Internet child safety

Internet child safety, sorted one step at a time

Apps and games are only half the story. The other half is the wider internet — the websites that turn up whether your child goes looking or not, the AI chatbots they're already talking to, the parental controls sitting unused on every device, and the ads quietly tracking them through "free" apps.

These are the four jobs I'd start with, each one doable in an evening.

A boy on a couch using a tablet seen through a living room window

The four jobs

In the order I'd tackle them.

Everything here is backed by reputable sources — the eSafety Commissioner, the American Academy of Pediatrics, Common Sense Media and the Internet Watch Foundation. No affiliate links, no commissions.

Worried about a specific app or game?

That's all on App & Game Safety — Roblox, TikTok, Snapchat, Discord, YouTube and Fortnite.

App & Game Safety

Want it walked through, screen by screen?

The Ultimate Parents Guide walks you through our own setup — our iPhones and Mac (Android tablet coming soon). Other platforms work almost exactly the same way, and I point you to each tool's official support site for the full per-device steps. A one-off $13.60/year.

The Ultimate Parents Guide · $13.60/year