Online safety resources you can use tonight
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A ready-made newsletter piece
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Online safety at home: three things worth doing this week 1. Turn on your broadband parental controls. BT, Sky, Virgin Media and TalkTalk all include them free, and one setting covers every device on your home wifi. Step-by-step guides for each provider: techsafeforkids.com/home-network 2. Check the apps against their real minimum ages. WhatsApp is 13, TikTok is 13, and Roblox now uses age tiers. A one-page honest guide to each app children ask for: techsafeforkids.com/apps 3. Agree your family's rules together. A free builder creates a printable family agreement children actually help write: techsafeforkids.com/family-agreement TechSafe for Kids is a free UK guide written by a parent, with no adverts, no signups and no products to sell.
The parents' evening one-pager
Seven things every family can do this week, on one printable page. Print a stack and leave them on the table by the door.
Seven things every family can do this week
Free step-by-step guides for every item: techsafeforkids.com
Turn on your broadband provider's free parental controls (BT, Sky, Virgin Media and TalkTalk all include them). One setting covers every device on your home wifi.
techsafeforkids.com/home-network
Set up each device: Screen Time on iPhone and iPad, Family Link on Android, family settings on PlayStation, Xbox and Switch.
techsafeforkids.com/devices
Turn safe search on (and lock it) on Google, Bing and YouTube, and switch YouTube autoplay off.
techsafeforkids.com/online-search
Check the real minimum age before saying yes to an app. Most social apps are 13, some are older.
techsafeforkids.com/apps
Turn on purchase approvals everywhere, and remove saved card details from children's devices.
techsafeforkids.com/gaming
Rehearse the exit: if anything online feels wrong, stop, do not reply, and tell a grown-up. Praise them every time they do.
techsafeforkids.com/online-grooming
Agree your family rules together and stick them on the fridge. Children keep rules they helped write.
techsafeforkids.com/family-agreement
TechSafe for Kids: free UK online safety guidance written by a parent. No adverts, no signups, nothing to buy.
Discussion prompts by key stage
For circle time, PSHE or an assembly moment. Questions beat lectures at every age.
KS1 (5 to 7)
- Who would you tell if something on a screen made you feel funny or scared?
- What is private information? Practise with examples: name, school, address, favourite colour.
- Screens off means screens off: what shall we do next?
KS2 (7 to 11)
- What would you do if someone in a game asked where you live?
- Why do you think games make it so easy to spend money?
- Has anything in a group chat ever made you feel left out or upset?
KS3+ (11+)
- What does the algorithm think you like? Is it right?
- Would you recognise an AI-generated photo? What would you check?
- If a friend was being pressured for photos, what would you tell them to do?
Free tools worth pointing parents at
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