-children — Talking to Younger Children About Safety (30 min, 3 lessons)
- /training/digital-wellbeing — Digital Wellbeing for Families (32 min, 3 lessons)
- /training/school-facing-awareness — Online Safety Awareness for School Staff (36 min, 3 lessons)
- /training/public-safety-basics — Practical Public Safety for Families (30 min, 3 lessons)
- /training/safeguarding-lead-training — Designated Safeguarding Lead: Online Safety (90 min, 6 lessons)
- /training/online-safety-eyfs — Online Safety for Early Years (25 min, 3 lessons)
- /training/community-group-safeguarding — Safeguarding for Community Groups (30 min, 3 lessons)
- /training/digital-evidence-handling — Handling Digital Evidence (35 min, 3 lessons)

### Research & Alerts (/research)
- /research/rise-of-sextortion-targeting-teenagers — The Rise of Sextortion Targeting Teenagers: What Parents Need to Know [alert]
- /research/ai-chatbots-and-children-emerging-risks — AI Chatbots and Children: Understanding the Emerging Risks [research]
- /research/screen-time-what-research-really-says — Screen Time: What the Research Really Says [research]
- /research/new-snapchat-features-parents-guide-2026 — New Snapchat Features: What Parents Need to Know in 2026 [news]
- /research/online-grooming-warning-signs — Online Grooming: The Warning Signs Every Parent Should Recognise [explainer]
- /research/group-chats-hidden-risks-children — Group Chats: The Hidden Risks for Children [alert]
- /research/gaming-addiction-latest-research — Gaming Addiction: What the Latest Research Tells Us [research]
- /research/social-media-body-image-evidence — Social Media and Body Image: What the Evidence Shows [research]
- /research/deepfakes-targeting-children-alert — Deepfakes Targeting Children: What Parents Must Know [alert]
- /research/parental-control-effectiveness-study — How Effective Are Parental Controls? What the Research Says [research]
- /research/ai-generated-csam-alert — AI-Generated CSAM: An Urgent Threat to Children [alert]
- /research/age-verification-progress-2026 — Age Verification in 2026: Where Are We Now? [explainer]
- /research/online-grooming-patterns-research — Online Grooming Patterns: What New Research Reveals [research]
- /research/digital-literacy-skills-gap — The Digital Literacy Skills Gap: Why Children Need More Than Technical Know-How [explainer]
- /research/screen-time-trends-children-2026 — Screen Time Trends for Children in 2026: The Numbers and What They Mean [research]
- /research/cyberbullying-statistics-uk-2026 — Cyberbullying in the UK: Statistics, Trends and What They Mean for Families [research]
- /research/what-to-do-if-child-receives-scary-message-online — What to Do if Your Child Receives a Scary Message Online [explainer]
- /research/what-to-do-if-child-is-being-blackmailed-online — What to Do if Your Child Is Being Blackmailed Online [alert]
- /research/how-to-talk-to-child-after-online-safety-incident — How to Talk to Your Child After an Online Safety Incident [explainer]
- /research/how-to-set-up-first-phone-safely-uk — How to Set Up Your Child's First Phone Safely in the UK [explainer]
- /research/snapchat-location-sharing-what-parents-should-know — Snapchat Location Sharing: What UK Parents Should Know [explainer]
- /research/roblox-safety-settings-every-parent-should-review — Roblox Safety Settings Every UK Parent Should Review [explainer]
- /research/discord-safety-for-teenagers — Discord Safety for Teenagers: A Guide for UK Parents [explainer]
- /research/whatsapp-school-group-safety-for-parents — WhatsApp School Group Safety: A Guide for UK Parents [explainer]
- /research/how-to-preserve-evidence-before-reporting-online-abuse — How to Preserve Evidence Before Reporting Online Abuse [explainer]
- /research/what-is-a-dsl-when-should-parents-contact-one — What Is a DSL and When Should Parents Contact One? [explainer]
- /research/online-safety-act-what-parents-need-to-know — The Online Safety Act: What Parents Need to Know [explainer]
- /research/kcsie-2025-online-safety-checklist-for-schools — KCSIE 2026: An Online Safety Checklist for Schools [explainer]
- /research/ai-chatbots-and-children-practical-safety-rules — AI Chatbots and Children: Practical Safety Rules for Families [explainer]
- /research/deepfakes-and-children-what-parents-and-schools-should-know — Deepfakes and Children: What Parents and Schools Should Know [explainer]
- /research/voice-cloning-scams-family-safety-checklist — Voice Cloning Scams: A Family Safety Checklist [alert]
- /research/family-password-safety-checklist — Family Password Safety: A Practical Checklist [explainer]
- /research/how-to-create-a-trusted-adult-plan — How to Create a Trusted Adult Plan with Your Child [explainer]
- /research/sleepover-safety-questions-that-are-reasonable-to-ask — Sleepover Safety: Questions That Are Reasonable to Ask [explainer]
- /research/gaming-headset-safety-voice-chat-and-strangers — Gaming Headset Safety: Voice Chat and Strangers [explainer]
- /research/how-to-review-childs-digital-life-without-causing-battle — How to Review Your Child's Digital Life Without Causing a Battle [explainer]
- /research/recognising-signs-of-abuse — Recognising the Signs of Child Abuse [explainer]
- /research/signs-of-abuse-in-young-children — Signs of Abuse in Young Children (Under 8) [explainer]
- /research/talking-to-children-about-online-risks — How to Talk to Children About Online Risks [explainer]
- /research/talking-to-children-about-safeguarding — Talking to Children About Safeguarding and Body Safety [explainer]

### Seasonal Guides (/seasonal)
- /seasonal/summer-safety — Summer Safety Guide
- /seasonal/back-to-school — Back to School Digital Safety
- /seasonal/christmas-device-setup — Christmas Device Setup Guide
- /seasonal/easter-travel-safety — Easter & Spring Travel Safety
- /seasonal/half-term-digital-detox — Half-Term Digital Detox Guide
- /seasonal/online-safety-week — Online Safety Week Resource Pack
- /seasonal/anti-bullying-week — Anti-Bullying Week Resource Pack
- /seasonal/safer-internet-day — Safer Internet Day Activities
- /seasonal/new-year-digital-reset — New Year Digital Safety Reset
- /seasonal/halloween-online-safety — Halloween Online Safety Guide
- /seasonal/mental-health-awareness-week — Mental Health Awareness Week: Digital Wellbeing Focus
- /seasonal/exam-season-screen-balance — Exam Season Screen Time Guide
- /seasonal/results-day-social-media — Results Day: Supporting Children Through the Social Media Pressure
- /seasonal/childrens-mental-health-week — Children's Mental Health Week: Digital Wellbeing Resources
- /seasonal/start-of-school-year — Start of the New School Year: Digital Safety Reset
- /seasonal/black-friday-cyber-monday — Black Friday & Cyber Monday Online Safety
- /seasonal/valentines-day-online-safety — Valentine's Day Online Safety for Teens
- /seasonal/multicultural-celebrations-online — Staying Safe Online During Eid, Diwali, Ramadan & Family Celebrations
- /seasonal/major-sporting-events-online-safety — Online Safety During Major Sporting Events

### Platform Reporting Guides (/how-to-report)
- /how-to-report/tiktok — How to report on TikTok
- /how-to-report/snapchat — How to report on Snapchat
- /how-to-report/instagram — How to report on Instagram
- /how-to-report/youtube — How to report on YouTube
- /how-to-report/roblox — How to report on Roblox
- /how-to-report/discord — How to report on Discord
- /how-to-report/whatsapp — How to report on WhatsApp
- /how-to-report/x-twitter — How to report on X (Twitter)
- /how-to-report/reddit — How to report on Reddit
- /how-to-report/kik — How to report on Kik
- /how-to-report/bereal — How to report on BeReal
- /how-to-report/omegle — How to report on Omegle (and similar chat sites)
- /how-to-report/apple-support — How to report on Apple (iCloud, iMessage, App Store)
- /how-to-report/google-support — How to report on Google (Search, Play Store, Gmail)
- /how-to-report/meta-quest — How to report on Meta Quest VR
- /how-to-report/telegram — How to report on Telegram
- /how-to-report/twitch — How to report on Twitch
- /how-to-report/steam — How to report on Steam
- /how-to-report/pinterest — How to report on Pinterest
- /how-to-report/netflix — How to report on Netflix
- /how-to-report/spotify — How to report on Spotify
- /how-to-report/amazon-prime-video — How to report on Amazon Prime Video
- /how-to-report/character-ai — How to report on Character.AI
- /how-to-report/microsoft-xbox — How to report on Microsoft / Xbox

