Your school turned on AI for your kid. Nobody asked you.
How schools switch on Copilot and Gemini for students, where those conversations are stored, and what parents can ask their district.
Learn the Risks
Understanding the digital dangers children face through our three-pillar approach to protection
Start with the bigger picture
Setting kids up for success in the digital age
What internet access brings into a child’s life, how families can guide it, and why privacy and freedom belong in the same conversation.
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Featured Article
The Digital Danger Zone: Understanding the Real Risks
Research-backed evidence on how technology affects children's mental health and safety, revealing the true scale of digital dangers and their correlation with youth suicide rates. Learn about the two fundamental dangers of social media algorithms and online chat that are contributing to the youth mental health crisis.
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The Digital Danger Zone: Understanding the Real Risks
Research-backed evidence on technology's impact on youth mental health and the correlation with suicide rates.
Choose what is available
Choose what your child can watch
Set up parent-approved videos in YouTube Kids, check access on a TV, and find the important differences in Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video and Apple TV controls.
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Why You Can't Filter Content at Friends' Homes
Learn why technical solutions alone aren't enough and how to protect children outside your home.
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AI and Your Child: Navigating a World of Misinformation
Understanding the unique risks AI systems present to children, from spreading misinformation to creating deceptive content.
Choosing Technology
Is my child ready for a phone, social media, games or AI?
How I'd decide which devices and apps my child can use, and what I'd teach them first.
Online bullying
Help your child with online bullying
Help a child targeted by online bullying, witnessing it or taking part. Includes school questions, contact choices and follow-up.
Privacy
How to limit data collection about your child
Choose what information apps receive, review permissions and existing accounts, and use a checklist for your family’s information.
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Minecraft: choose a setup for your child
Choose a Minecraft setup for your child, manage multiplayer and chat, check the controls, and consider how play changes with friends and public servers.
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Is Fortnite Safe for Kids? The Family IT Guy's Complete Guide
Why I wouldn’t choose Fortnite for children, and parental controls for families who play anyway.
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DNS Filtering: Your Family's First Line of Digital Defense
Learn how network-level DNS filtering blocks harmful content before it reaches any device in your home, providing comprehensive protection.
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How to turn on grayscale on a Mac, iPhone, Android, Windows or Chromebook
Step-by-step grayscale settings for Mac, iPhone, Android, Windows and Chromebook, and what to know before turning it on for your kid.
Device use and daily life
How is device use affecting my child?
Look at how device use affects daily life, discuss what your child notices, and consider what to change, with optional questions to discuss together.
Choose videos
Choose YouTube videos for your child
Ben’s personal ratings and YouTube suggestions by age, with what to look for when choosing calmer videos for your child.
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Reduce interruptions from your phone
Choose which notifications can interrupt you, with instructions for iPhone and Android.
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Having second thoughts about a device or app?
Reconsider your family's approach, explain a change to your child, and plan what to do together with devices put away.
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Is my child ready for social media?
Why I wouldn't give a child social media, what I'd teach them, and how they can message friends without an account.
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Snapchat and Your Child: The Disturbing Truth Parents Need to Know
Learn about Snapchat's documented risks, internal communications about harm, and whether parental controls can effectively protect your child.
Online contact
Protect your child from harmful online contact
Choose who can contact your child, recognize concerning requests, review contact settings, and print warning signs or conversation prompts.
Help with threats
Sextortion: help for your child
Help a child threatened over sexual images: respond, report exploitation, seek support and consider options to limit an image’s spread.
Privacy
Sharing photos and information about your child
Consider what to share about your child, who can see it, and what relatives can pass on. Includes editable family-sharing questions.
Downloadable Resources
Free guides, worksheets, and templates to help put knowledge into action
Block Harmful Content
Free guides including filtering tools, content guidelines, and parental control setup instructions
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Track usage, set boundaries, and create balance with our screen time worksheets and activities
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Safety conversation starters, predator warning sign checklists, and online chat management guides
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Data protection checklists, sharenting guides, and smart device privacy templates
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