Category: Online Safety
A Stranger Messaged My Child: What to Do
You’ve just seen it: a message from someone your child doesn’t know. Maybe you found it on their phone, maybe your child…
Teaching Kids Digital Consent & Respecting Others’ Privacy
Most online-safety talks with kids point inward. Protect your passwords, guard your location, don’t overshare about yourself. All good. But there’s a…
QR Code Scams (Quishing): What Families Should Know
A QR code is just a picture of a web link. Point your camera at it and your phone offers to open…
Teens & Healthy Relationships Online
A lot of your teen’s love life now happens on a screen. The good parts and the worrying parts. Most of it…
AI Voice Cloning & Impersonation Scams: Protecting Your Family
The phone rings and it’s your daughter, sobbing, saying she’s been in an accident and needs money right now. The voice is…
What to Do If Your Child’s Photos Are Shared Without Consent
Finding out that a photo or video of your child has been passed around without permission is a gut-punch. Your heart races,…
Kids & Influencers: Parasocial Relationships & ‘Finfluencers’
Ask a nine-year-old about their favourite creator and you’ll hear the tone people usually save for a close friend. They know the…
Job & Money-Making Scams Targeting Teens
A 16-year-old wants their own money. Not a fortune — enough for trainers, a concert, a bit of independence from the bank…
Group Chats: Helping Kids Handle Drama & Pressure
A one-to-one message is a conversation. A group chat is a room — and rooms have an audience, a mood, and a…
Online Radicalization & Extremism: What Parents Should Know
No one wakes up one morning holding hateful beliefs. Radicalization is slow. It works through friendship, belonging and small steps, and by…