### Network Controls (/network-controls)
- /network-controls/home-wifi-safety — Setting Up Safe Home Wi-Fi for Your Family
- /network-controls/layered-parental-controls — Why Layered Controls Matter: Device, App and Network
- /network-controls/router-controls-guide — Configuring Your Router's Parental Controls
- /network-controls/safe-search-dns-basics — Safe Search and DNS Filtering Explained Simply
- /network-controls/shared-device-network-safety — Managing Shared Devices on Your Home Network
- /network-controls/content-filtering-basics — How Content Filtering Works at the Network Level
- /network-controls/gaming-console-network-safety — Keeping Gaming Consoles Safe on Your Home Network
- /network-controls/mobile-data-parental-controls — Managing Mobile Data and Parental Controls on Phones
- /network-controls/smart-device-network-risks — Smart Devices and Hidden Network Risks for Families
- /network-controls/school-network-safety — How School Networks Protect Children
- /network-controls/parental-control-apps-vs-router — Parental Control Apps vs Router-Level Filtering
- /network-controls/mobile-hotspot-safety — Managing Safety When Children Use Mobile Hotspots
- /network-controls/iot-device-isolation — Keeping Smart Home Devices From Compromising Family Safety
- /network-controls/public-wifi-safety-children — Keeping Children Safe on Public Wi-Fi
- /network-controls/bt-parental-controls — BT Parental Controls Setup Guide
- /network-controls/sky-parental-controls — Sky Broadband Shield Setup Guide
- /network-controls/virgin-media-parental-controls — Virgin Media Web Safe Setup Guide
- /network-controls/talktalk-homesafe — TalkTalk HomeSafe Setup Guide
- /network-controls/ee-parental-controls — EE Content Lock & Parental Controls Guide
- /network-controls/three-parental-controls — Three Parental Controls & Adult Content Filter Guide
- /network-controls/o2-parental-controls — O2 Parental Controls & Adult Content Filter Guide
- /network-controls/vodafone-parental-controls — Vodafone Parental Controls & Content Filter Guide

### For Children (/for-children)
- /for-children/someone-makes-you-uncomfortable — What to Do If Someone Online Makes You Feel Weird
- /for-children/saw-something-upsetting — What to Do If You See Something Scary Online
- /for-children/friend-being-bullied — What to Do If a Friend Is Being Bullied Online
- /for-children/leaving-a-chat-safely — How to Leave a Group Chat or Game Safely
- /for-children/online-privacy-for-kids — Keeping Your Information Private Online
- /for-children/gaming-safety-young-players — Staying Safe While Playing Games Online
- /for-children/body-boundaries-for-kids — Your Body Belongs to You
- /for-children/safe-and-unsafe-secrets — Understanding Safe and Unsafe Secrets
- /for-children/asking-adult-for-help — How to Ask a Grown-Up for Help
- /for-children/someone-asks-for-photo — What to Do If Someone Asks for Your Picture
- /for-children/being-kind-online — Being a Good Friend Online
- /for-children/passwords-and-accounts — Keeping Your Accounts Safe
- /for-children/what-is-a-password — What Is a Password and Why Does It Matter?
- /for-children/what-is-cyberbullying-kids — What Is Cyberbullying?
- /for-children/staying-safe-in-games-chat — Staying Safe in Game Chat
- /for-children/telling-trusted-adult — Why Telling a Trusted Adult Always Helps
- /for-children/screen-time-balance-kids — Screen Time: Getting the Balance Right
- /for-children/your-digital-footprint-kids — What Is a Digital Footprint?
- /for-children/what-is-a-deepfake-kids — What Is a Deepfake? (And Why It Matters)
- /for-children/friend-seems-sad-online — What to Do If a Friend Seems Sad or Upset Online
- /for-children/video-calls-staying-safe — Video Calls: Is It Safe When Someone Wants to Call You?
- /for-children/free-robux-and-v-bucks-scams — The Truth About 'Free Robux' and 'Free V-Bucks'
- /for-children/spending-money-in-games — Spending Real Money in Games and Loot Boxes
- /for-children/online-challenges-and-dares — Online Challenges and Dares
- /for-children/how-to-block-and-report — How to Block and Report Someone Online

### For Teens (/for-teens)
- /for-teens/your-digital-footprint — Your Digital Footprint: What Stays Online
- /for-teens/recognising-manipulation-online — Recognising Manipulation Online
- /for-teens/nudes-and-sexting-real-talk — Nudes and Sexting: The Real Talk
- /for-teens/being-a-good-digital-citizen — Being a Good Digital Citizen
- /for-teens/ai-tools-and-you — AI Tools and You: What Teens Need to Know
- /for-teens/financial-scams-teens — Financial Scams Targeting Teenagers
- /for-teens/mental-health-and-social-media — Social Media and Your Mental Health
- /for-teens/sexting-the-facts — Sexting: The Facts You Need to Know
- /for-teens/healthy-online-relationships — Healthy Online Relationships
- /for-teens/your-rights-online — Your Rights Online: What You Are Entitled To
- /for-teens/financial-literacy-online — Understanding Money, Scams, and Purchases Online
- /for-teens/digital-citizenship-teens — Being a Responsible Digital Citizen
- /for-teens/handling-cancel-culture — Dealing with Online Pile-Ons and Cancel Culture
- /for-teens/navigating-online-dating — Staying Safe If Exploring Online Relationships (16+)
- /for-teens/supporting-friends-in-crisis — How to Help a Friend Who Is Struggling Online
- /for-teens/starting-youtube-tiktok-safely — Starting a Channel or Account: Creating Content Safely
- /for-teens/exam-stress-and-screens — Exam Season and Screens: Finding the Balance
- /for-teens/understanding-algorithms — Why You See What You See: Understanding Algorithms
- /for-teens/creating-vs-consuming — Creating vs Consuming: Finding a Healthy Balance
- /for-teens/deepfakes-your-rights — Deepfakes: What They Are and Your Rights
- /for-teens/the-manosphere-and-online-misogyny — The Manosphere, Andrew Tate, and Online Misogyny
- /for-teens/location-sharing-and-snap-map — Location Sharing and Snap Map: Who Can See Where You Are
- /for-teens/skins-betting-and-loot-box-gambling — Skins Betting, Loot Boxes, and Gambling in Games
- /for-teens/how-extremists-recruit-online — How Extremists Recruit Online — and How to Spot It
- /for-teens/criminal-exploitation-and-money-mules — 'Easy Money' Online: County Lines, Money Mules, and Fake Job Offers
- /for-teens/doxxing-protecting-your-information — Doxxing: When Someone Shares Your Private Information

### Organisation Kits (/organizations)
- /organizations/sports-clubs-kit — Safeguarding Kit for Sports Clubs
- /organizations/after-school-clubs-kit — Safeguarding Kit for After-School Clubs
- /organizations/tutoring-centers-kit — Safeguarding Kit for Tutoring and Coaching Centres
- /organizations/camps-holiday-programs-kit — Safeguarding Kit for Camps and Holiday Programmes
- /organizations/youth-groups-kit — Safeguarding Kit for Youth Groups
- /organizations/community-groups-kit — Safeguarding Kit for Community Organisations
- /organizations/childcare-settings-kit — Safeguarding Kit for Childcare and Babysitting
- /organizations/faith-community-kit — Safeguarding Kit for Faith and Community Settings
- /organizations/residential-care-kit — Safeguarding Kit for Residential Care Settings
- /organizations/music-drama-kit — Safeguarding Kit for Music and Drama Groups
- /organizations/swimming-water-sports-kit — Safeguarding Kit for Swimming and Water Sports
- /organizations/school-governors-kit — Safeguarding Kit for School Governors

### Lesson Plans (/schools/lesson-plans)
- /schools/lesson-plans/ks1-staying-safe-online — Staying Safe Online
- /schools/lesson-plans/ks2-digital-friendships — Digital Friendships and Online Communication
- /schools/lesson-plans/ks3-online-identity-reputation — Online Identity and Digital Reputation
- /schools/lesson-plans/ks3-consent-and-image-sharing — Consent and Image Sharing
- /schools/lesson-plans/ks4-critical-thinking-online — Critical Thinking Online: Misinformation and Manipulation
- /schools/lesson-plans/ai-safety-ks3 — AI Safety: Understanding Artificial Intelligence
- /schools/lesson-plans/healthy-relationships-ks4 — Healthy Relationships Online and Offline
- /schools/lesson-plans/digital-citizenship-ks2 — Being a Good Digital Citizen
- /schools/lesson-plans/cybersecurity-basics-ks3 — Cybersecurity Basics: Protecting Yourself Online
- /schools/lesson-plans/news-literacy-ks3 — News Literacy: Sorting Fact from Fiction Online
- /schools/lesson-plans/consent-boundaries-ks3 — Consent and Boundaries in the Digital World
- /schools/lesson-plans/online-identity-ks2 — Understanding Online Identity and Digital Footprint
- /schools/lesson-plans/critical-thinking-ks3 — Critical Thinking About Online Information
- /schools/lesson-plans/financial-literacy-online-ks4 — Online Financial Safety and Scams
- /schools/lesson-plans/ai-literacy-ks3 — Understanding AI, Chatbots, and Deepfakes
- /schools/lesson-plans/emotional-wellbeing-tech-ks2 — Screen Time and Emotional Wellbeing

### Assembly Outlines (/schools/assemblies)
- /schools/assemblies/kindness-online — Kindness Online: Being a Good Digital Citizen
- /schools/assemblies/staying-safe-with-strangers-online — Staying Safe with Strangers Online
- /schools/assemblies/screen-time-and-wellbeing — Screen Time and Looking After Yourself
- /schools/assemblies/your-digital-footprint-assembly — Your Digital Footprint
- /schools/assemblies/assembly-digital-citizenship — Digital Citizenship: Your Online Responsibilities
- /schools/assemblies/assembly-ai-awareness — AI Awareness: Understanding the Technology Around You
- /schools/assemblies/assembly-public-safety — Staying Safe in Public Places
- /schools/assemblies/assembly-digital-resilience — Digital Resilience: Bouncing Back from Online Setbacks
- /schools/assemblies/assembly-healthy-friendships-online — Healthy Friendships Online: Knowing the Difference
- /schools/assemblies/assembly-privacy-matters — Privacy Matters: Protecting Your Personal Information Online
- /schools/assemblies/assembly-screen-time-balance — Screen Time Balance: Taking Control of Your Digital Life
- /schools/assemblies/assembly-reporting-concerns — Speaking Up: How and Why to Report Online Concerns
- /schools/assemblies/assembly-consent-online — Consent Online: Respecting Boundaries in a Digital World
- /schools/assemblies/assembly-ai-critical-thinking — AI and Critical Thinking: Questioning What You See Online

