FAMILY resources for online safety

SmartSocial provides schools and families with resources to help students navigate technology safely, responsibly, and confidently. The platform offers age-appropriate lessons, parent education, educator training, and up-to-date guidance on topics such as social media, artificial intelligence, cyberbullying, online privacy, digital footprints, and healthy technology use. Its goal is to equip students with the digital citizenship and media literacy skills they need to make informed decisions both in and out of the classroom.

Bring your kids and watch together, anytime, day or night or on the weekend. Every replay on our site is packed with practical strategies and teen-tested conversation starters that make talking about online safety feel natural, not awkward. Pause it, rewind it, and get back to it whenever life slows down, it's always there, on your schedule.

Connect Safely is a non-profit company. They are dedicated to keeping kids safe online, while also teaching them how to be empowered when using technology. Their Parent Guides will give you the information you need to understand popular social media tools used by kids and teens and help to ensure your child is safe online

Since 2003, Common Sense Media has been the leading source of entertainment and technology recommendations for families and schools. Every day, millions of parents and educators trust Common Sense reviews and advice to help them navigate the digital world with their kids. Together with policymakers, industry leaders, and global media partners, we're building a digital world that works better for all kids, their families, and their communities.

Resources from Google to help keep families safe online

Helping you make technology work for your family. Parenting today involves raising the first generation of kids growing up with technology all around them - at school, at home, and in their pockets. 

Apple Child Safety provides great resources for protecting your child while using Apple devices like iPad. 

Apple has created a Parental Controls center with information on how to manage and restrict certain content on Apple devices.  

Comcast Xfinity provides Parental Controls. Protect your kids online and when they're watching TV with help from Xfinity. Parental Controls can help set restrictions on content and screen time. 

Verizon Smart Family - Find out how to manage your family’s wireless activities, set device usage limits and restrictions with Verizon Smart Family and Verizon Smart Family Premium. 

Free Cyber Civics activities for families

To help parents teach their children how to be good citizens, online and off, we've pulled three of our favorite activities on this topic from our Cyber Civics curriculum.