Reviews
Reporting resources tools are mostly free: what a dated record still does
Reporting resources tools, most of them free: what a dated record does that software cannot, and the questions to ask before installing anything.
Desk
Planning Desk
Timelines, dependencies and the order that keeps social media safety for parents and teens from stalling.
Maintenance
Reporting resources guide: follow up on a report
This reporting resources guide covers platform, school, and police follow-up, reading silence, keeping reference numbers, and recognizing urgent situations.
Costs
What do seven well-meant mental wellbeing moves actually cost?
Mental wellbeing risks in how a household responds: seven well-meant moves and what each costs, plus the quieter failure of under-reading a change.
Rules
Sextortion scripts teens see on Instagram and Snapchat: a parent's read
A parent's read of the opening lines and escalation scripts strangers use on Instagram and Snapchat, the first-hour steps, and how to lock the account down.
Rules
Teen Social Media Safety: How to Check What the Algorithm Sends Your Kid
How to audit the recommendation feed on a teen's phone: read what the algorithm serves, reject items, reset the history and recheck the settings two weeks later.
Maintenance
6 points worth checking on mental wellbeing rules
Six points worth checking on mental wellbeing rules include who a clinician may tell, what a school records, and the family history line you write yourself.
Guides
Self esteem and body image examples on social media
Self esteem and body image examples show how social media posts, comments and feeds can affect teens—and what parents can say and do to help.
Rules
School guidance case studies: five invented composites
School guidance case studies, five invented composites: what a school can act on when group chats, posts and cyberbullying reach the classroom.
Maintenance
Teen Safety Parenting: How to Push for School Phone Limits
Teen safety parenting guide: how to push your Texas school district for bell-to-bell phone limits, local data and a written policy, step by step.
Reviews
Family agreements changes: AI, tracking and in-app money
Family agreements changes arrive faster than review dates: how to add one line for AI, tracking and in-app money, plus the two clauses that never change.
Costs
Which family agreements tools are worth using
Family agreement tools compared by name, from OurFamilyWizard to Google Docs, with what each costs and which ones survive a real household budget.
Rules
Cellphone bans in Canadian schools: Four provinces, teen safety
Cellphone bans in Canadian schools provinces vary across four models. Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta rules affect teen social media safety.
Guides
Snap Map Location Sharing Parents Guide: US Teen Audit
A snap map location sharing parents guide for US families: check Snap Map audiences, remove named viewers, and repeat the audit with your teen.
Rules
PIPEDA and teen social media: what a Canadian parent can request
PIPEDA and teen social media: what a Canadian parent can request from a platform, what the reply must contain, and where provincial commissioners step in.
Maintenance
What happens when eight vague clauses in family agreements get rewritten?
Family agreements examples: eight vague clauses rewritten into rules that can be checked, with the reasoning that makes each version worth signing.
Rules
Age-by-age guidance changes: the one clock that actually matters
Age-by-age guidance changes on three clocks, only one of which matters most: a twice-yearly review agenda, and what should never be reopened in it.
Features
Age by age guidance examples: five situations, two ages
Age by age guidance examples for five teen social-media situations, shown at 12 and 16, explain how a parent's response changes and why.
Costs
Teen social media use follows five recurring shapes across every family
Teen social media use in five recurring shapes rather than invented families, each with the small early moment where the direction actually gets set.
Maintenance
Teen social media use risks parents can discuss
Teen social media use risks can involve contact, feeds, privacy, sleep, conflict, and coercion. Calm prompts help parents and teens plan what to discuss.