### App Alerts (/app-alerts)
- /app-alerts/tiktok-dm-policy-update-2026 — TikTok: Direct Messages and Under-16 Accounts
- /app-alerts/snapchat-location-sharing-update-2026 — Snapchat: Snap Map and Location Sharing
- /app-alerts/instagram-teen-accounts-update-2026 — Instagram Teen Accounts: What They Restrict
- /app-alerts/roblox-voice-chat-expansion-2026 — Roblox Voice Chat: How It Works and the Risks
- /app-alerts/whatsapp-group-privacy-update-2026 — WhatsApp: Controlling Who Can Add Your Child to Groups
- /app-alerts/reddit-content-policy-update — Reddit: Adult Content and Younger Users
- /app-alerts/character-ai-safety-changes — Character.AI: What Parents Should Know
- /app-alerts/minecraft-chat-moderation — Minecraft: Multiplayer Chat and Family Settings
- /app-alerts/telegram-teen-safety-concerns — Telegram: Why It Is Hard to Make Safe for Children
- /app-alerts/tiktok-shop-teen-spending — TikTok Shop and In-App Spending: What Parents Should Know
- /app-alerts/meta-ai-chatbot-features — Meta AI in Instagram: What Parents Should Know
- /app-alerts/apple-communication-safety-expansion — Apple Communication Safety: What It Does
- /app-alerts/google-family-link-update-2026 — Google Family Link: Supervision Basics
- /app-alerts/snapchat-my-ai-safety-concerns — Snapchat My AI: What Parents Should Know
- /app-alerts/youtube-kids-algorithm-update — YouTube Kids: Content Controls for Parents
- /app-alerts/discord-safety-tools-update — Discord: Family Centre and Teen Safety Settings
- /app-alerts/pinterest-body-image-controls — Pinterest: Body Image Content and Teen Wellbeing
- /app-alerts/steam-parental-controls-update — Steam: Family Controls and Purchase Approvals
- /app-alerts/yubo-grooming-concerns — Yubo: Grooming Risks on a Live-Streaming App
- /app-alerts/apple-screen-time-updates — Apple Screen Time: Core Parental Controls
- /app-alerts/tiktok-live-gifts-teens — TikTok LIVE and Virtual Gifts: The Age Rules
- /app-alerts/snapchat-ai-dreams — Snapchat AI Selfie Features: Privacy Considerations
- /app-alerts/roblox-13-plus-features — Roblox: Age Verification and What 13+ Accounts Can Do
- /app-alerts/discord-activities-update — Discord Activities: Games and Watch-Together in Voice Channels
- /app-alerts/instagram-close-friends-teens — Instagram Close Friends: Privacy Upside, Social Downside

### Case Studies (/case-studies)
- /case-studies/a-new-friend-from-an-online-game — A 'new friend' from an online game who wanted to chat in private
- /case-studies/a-late-night-panic-over-an-image — A teenager's late-night panic after sending an image to a 'girl' online
- /case-studies/frozen-out-of-the-class-group-chat — Frozen out of the class group chat
- /case-studies/when-the-feed-turned-dark — When a teenager's feed quietly turned dark
- /case-studies/a-surprise-bill-from-a-free-game — A surprise bill from a 'free' game
- /case-studies/reclaiming-bedtime-from-the-phone — Reclaiming bedtime from the phone
- /case-studies/groomed-into-county-lines — The older friend from a game who started offering money
- /case-studies/pulled-into-the-manosphere — The feed full of 'alpha male' advice that started to change him
- /case-studies/the-feed-that-fed-low-mood — The feed that fed a low mood
- /case-studies/when-the-ai-became-the-only-friend — When an AI companion became the only friend

### Comparisons (/compare)
- /compare/tiktok-vs-instagram-for-teens — TikTok vs Instagram for teens
- /compare/snapchat-vs-whatsapp-safety — Snapchat vs WhatsApp safety for under-16s
- /compare/roblox-vs-minecraft-safety — Roblox vs Minecraft safety for younger children
- /compare/discord-vs-telegram-safety — Discord vs Telegram safety for teens
- /compare/youtube-vs-youtube-kids — YouTube vs YouTube Kids: which is safer for under-13s?
- /compare/iphone-vs-android-parental-controls — iPhone vs Android parental controls: Screen Time vs Family Link
- /compare/xbox-vs-playstation-parental-controls — Xbox vs PlayStation parental controls: Family Safety vs Family Management
- /compare/character-ai-vs-chatgpt-for-children — Character.ai vs ChatGPT for children: what parents should know
- /compare/meta-quest-vs-vrchat-safety — Meta Quest vs VRChat: Where the Safety Lives
- /compare/family-link-vs-apple-screen-time — Google Family Link vs Apple Screen Time: Which Parental System
- /compare/school-phone-ban-vs-restricted-use-policy — School Phone Ban vs Restricted Use: Which Policy Fits Your School
- /compare/qustodio-vs-bark — Qustodio vs Bark: Which Third-Party Parental App

### Research Explainers (/research/explainers)
- /research/explainers/ai-chatbots-parent-guide — AI Chatbots and Children: What It Means for Families
- /research/explainers/livestream-culture-families — Livestream Culture: What Families Should Know
- /research/explainers/age-ratings-maturity — Age Ratings and Maturity: What to Actually Look For
- /research/explainers/online-trends-younger-children — How Online Trends Affect Younger Children
- /research/explainers/group-chats-what-parents-miss — What Parents Often Miss About Group Chats
- /research/explainers/digital-habits-sleep-stress — How Digital Habits Affect Sleep and Stress
- /research/explainers/privacy-defaults-plain-english — Understanding Privacy Defaults in Plain English
- /research/explainers/social-discovery-apps-risks — Social Discovery and Friend-Making Apps: The Risks
- /research/explainers/neurodivergent-children-online — Neurodivergent Children and Online Safety: What Families Should Know
- /research/explainers/sibling-dynamics-digital — Sibling Dynamics in the Digital World
- /research/explainers/parental-monitoring-effectiveness — Does Parental Monitoring Actually Work? What the Research Says
- /research/explainers/children-ai-generated-content — Children and AI-Generated Content: What Families Need to Know

### Pillar Guides (/pillar)
- /pillar/complete-guide-child-online-safety — The Complete Guide to Child Online Safety
- /pillar/keeping-children-safe-in-public — Keeping Children Safe in Public Places
- /pillar/family-child-safety-checklist — The Family Child Safety Checklist
- /pillar/first-smartphone-guide — The Complete Guide to Giving a Child Their First Smartphone
- /pillar/guide-to-parental-controls — The Complete Guide to Parental Controls
- /pillar/body-safety-conversations — Body Safety Conversations: An Age-Appropriate Guide
- /pillar/modern-guide-gaming-safety — The Modern Guide to Gaming Safety
- /pillar/guide-to-screen-habits — A Balanced Guide to Screen Time and Digital Wellbeing
- /pillar/guide-to-family-digital-rules — Creating and Maintaining Family Digital Rules
- /pillar/practical-travel-safety — Practical Travel Safety with Children
- /pillar/complete-child-safety-by-age — Complete Child Safety by Age Group
- /pillar/mental-health-digital-wellbeing — Mental Health & Digital Wellbeing for Children
- /pillar/neurodivergent-children-digital-safety — Digital Safety for Neurodivergent Children
- /pillar/online-safety-across-cultures — Online Safety Across Cultures
- /pillar/children-with-disabilities-online — Online Safety for Children with Disabilities
- /pillar/starting-secondary-school-digitally — Starting Secondary School: A Digital Safety Guide
- /pillar/digital-safety-divorce-separation — Digital Safety During Divorce and Separation
- /pillar/preparing-for-university-digital-life — Preparing for University: Digital Independence
- /pillar/digital-safety-young-carers — Digital Safety for Young Carers
- /pillar/grooming-and-exploitation — The Complete Guide to Online Grooming & Exploitation
- /pillar/social-media — The Complete Guide to Children & Social Media
- /pillar/ai-and-children — The Complete Guide to AI & Children

