Digital safety
Three subjects, written twice: once for a young person and once for their parent. The pair covers the same ground, so a family can read it separately and then actually talk about it.
- For young people Short, straight, and not a lecture. What is really behind the videos, what changes when people can reach you, and what an AI chatbot actually is. Ten minutes a page, at most.
- For parents What to say and when to worry: the questions that work better than verdicts, the settings worth one evening, and the signs that something is more than a habit. Coaching, not policing.
What is on both sides
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The videos they watch YouTube and TikTok: the edited highlight, the paid job behind it, and a feed designed never to end. young people · parents
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Where people can reach them Snapchat, Instagram, Discord, group chats: what to watch for, and what to do if something has already happened. young people · parents
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AI chatbots Confidently wrong, relentlessly agreeable, and never a substitute for a person. young people · parents
None of these say to throw the phone in a lake. All three are about knowing how the thing works, because that is what makes somebody hard to fool.
If something has already happened
If a young person is being threatened over an image, or an adult has been contacting them, go straight to the steps and the numbers. The first thing on it is that the young person is not in trouble.
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