### Age-Supporting Pages (/by-age/[group]/[topic])
- /by-age/0-4/screen-time-babies — Screen Time Guidance for Babies and Toddlers
- /by-age/0-4/body-safety-toddlers — Body Safety Education for Toddlers
- /by-age/0-4/safe-play-environments — Creating Safe Play Environments for Young Children
- /by-age/5-7/first-device-readiness — First Device Readiness for 5–7 Year Olds
- /by-age/5-7/stranger-awareness-young-children — Stranger Awareness for Young Children
- /by-age/5-7/safe-internet-browsing-early-primary — Safe Internet Browsing for Early Primary Children
- /by-age/8-10/social-media-pressure — Understanding Social Media Pressure for 8–10 Year Olds
- /by-age/8-10/gaming-chat-awareness — Gaming Chat Awareness for 8–10 Year Olds
- /by-age/8-10/online-homework-safety — Online Homework Safety for 8–10 Year Olds
- /by-age/11-13/first-smartphone-preparation — Preparing Your Child for Their First Smartphone
- /by-age/11-13/group-chat-management — Managing Group Chats for 11–13 Year Olds
- /by-age/11-13/understanding-grooming-risks — Understanding Grooming Risks for 11–13 Year Olds
- /by-age/14-16/sextortion-awareness-teens — Sextortion Awareness for Teenagers
- /by-age/14-16/digital-reputation — Digital Reputation Management for 14–16 Year Olds
- /by-age/14-16/healthy-social-media-habits — Healthy Social Media Habits for 14–16 Year Olds
- /by-age/17-plus/preparing-for-independence — Preparing for Digital Independence
- /by-age/17-plus/managing-digital-identity — Managing Your Digital Identity
- /by-age/17-plus/recognising-online-manipulation — Recognising Online Manipulation
- /by-age/5-7/year-3-first-independence — Year 3 and First Independence: Digital Safety at Age 7-8
- /by-age/14-16/first-job-digital-safety — Your Child's First Job: Digital Safety and Professional Conduct
- /by-age/17-plus/sixth-form-independence — Sixth Form and College: Digital Independence and Responsibility

### UK Reporting Pathways (/reporting)
- /reporting/online-grooming — Reporting Online Grooming
- /reporting/sextortion — Reporting Sextortion Involving a Child
- /reporting/child-sexual-abuse-material — Reporting Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM)
- /reporting/cyberbullying — Reporting Cyberbullying
- /reporting/harmful-social-media-content — Reporting Harmful Social Media Content
- /reporting/school-safeguarding-concern — Reporting a Safeguarding Concern at School
- /reporting/local-authority-childrens-services — Reporting to Local Authority Children's Services
- /reporting/missing-child — Reporting a Missing Child
- /reporting/suspicious-online-contact — Reporting Suspicious Online Contact with a Child
- /reporting/image-based-abuse-young-person — Reporting Image-Based Abuse Involving a Young Person
- /reporting/child-criminal-exploitation — Reporting Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE)
- /reporting/county-lines — Reporting County Lines Exploitation of a Child
- /reporting/sports-club-concern — Reporting a Safeguarding Concern in a Sports Club
- /reporting/tutor-coach-concern — Reporting a Concern About a Tutor or Private Coach
- /reporting/platform-complaint — Making a Complaint to a Social Media Platform
- /reporting/ofcom-online-safety-complaint — Making an Online Safety Complaint to Ofcom
- /reporting/evidence-checklist — Evidence Checklist: What to Save Before Reporting
- /reporting/what-not-to-do — What Not to Do When Reporting a Child Safety Concern
- /reporting/action-fraud-child-scam — Reporting a Scam Targeting a Child to Action Fraud
- /reporting/reporting-to-school-template — Reporting a Safeguarding Concern to Your Child's School
- /reporting/reporting-to-platform-template — Reporting Harmful Content or a User to an Online Platform
- /reporting/mental-health-crisis — Supporting a Child in a Mental Health Crisis
- /reporting/lgbtq-abuse-support — Supporting an LGBTQ+ Child Facing Abuse or Rejection
- /reporting/eating-disorder-concern — Acting on Eating Disorder Concerns in a Child
- /reporting/domestic-abuse-with-children — Reporting Domestic Abuse in a Household with Children
- /reporting/stop-it-now-prevention — Stop It Now — Preventing Harm Before a Child Is Hurt
- /reporting/fgm-helpline-standalone — Reporting Concerns About Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
- /reporting/bullying-and-school-helplines — Bullying and School Helplines
- /reporting/historic-abuse-disclosure — Supporting an Adult Disclosing Childhood Abuse
- /reporting/ico-data-protection-complaint — Complaining to the ICO About a Child's Data
- /reporting/crimestoppers-anonymous — Reporting Anonymously to Crimestoppers

### Online Safety Act Hub (/online-safety-act)
- /online-safety-act/parents — What the Online Safety Act Means for Families
- /online-safety-act/schools — The Online Safety Act and Schools
- /online-safety-act/children-and-teens — Your Rights Online: What the Online Safety Act Means for You
- /online-safety-act/age-verification — Age Verification Explained
- /online-safety-act/platform-duties — What Platforms Must Do Under the Online Safety Act
- /online-safety-act/complain-to-platform — How to Make a Complaint to a Platform
- /online-safety-act/escalate-to-ofcom — When and How to Escalate to Ofcom
- /online-safety-act/illegal-content-vs-harmful-content — Illegal Content vs Harmful Content: A Critical Distinction
- /online-safety-act/childrens-risk-assessments — Children's Risk Assessments: What Platforms Must Assess and Publish
- /online-safety-act/safety-by-design — Safety by Design: What It Means and Why It Matters
- /online-safety-act/social-media-age-limits — Social Media Age Limits: What the Law Actually Says
- /online-safety-act/pornography-age-checks — Pornography Age Checks: What the Online Safety Act Requires
- /online-safety-act/encrypted-messaging — Encrypted Messaging and the Online Safety Act
- /online-safety-act/ai-generated-abuse — AI-Generated Abuse Images: The Law and How to Report
- /online-safety-act/documenting-platform-failures — Documenting Platform Failures: Building a Case for Ofcom

### First-Time Safety Pathways (/first-time-safety)
- /first-time-safety/first-phone — Your Child's First Phone: A calm, practical pathway for setting up a child's first smartphone with sensible UK family safety steps.
- /first-time-safety/first-social-media-account — Your Child's First Social Media Account: How to introduce a first social media account with realistic UK guidance on age limits, privacy and pressure.
- /first-time-safety/first-gaming-headset — Your Child's First Gaming Headset: A headset opens up voice chat with strangers. Use this UK pathway to set sensible boundaries from day one.
- /first-time-safety/first-sleepover — Your Child's First Sleepover: A UK guide to a calm, well-prepared first sleepover, covering host checks, devices overnight and emergencies.
- /first-time-safety/first-solo-walk-to-school — Your Child's First Solo Walk to School: A UK pathway for the first independent walk to school, with route practice, contact planning and red flags.
- /first-time-safety/first-ai-chatbot-use — Your Child's First AI Chatbot Use: A UK pathway for introducing AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini with realistic limits and safety conversations.
- /first-time-safety/first-livestream — Your Child's First Livestream: A UK pathway for your child's first livestream, with privacy, viewer controls and what to do if things go wrong.
- /first-time-safety/first-vr-headset — Your Child's First VR Headset: A UK pathway for setting up a first VR headset safely, with age limits, social spaces and physical safety.
- /first-time-safety/first-school-trip — Your Child's First School Trip: A calm UK pathway for a first day trip or residential, with packing, medication, contact plans and emergencies.
- /first-time-safety/first-concert-festival — Your Child's First Concert or Festival: A UK pathway for a first concert or festival, with meeting points, lost-friend plans and harm-reduction advice.
- /first-time-safety/first-part-time-job — Your Child's First Part-Time Job: A UK pathway for a first part-time job, with legal hours, work permits, pay and online safety in the workplace.
- /first-time-safety/first-online-sale-purchase — Your Child's First Online Sale or Purchase: A UK pathway for a first online sale or purchase, with scam spotting, safe payment and parent-supervised accounts.
- /first-time-safety/first-relationship-conversation — Talking with Your Child About Their First Relationship: A UK pathway for supporting a child through a first crush or relationship, with consent, boundaries and online pressure.

### Copyable UK Templates (/templates)
- /templates/email-school-dsl-online-safety-concern — Email to school DSL about an online safety concern: Calm, factual email to your child's school Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) raising an online safety concern.
- /templates/email-school-bullying-concern — Email to school about bullying: Email to your child's school flagging bullying (online, offline, or both) and asking what the school will do.
- /templates/email-school-image-sharing-concern — Email to school about an image-sharing incident: Calm, non-graphic email about an image of your child or another pupil being shared between children.
- /templates/email-school-safeguarding-follow-up — Follow-up email after a safeguarding report: Polite follow-up when you have not had a substantive reply to an earlier safeguarding email.
- /templates/message-to-another-parent — Message to another parent about an online incident: Non-accusatory message to a parent of another child involved in an online incident with your own child.
- /templates/message-to-child-after-online-incident — Message to your child after an online incident: Short, supportive message to send your child after something has happened online — designed to lower shame and open a conversation.
- /templates/message-to-platform-support — Message to a platform's support team: Generic reporting message to send to a social media, gaming, or messaging platform when their in-app report has not been enough.
- /templates/message-to-police-101 — Structured summary for a 101 police report: Structured incident summary to read from or send when contacting the police on 101 about a non-emergency online incident.
- /templates/message-to-sports-club-safeguarding-officer — Message to a sports club safeguarding officer: Calm message to a sports club's safeguarding officer or welfare lead about a concern affecting your child.
- /templates/message-to-youth-group-leader — Message to a youth group leader: Polite message to a youth group leader (Scouts, Guides, faith group, cadets) about a concern or change you want them to know about.
- /templates/message-to-tutor-or-coach — Message to a private tutor or coach: Polite, clear message to a private tutor, music teacher, language coach, or one-to-one instructor about expectations and safeguards.
- /templates/co-parent-online-safety-message — Message to a co-parent about online safety: Calm message to a co-parent or other parental figure to align on online safety rules between households.
- /templates/local-authority-safeguarding-contact-notes — Internal notes: contacting children's services: Internal notes to keep for yourself when contacting your local authority children's services or MASH about a safeguarding concern.
- /templates/incident-timeline-template — Incident timeline template: Chronological log for keeping a clean record of an unfolding incident — what happened, when, what you did, and who you contacted.
- /templates/parent-meeting-notes-template — Parent meeting notes template: Note-taking template for a meeting with a school, club, or safeguarding professional — to use during the meeting and write up afterwards.
- /templates/police-statement-template — Reporting an online incident to the police: A structured template to help you report an online safety incident to the police clearly, with the facts and evidence they will need.
- /templates/ceop-report-template — Reporting online sexual abuse or exploitation to CEOP: A template to help you make a clear report to CEOP when a child has experienced online sexual abuse, exploitation, grooming, or sextortion.
- /templates/school-disclosure-letter — Letter to school disclosing a safeguarding concern: A calm, formal letter to your child's school disclosing a safeguarding or online-safety concern and asking for it to be recorded and acted on.
- /templates/dsl-meeting-prep — Preparing for a meeting with the school DSL: A prep sheet to help you get the most from a meeting with your child's Designated Safeguarding Lead — what to bring, ask, and agree.
- /templates/family-phone-agreement — Family phone agreement: A fill-in agreement for a parent and child to set the rules and responsibilities that come with a phone, and sign together.
- /templates/conversation-opener-scripts — Conversation opener scripts for difficult topics: Ready-to-use opening lines for starting calm conversations with your child about tricky online-safety topics without shutting them down.

### Safeguarding System Explainers (/safeguarding-system)
- /safeguarding-system/what-is-a-dsl — What is a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)?: Every school in England must have a DSL. Here is what they do, what they can decide, and how they fit into the wider safeguarding system.
- /safeguarding-system/what-happens-after-a-safeguarding-concern — What Happens After a Safeguarding Concern is Raised: A calm walk-through of the typical UK process once anyone — a parent, a teacher, a relative — raises a worry about a child.
- /safeguarding-system/what-are-childrens-services — What Are Children's Services?: Every local authority in England, Scotland, and Wales has a children's services department; in Northern Ireland the same role is carried out by Health and Social Care Trusts. Here is what they do, how they are organised, and when they get involved with families.
- /safeguarding-system/what-is-mash — What is a MASH (Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub)?: Most councils in England run a MASH — a single team where social workers, police, health, and education meet to triage concerns about children. Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland use their own front-door and multi-agency arrangements.
- /safeguarding-system/what-is-early-help — What is Early Help?: Early help is voluntary, supportive work with families before problems become serious. Here is what it looks like in practice in the UK.
- /safeguarding-system/what-is-a-referral — What is a Safeguarding Referral?: A 'referral' is simply someone passing a concern about a child to children's services or another agency. Here is what it actually involves.
- /safeguarding-system/what-happens-if-school-reports-a-concern — What Happens if School Reports a Concern About Your Child: From the parent perspective: who contacts you, what they can and cannot tell you, and what happens next.
- /safeguarding-system/what-happens-if-parent-reports-a-concern — What Happens After You Call Children's Services or the Police: Step by step: what to expect after you, as a parent or relative, ring 101, 999, or your local council about a child.
- /safeguarding-system/what-to-expect-from-police — What to Expect from the Police: 101 vs 999: When to dial which number, what the police will and will not investigate, and what happens after you report a child safeguarding matter.
- /safeguarding-system/how-to-keep-records — How to Keep Records of a Safeguarding Concern: Why parents should keep their own paper trail of safeguarding conversations, what to write down, and how to store it safely.
- /safeguarding-system/safeguarding-in-scotland — Child Protection in Scotland: How the System Works: Scotland has its own child protection system, separate from England's. Here is how GIRFEC, the National Guidance for Child Protection, and the Children's Hearings System work — and who to contact.
- /safeguarding-system/safeguarding-in-wales — Child Protection in Wales: How the System Works: Wales has its own safeguarding framework under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act. Here is how Keeping Learners Safe, the Wales Safeguarding Procedures, and Regional Safeguarding Boards work — and who to contact.
- /safeguarding-system/safeguarding-in-northern-ireland — Child Protection in Northern Ireland: How the System Works: Northern Ireland delivers child protection through Health and Social Care Trusts, not councils. Here is how Gateway teams, the Safeguarding Board (SBNI), and out-of-hours social work work — and who to contact.

### KCSIE 2026 Sub-Hub (/schools/kcsie)
- /schools/kcsie/summary-for-staff — KCSIE 2026: Plain-English Summary for School Staff: A calm, plain-English briefing on what every member of staff needs to know about Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026 — online safety, child-on-child abuse, reporting, and recording.
- /schools/kcsie/dsl-checklist — DSL Checklist: KCSIE 2026 Responsibilities: A working checklist of the Designated Safeguarding Lead's responsibilities under KCSIE 2026, with practical prompts on online monitoring, incident response, parent communication, and evidence-keeping.
- /schools/kcsie/governor-checklist — Governor Checklist: Strategic Safeguarding Oversight: Strategic prompts for governors and trustees: filtering and monitoring evidence, staff training, safeguarding culture, online safety curriculum, and incident trends.
- /schools/kcsie/online-safety-checklist — Whole-School Online Safety Checklist: A whole-school checklist covering policy, curriculum, staff training, parent education, pupil voice, device rules, reporting routes, platform risks, and AI risks.
- /schools/kcsie/filtering-monitoring-checklist — Filtering and Monitoring Standards: Practical Checklist: What filtering and monitoring really means under KCSIE 2026 and the DfE standards — ownership, review cycle, evidence, provider questions, and governor oversight.
- /schools/kcsie/child-on-child-abuse-response — Responding to Child-on-Child Abuse: A Calm Framework: Calm, structured steps for recognising, recording, responding to, and referring child-on-child abuse — including online and sexualised behaviour — without dismissing or escalating disproportionately.
- /schools/kcsie/mobile-phone-policy-guide — Mobile Phone Policy Guide for Schools: A practical guide to choosing between no-phone, restricted, and BYOD approaches — including sanctions, safeguarding exceptions, parent communication, and template wording.
- /schools/kcsie/ai-tools-policy — AI Tools in Schools: Policy Starter: Practical positions on chatbot use, homework, privacy, deepfake risks, staff use, pupil use, and an acceptable-use starter clause.
- /schools/kcsie/safeguarding-evidence-folder — Safeguarding Evidence Folder: What to Keep: What to store and how to organise it: training logs, policy reviews, filtering reviews, incident trends, governor minutes, parent communications, and pupil voice.
- /schools/kcsie/staff-quiz — KCSIE 2026 Staff Quiz (Self-Check): Ten multiple-choice questions to help staff self-check their KCSIE 2026 knowledge. Includes answers and short explanations. Use as part of induction or a CPD session.
- /schools/kcsie/inset-training-outline — KCSIE 2026 INSET Training Outline (90 minutes): A ready-to-adapt 90-minute INSET agenda for whole-staff KCSIE 2026 training. Covers what is new, online safety, child-on-child abuse, reporting, and reflection.
- /schools/kcsie/parent-communication-templates — Parent Communication Templates: Online Safety: Editable newsletter and email starters covering online safety, smartphone use, group chats, and what to do if something happens. Calm tone, no scare tactics.

### SEND Online Safety (/send-online-safety)
- /send-online-safety/autistic-children — Online Safety for Autistic Children: A strength-based guide to supporting autistic children online — pattern recognition, special interests, and the small adjustments that make a big difference.
- /send-online-safety/adhd — Online Safety for Children with ADHD: Helping ADHD children build online safety habits that work with their brains, not against them — impulsivity, hyperfocus, and dopamine-aware design.
- /send-online-safety/learning-disabilities — Online Safety for Children with Learning Disabilities: Online safety that works at your child's reading and reasoning level — easy-read rules, real-life rehearsal, and supportive structure.
- /send-online-safety/speech-language-needs — Online Safety for Children with Speech and Language Needs: Online safety for children with DLD, language disorders, or communication delay — visual rules, AAC-aware scripts, and ways to ask for help.
- /send-online-safety/looked-after-children — Online Safety for Looked-After Children: For foster carers, kinship carers, and social workers supporting children in care online — contact, identity, and trauma-aware approaches.
- /send-online-safety/kinship-care — Online Safety in Kinship Care: For grandparents and family carers raising a relative's child — practical online safety when the placement and the family ties are intertwined.
- /send-online-safety/social-vulnerability-grooming — Why SEND Children Face Higher Grooming Risk — and What Helps: Honest, non-graphic guidance on why neurodivergent and SEND children are targeted more often online — and concrete steps that lower risk without blame.
- /send-online-safety/literal-thinking-scams — Literal Thinking, Autism, and Online Scams: How literal thinking patterns interact with scams, phishing, and manipulative messages — and concrete rules that work.
- /send-online-safety/gaming-regulation — Gaming and Emotional Regulation in SEND Children: Helpful structure around gaming for children with ADHD, autism, and other regulation needs — alternatives to bans that actually work.
- /send-online-safety/sensory-needs-screen-time — Sensory Needs and Screen Time: When screens are regulating and when they are overwhelming — a sensory-aware approach to screen-time decisions.
- /send-online-safety/visual-safety-rules — Visual and Picture-Based Online Safety Rules: Picture-based online safety rules for non-readers and emerging readers — printable cards, AAC-compatible symbols, and how to use them well.
- /send-online-safety/easy-read-online-safety — Easy-Read Online Safety: Plain-language, easy-read summaries of the core online safety rules — for children, young people, and adults with learning disabilities.

### Young People — Rights and Law (/young-people/rights-and-law)
- /young-people/rights-and-law/age-ratings — Age ratings: what they actually mean for you: How UK age ratings work for games, films, and apps, what they really mean, and what your rights are when something feels too much.
- /young-people/rights-and-law/online-consent-and-boundaries — Online consent and your boundaries: What consent means in messaging, calls, and online relationships, and how to set boundaries that other people have to respect.
- /young-people/rights-and-law/sharing-images — Sharing images: your rights and the law: Plain-English guide to nudes, intimate images, and what UK law actually says when you are under 18 and something has been shared.
- /young-people/rights-and-law/harassment-and-threats — Harassment and threats online: What counts as harassment or a threat online, what your rights are, and how to report it safely under UK law.
- /young-people/rights-and-law/hate-speech — Hate speech and free speech: Where the line sits between strong opinion and hate speech under UK law, and what you can do when you are the target.
- /young-people/rights-and-law/scams-and-fraud — Scams and online fraud aimed at young people: How scams aimed at young people actually work, your rights when you have been caught by one, and how to report it in the UK.
- /young-people/rights-and-law/privacy — Your privacy and personal data: What privacy rights you actually have under UK data protection law, including the right to ask for your data back or have it deleted.
- /young-people/rights-and-law/public-vs-private-messages — Public vs private messages: what is actually private?: Why nothing online is fully private, what counts as 'public' in UK law, and how to think before you post or send.
- /young-people/rights-and-law/online-reputation — Your online reputation and your future: How posts, comments, and tags can follow you, your right to be forgotten, and what to do if a single moment is defining you online.
- /young-people/rights-and-law/school-consequences — When school gets involved: your rights: How UK schools handle online incidents under KCSIE 2026, what your rights are during a school investigation, and how to be heard.
- /young-people/rights-and-law/when-to-ask-for-help — When to ask for help and who to ask: Clear signs that something has crossed a line and you should not handle it on your own, plus a UK helpline list to keep nearby.
- /young-people/rights-and-law/talking-to-a-trusted-adult — Talking to a trusted adult: How to choose a trusted adult, how to start the conversation, and what to do if the first adult you tell does not respond well.

### Per-App Sub-Pages (/apps/[slug]/[topic])
- /apps/tiktok/report — How to report abuse, grooming or harmful content on TikTok
- /apps/tiktok/best-privacy-settings — Best privacy settings for TikTok (UK parent walkthrough)
- /apps/tiktok/best-settings-for-13-year-olds — Best TikTok settings for a 13-year-old
- /apps/snapchat/report — How to report abuse, grooming or harmful content on Snapchat
- /apps/snapchat/best-privacy-settings — Best privacy settings for Snapchat (UK parent walkthrough)
- /apps/snapchat/best-settings-for-13-year-olds — Best Snapchat settings for a 13-year-old
- /apps/instagram/report — How to report abuse, grooming or harmful content on Instagram
- /apps/instagram/best-privacy-settings — Best privacy settings for Instagram (UK parent walkthrough)
- /apps/instagram/best-settings-for-13-year-olds — Best Instagram settings for a 13-year-old
- /apps/discord/report — How to report abuse, grooming or harmful content on Discord
- /apps/discord/best-privacy-settings — Best privacy settings for Discord (UK parent walkthrough)
- /apps/discord/best-settings-for-13-year-olds — Best Discord settings for a 13-year-old
- /apps/roblox/report — How to report abuse, grooming or harmful content on Roblox
- /apps/roblox/best-privacy-settings — Best privacy settings for Roblox (UK parent walkthrough)
- /apps/roblox/best-settings-for-13-year-olds — Best Roblox settings for a 13-year-old
- /apps/youtube/report — How to report abuse, harmful content or comments on YouTube
- /apps/youtube/best-privacy-settings — Best privacy settings for YouTube (UK parent walkthrough)
- /apps/youtube/best-settings-for-13-year-olds — Best YouTube settings for a 13-year-old
- /apps/whatsapp/report — How to report abuse, scams or harmful content on WhatsApp
- /apps/whatsapp/best-privacy-settings — Best privacy settings for WhatsApp (UK parent walkthrough)
- /apps/whatsapp/best-settings-for-13-year-olds — Best WhatsApp settings for a 13-year-old
- /apps/character-ai/report — How to report abuse or harmful chats on Character.AI
- /apps/character-ai/best-privacy-settings — Best privacy settings for Character.AI (UK parent walkthrough)
- /apps/character-ai/best-settings-for-13-year-olds — Best Character.AI settings for a 13-year-old
- /apps/meta-quest/report — How to report abuse or harmful experiences on Meta Quest
- /apps/meta-quest/best-privacy-settings — Best privacy settings for Meta Quest (UK parent walkthrough)
- /apps/meta-quest/best-settings-for-13-year-olds — Best Meta Quest settings for a 13-year-old
- /apps/fortnite/report — How to report abuse, grooming or scams in Fortnite
- /apps/fortnite/best-privacy-settings — Best privacy settings for Fortnite (UK parent walkthrough)
- /apps/fortnite/best-settings-for-13-year-olds — Best Fortnite settings for a 13-year-old
- /apps/telegram/report — How to report abuse, grooming or harmful content on Telegram
- /apps/kick/report — How to report abuse or harmful content on Kick
- /apps/reddit/report — How to report abuse, grooming or harmful content on Reddit
- /apps/x-twitter/report — How to report abuse, grooming or harmful content on X (Twitter)
- /apps/youtube-kids/settings — Best YouTube Kids settings (UK parent walkthrough)
- /apps/snapchat/location-settings — Best Snapchat location settings (UK parent walkthrough)

### App Safety Scorecards (data; rendered at /tools/app-safety-scorecards and /compare)
- TikTok (social-media) — recommended from age 15; rated across 9 child-safety dimensions
- Snapchat (social-media) — recommended from age 14; rated across 9 child-safety dimensions
- Instagram (social-media) — recommended from age 14; rated across 9 child-safety dimensions
- Discord (messaging) — recommended from age 15; rated across 9 child-safety dimensions
- Roblox (gaming) — recommended from age 10; rated across 9 child-safety dimensions
- YouTube (video) — recommended from age 13; rated across 9 child-safety dimensions
- WhatsApp (messaging) — recommended from age 14; rated across 9 child-safety dimensions
- Character.AI (ai-chatbot) — recommended from age 18; rated across 9 child-safety dimensions
- Meta Quest (vr) — recommended from age 13; rated across 9 child-safety dimensions
- Fortnite (gaming) — recommended from age 12; rated across 9 child-safety dimensions
- Minecraft (gaming) — recommended from age 8; rated across 9 child-safety dimensions
- Telegram (messaging) — recommended from age 16; rated across 9 child-safety dimensions
- Twitch (video) — recommended from age 15; rated across 9 child-safety dimensions
- X (Twitter) (social-media) — recommended from age 16; rated across 9 child-safety dimensions
- Kick (video) — recommended from age 18; rated across 9 child-safety dimensions

### Interactive Tools (/tools)
- /tools — Interactive tools hub
- /tools/safety-quiz
- /tools/what-age-for-what-app
- /tools/is-this-app-right
- /tools/device-buying-guide
- /tools/incident-log
- /tools/babysitter-brief
- /tools/birthday-party-rules
- /tools/emergency-flowchart
- /tools/screen-time-calculator
- /tools/incident-classifier
- /tools/family-contract
- /tools/reporting-route-finder
- /tools/local-safeguarding-finder
- /tools/emergency-help-wizard
- /tools/first-phone-readiness
- /tools/conversation-planner
- /tools/group-chat-risk-checker
- /tools/kcsie-checklist
- /tools/club-safeguarding-audit
- /tools/trusted-adult-map
- /tools/app-permission-audit
- /tools/child-safety-dashboard
- /tools/device-setup-tracker
- /tools/filtering-monitoring-review
- /tools/parent-workshop-planner
- /tools/photography-policy-builder
- /tools/school-online-safety-maturity
- /tools/app-safety-scorecards
- /tools/family-safety-plan

### Glossary (/glossary)
- /glossary/algorithm — Algorithm: A set of rules used by apps and websites to decide what content to show you. Social media algorithms learn what keeps you scrolling and show you more of it.
- /glossary/block — Block: A feature on most apps that stops a specific person from contacting you or seeing your content. Blocking someone is always okay if they are making you uncomfortable.
- /glossary/catfishing — Catfishing: When someone creates a fake online identity to deceive others, often using someone else\'s photos and a made-up name.
- /glossary/ceop — CEOP: The Child Exploitation and Online Protection command, part of the National Crime Agency. You can report concerns about online child exploitation at ceop.police.uk.
- /glossary/content-filtering — Content filtering: Technology that blocks access to certain types of websites or online content. It can be applied at the network level (on your router) or on individual devices.
- /glossary/cookies — Cookies: Small files stored on your device by websites to remember your preferences, login details, and browsing habits. Some cookies track your activity across multiple sites.
- /glossary/cyberbullying — Cyberbullying: Repeated, deliberate harmful behaviour carried out through digital devices such as phones, tablets, and computers. It can include mean messages, exclusion, and sharing embarrassing content.
- /glossary/cyberstalking — Cyberstalking: Using the internet to repeatedly harass, monitor, or threaten someone. This can include tracking someone\'s location, monitoring their social media, or sending unwanted messages.
- /glossary/dark-web — Dark web: A part of the internet that is not indexed by search engines and requires special software to access. It is often associated with illegal activity.
- /glossary/dbs-check — DBS check: Disclosure and Barring Service check. A background check used in the UK to determine whether someone is suitable to work with children or vulnerable adults.
- /glossary/deepfake — Deepfake: AI-generated video, audio, or images that convincingly show a real person saying or doing something they never actually did.
- /glossary/digital-footprint — Digital footprint: The trail of data you leave behind when you use the internet, including posts, comments, searches, and data collected by websites. Some of it is permanent.
- /glossary/dns-filtering — DNS filtering: A method of blocking harmful websites by changing the Domain Name System settings on your router. It protects all devices on your network without installing software on each one.
- /glossary/doxing — Doxing: Publicly sharing someone\'s private information, such as their home address, phone number, or workplace, without their consent, usually with malicious intent.
- /glossary/encryption — Encryption: The process of scrambling data so that only the intended recipient can read it. End-to-end encryption means even the platform itself cannot see the content of your messages.
- /glossary/family-link-screen-time — Family Link / Screen Time: Built-in parental control tools on Android (Family Link) and Apple (Screen Time) devices. They allow parents to manage app access, screen time, and content restrictions.
- /glossary/grooming — Grooming: When someone builds a relationship with a child in order to exploit or abuse them. Online grooming often involves flattery, gifts, secrecy, and gradually pushing boundaries.
- /glossary/hallucination-ai — Hallucination (AI): When an AI chatbot generates information that sounds confident and plausible but is entirely fabricated. AI tools do not verify facts, they predict likely-sounding words.
- /glossary/in-app-purchases — In-app purchases: Purchases made within an app, often for virtual items, extra features, or game currency. Children can spend real money without realising it if purchases are not restricted.
- /glossary/lado — LADO: Local Authority Designated Officer. The person who manages allegations against adults who work with children, such as teachers, coaches, or care workers.
- /glossary/livestreaming — Livestreaming: Broadcasting video in real time to an audience. Unlike pre-recorded content, livestreams cannot be moderated before they are seen.
- /glossary/loot-box — Loot box: A feature in some games where players pay for a randomised selection of virtual items. Considered by many to be a form of gambling aimed at children.
- /glossary/metadata — Metadata: Data about data. For example, a photo\'s metadata can include the date, time, and GPS location where it was taken, information that may be shared unknowingly.
- /glossary/money-mule — Money mule: Someone who allows their bank account to be used to transfer illegally obtained money. Teenagers are increasingly recruited for this through social media. It is a criminal offence.
- /glossary/parental-controls — Parental controls: Settings and tools that allow parents to manage what their children can access on devices, apps, and networks. They include content filters, screen time limits, and communication restrictions.
- /glossary/pegi-rating — PEGI rating: Pan European Game Information rating. The age classification system used for video games in the UK and Europe, ranging from PEGI 3 to PEGI 18.
- /glossary/phishing — Phishing: A type of scam where someone sends a message designed to trick you into sharing personal information, clicking a malicious link, or downloading harmful software.
- /glossary/report — Report / reporting: The process of notifying a platform, organisation, or authority about harmful content or behaviour. Most apps have a built-in reporting feature accessible from the offending content.
- /glossary/revenge-porn — Revenge porn: The non-consensual sharing of intimate images, usually by a former partner. In the UK, this is a criminal offence. The Revenge Porn Helpline (0345 6000 459) can help with removal.
- /glossary/safesearch — SafeSearch: A setting built into search engines like Google and Bing that filters explicit content from search results. It should be enabled on all devices children use.
- /glossary/sextortion — Sextortion: A form of blackmail where someone threatens to share intimate images of a person unless they comply with demands, often for money or more images.
- /glossary/two-factor-authentication — Two-factor authentication (2FA): A security feature that requires two forms of verification to access an account, typically a password plus a code sent to your phone. Significantly reduces the risk of account hacking.
- /glossary/vpn — VPN: Virtual Private Network. Software that encrypts your internet connection and routes it through a server elsewhere. Can be used for privacy, but children may also use VPNs to bypass content filters.
- /glossary/ip-address — IP address: Internet Protocol address. A unique number assigned to every device connected to the internet. It can reveal your approximate location and be used to identify you online.
- /glossary/malware — Malware: Malicious software designed to damage, disrupt, or gain unauthorised access to a device. Types include viruses, worms, ransomware, and spyware.
- /glossary/online-scam — Online scam: A fraudulent scheme carried out via the internet, designed to trick people into giving away money, personal information, or access to their accounts.
- /glossary/trolling — Trolling: Deliberately posting provocative, offensive, or disruptive content online to upset others or cause arguments. Trolling can range from mild annoyance to targeted harassment.
- /glossary/hate-speech — Hate speech: Language that attacks, demeans, or incites violence against a person or group based on their race, religion, gender, sexuality, disability, or other protected characteristic.
- /glossary/radicalisation — Radicalisation: The process by which a person comes to support or adopt extreme views, often through online exposure to propaganda, hate groups, or charismatic individuals.
- /glossary/sexting — Sexting: The sending or receiving of sexually explicit messages, photos, or videos, typically via a smartphone. When involving under-18s, sexting can have serious legal consequences.
- /glossary/sharenting — Sharenting: The practice of parents regularly sharing photos, videos, and details about their children on social media. This can create a digital footprint for a child before they can consent.
- /glossary/parasocial-relationship — Parasocial relationship: A one-sided emotional connection with a public figure, influencer, or online personality. Children may feel they know a creator personally, making them more trusting.
- /glossary/social-engineering — Social engineering: Psychological manipulation used to trick people into revealing confidential information or taking actions that compromise their security.
- /glossary/spyware — Spyware: Software that secretly monitors what you do on your device, including keystrokes, browsing history, and messages. It can be installed without knowledge.
- /glossary/account-hacking — Account hacking: Gaining unauthorised access to someone\'s online account, often through guessing passwords, phishing, or exploiting security weaknesses.
- /glossary/screen-time — Screen time: The amount of time spent using a device with a screen, including phones, tablets, computers, and televisions.
- /glossary/age-verification — Age verification: Technology or processes used to confirm a user\'s age before allowing access to content or services. The UK Online Safety Act requires platforms to keep children away from harmful content.
- /glossary/online-safety-act — Online Safety Act: UK legislation (2023) that places legal duties on tech companies to protect users, especially children, from harmful content online. Ofcom is the regulator.
- /glossary/safeguarding — Safeguarding: The action taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm. In the UK, safeguarding includes prevention of harm, supporting good outcomes, and taking action when concerns arise.
- /glossary/child-protection — Child protection: A part of safeguarding focused specifically on protecting children who are suffering, or likely to suffer, significant harm. It triggers more formal interventions including child protection plans.
- /glossary/designated-safeguarding-lead — Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL): The named member of senior school staff responsible for safeguarding and child protection. Every school must have a DSL and at least one deputy.
- /glossary/early-help — Early help: Support provided to families as soon as problems emerge, before concerns escalate to statutory intervention. Schools, GPs, and other professionals can lead or refer to early help services.
- /glossary/significant-harm — Significant harm: A threshold in UK law (Children Act 1989) at which compulsory state intervention into family life is justified. Defined as ill-treatment or impairment of health or development.
- /glossary/child-in-need — Child in need plan: A multi-agency plan under Section 17 of the Children Act 1989, providing services to a child whose health or development would suffer without support.
- /glossary/child-protection-plan — Child protection plan: A plan made for a child judged to be at risk of significant harm. Reviewed at child protection conferences. The local authority leads the plan.
- /glossary/child-sexual-exploitation — Child sexual exploitation (CSE): A form of child sexual abuse where a child is manipulated, coerced, or forced into sexual activity in exchange for something: money, gifts, status, drugs, or affection.
- /glossary/child-criminal-exploitation — Child criminal exploitation (CCE): Where children are coerced, controlled, or manipulated into criminal activity, including drug supply (county lines), theft, or violence.
- /glossary/county-lines — County lines: A model of drug supply that exploits children to move and sell drugs from urban areas to other parts of the UK. Children involved are victims of criminal exploitation.
- /glossary/peer-on-peer-abuse — Peer-on-peer abuse: Abuse between children, including bullying, sexual violence and harassment, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and image-based abuse. A required focus under KCSIE.
- /glossary/harmful-sexual-behaviour — Harmful sexual behaviour: Sexual behaviour by children that is developmentally inappropriate or may be harmful to themselves or others. The Brook Traffic Light Tool helps professionals assess what is concerning.
- /glossary/image-based-abuse — Image-based abuse: The non-consensual taking, sharing, or threatening to share of intimate images. Includes upskirting, revenge porn, and deepfake intimate images.
- /glossary/kcsie — KCSIE: Keeping Children Safe in Education: statutory guidance for schools and colleges in England on safeguarding. Updated annually. All school staff must read at least Part 1.
- /glossary/regulated-activity — Regulated activity: Defined in the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006. Roles involving regular contact with children where an enhanced DBS check with barred-list information is required.
- /glossary/local-safeguarding-partnership — Local safeguarding partnership: Multi-agency arrangements (replacing former Local Safeguarding Children Boards) that bring together the local authority, police, and health bodies to safeguard children in their area.
- /glossary/mash — MASH: Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub. A team in each local authority that receives safeguarding referrals and decides what response is needed.
- /glossary/mandatory-reporting — Mandatory reporting: A legal duty to report specific types of child abuse to authorities. In the UK, mandatory reporting of FGM exists.
- /glossary/iwf — IWF: Internet Watch Foundation. UK charity that identifies and removes online child sexual abuse imagery. Anyone can report indecent images of children anonymously.
- /glossary/deputy-dsl — Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead: A senior member of staff trained to act in the role of the DSL when they are unavailable. Every English school must have at least one deputy DSL.
- /glossary/modern-slavery — Modern slavery: The exploitation of people, including children, for forced labour, sexual exploitation, or criminal activity. Covered by the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
- /glossary/looked-after-children — Looked-after children: Children in the care of a local authority, including those in foster care, residential homes, or placed with relatives under a court order.
- /glossary/dark-patterns — Dark patterns: Design tricks used by apps and websites to push people into choices they would not otherwise make, such as buying more, sharing more data, or staying online longer.
- /glossary/doxxing — Doxxing: Another spelling of doxing. Publicly sharing someone\'s private information without consent, often to invite harassment or harm.
- /glossary/generative-ai — Generative AI: AI tools that create text, images, audio, or video, such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or image generators. Their output is predicted, not researched.
- /glossary/filtering-and-monitoring — Filtering and monitoring: Technology used by schools to block harmful content and to monitor for risky activity on school networks and devices. A statutory expectation under KCSIE.
- /glossary/gacha — Gacha: A game mechanic where players pay or grind for a randomised draw of characters or items, named after Japanese capsule-toy machines. A type of loot box.
- /glossary/illegal-vs-harmful-content — Illegal vs harmful content: Illegal content breaks UK law (for example, child sexual abuse imagery or incitement to terrorism). Harmful content is legal but can damage a child, such as some self-harm or pro-eating-disorder material.

### Parent Journeys (/parent-journeys)
- /parent-journeys/first-phone — Your Child Wants Their First Phone: How to decide if your child is ready, what to set up before handing it over, and how to introduce the rules without a fight.
- /parent-journeys/received-scary-message — Your Child Received a Scary or Upsetting Message: What to do first when your child shows you a frightening message, threat, or unwanted contact online.
- /parent-journeys/going-to-sleepover — Your Child is Going to a Sleepover: Practical preparation for sleepovers — devices, supervision questions to ask the host, and how to brief your child.
- /parent-journeys/child-wants-tiktok — Your Child Wants TikTok: How to decide if your child is ready for TikTok, what to set up if you say yes, and what to say if you say no.
- /parent-journeys/child-wants-snapchat — Your Child Wants Snapchat: What Snapchat actually does, why disappearing messages matter, and how to set it up safely if you agree.
- /parent-journeys/child-wants-instagram — Your Child Wants Instagram: How to set up Instagram and Reels safely for a teen, what "Teen Account" actually does, and what to say if you say no.
- /parent-journeys/child-wants-discord — Your Child Wants Discord: How Discord servers, DMs, and friend requests really work — and how to set up an account so a child can use it without being a target.
- /parent-journeys/child-wants-roblox-voice-chat — Your Child Wants Roblox Voice Chat Enabled: What Roblox Spatial Voice is, why it matters more than text chat, and how to decide if your child is ready.
- /parent-journeys/child-wants-ai-chatbot — Your Child Wants an AI Chatbot (Character.AI, Replika, My AI): Why teens use companion AI chatbots, what the genuine risks are, and how to talk about them without sounding alarmist.
- /parent-journeys/asked-for-photo — Someone Asked Your Child to Send a Photo: What to do when your child tells you someone online asked for a picture — including selfies, school uniform shots, or anything more explicit.
- /parent-journeys/blackmailed-online — Your Child is Being Blackmailed Online: Urgent steps when someone is threatening to share images or videos of your child unless they pay money or send more material (sextortion).
- /parent-journeys/saw-disturbing-content — Your Child Saw Disturbing Content Online: What to do after your child has seen violent, sexual, or frightening content — including how to talk about it without making things worse.
- /parent-journeys/online-relationship — Your Teen Has an Online-Only Relationship: How to assess whether your teen's online partner is who they say they are — and what to do if you have concerns.
- /parent-journeys/private-account-discovered — You Found a Hidden Account on Your Child's Device: What to do when you discover a second, private, or hidden social media account on your child's phone — without destroying trust permanently.
- /parent-journeys/spending-money-in-games — Unexpected Charges From In-Game Purchases: What to do when your child has run up charges in Roblox, Fortnite, FIFA, or another game — including how to get a refund and stop it happening again.
- /parent-journeys/excluded-from-group-chats — Your Child is Being Excluded From Group Chats: What to do when your child is being deliberately left out of group chats, removed from them, or talked about in chats they cannot see.
- /parent-journeys/after-an-online-incident — Getting Back to Normal After an Online Incident: The days and weeks after something has gone wrong online — how to help your child recover, rebuild trust, and put safer habits in place without over-restricting.
- /parent-journeys/child-being-blackmailed — Your Child Is Being Blackmailed Online: What to do if someone is threatening your child online — demanding money, images, or actions. Includes sextortion, the UK reporting routes, and why you should never pay.
- /parent-journeys/child-received-scary-message — Your Child Received a Scary or Threatening Message: What to do when your child gets a frightening, threatening, or disturbing message online — how to assess it, preserve evidence, and decide who to tell.
- /parent-journeys/starting-secondary-school — Your Child is Starting Secondary School: Prepare for the Year 6 to Year 7 jump — new phones, new group chats, longer days, and a big leap in independence.
- /parent-journeys/walking-to-school-alone — Your Child is Walking to School Alone for the First Time: Practical preparation for the first time your child walks or cycles to and from school without an adult.
- /parent-journeys/joining-sports-club — Your Child is Joining a Sports Club or New Coach: Safeguarding questions every UK parent should ask before signing their child up to a club, team, or one-to-one coach.
- /parent-journeys/going-to-festival — Your Teen is Going to a Music Festival: Practical preparation for a teen attending their first or fifth music festival — phones, meeting points, money, drugs, and what to say.
- /parent-journeys/child-wants-youtube-channel — Your Child Wants to Start a YouTube Channel: How to let your child make videos safely — privacy, comments, channel settings, and the rules to agree before they post.
- /parent-journeys/child-wants-vr-headset — Your Child Wants a VR Headset (Meta Quest etc.): What to check before buying a VR headset, how to set it up safely, and the social and physical risks parents often miss.
- /parent-journeys/first-phone-setup — Setting Up Your Child's First Phone Safely: A practical, step-by-step walkthrough for setting up a child's first smartphone — the controls to turn on, the apps to hold back, and the family agreement to make it stick.
- /parent-journeys/hiding-apps — Your Child is Hiding Apps on Their Phone: What it means when you find apps tucked inside folders, calculator-vault apps, or fake icons — and how to respond without blowing up trust.
- /parent-journeys/bypassing-parental-controls — Your Child Has Bypassed Screen Time or Family Link: Your child has worked out how to disable parental controls. This is mostly a trust conversation, not just a tech fix.
- /parent-journeys/refuses-phone-rules — Your Child Refuses to Follow Phone Rules: Outright refusal to follow the phone rules you agreed. How to renegotiate without turning every evening into a fight.
- /parent-journeys/gaming-with-older-players — Your Child Plays Online Games With Older Strangers: Your child is in voice chat or party chat with players much older than them. What to check and what to do.
- /parent-journeys/sudden-behaviour-change — Your Child Has Suddenly Become Withdrawn and Secretive: A noticeable change in mood, withdrawal, secrecy about devices. It can be many things — here is how to think about it carefully.
- /parent-journeys/using-anonymous-apps — Your Child is Using Anonymous Messaging Apps: NGL, Tellonym, Yubo, Wink, Hoop — what they are, why they're a problem, and how to handle it without shaming.
- /parent-journeys/contacting-the-school — Raising an Online Safety Concern with Your Child's School: How to raise a safeguarding or online-safety worry with your child's school — who to ask for, what to say, what the school must do, and how to follow up.
- /parent-journeys/gaming-with-younger-children — Keeping Younger Children Safe While Gaming: Roblox, Minecraft and other games younger children love — how to handle voice and text chat with strangers, in-game spending, and time limits without spoiling the fun.
- /parent-journeys/managing-class-whatsapp — Managing the Class WhatsApp Group: Class and friendship group chats can turn into a source of bullying, exclusion, and late-night pressure. How to help your child navigate them and when to step in.
- /parent-journeys/managing-social-media-with-tween — Managing Social Media with a Tween (11–13): Your 11–13-year-old wants to be on social media like their friends. How to decide, set it up safely, and stay involved as they take their first steps.
- /parent-journeys/teen-on-discord — Your Teenager Is Using Discord: Discord is huge with teenagers for gaming and communities — and mixes private servers with public ones full of strangers. How to help your teen use it safely.

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