Apps & Games
A parent's guide to Roblox
What Roblox is, why children spend so long on it, the risks that are worth taking seriously, and the settings that make a real difference.
Apps & Games
Apps and games children use
What each app actually does, who tends to use it, the risks that are worth taking seriously — and the settings that make a practical difference. No app is described as simply safe or unsafe.
Guides by app and game
Each guide covers the same ground so you can compare apps directly.
Related advice
Guidance that applies across the apps your child uses.
Guides
When a pupil tells you something happened online
A first-response checklist for school staff: listen, preserve the child's account and follow your setting's safeguarding procedure.
Online Issues
If your child is being bullied online: what to do first
How to listen, keep a useful record, use the platform's tools and involve school when online bullying affects a child.
Guides
Parental controls: what to set up and what they cannot do
A sensible order for setting up home, device and app controls, with a clear view of what filters can and cannot protect against.
Guides
How to talk with your child about life online
A calm, practical way to understand what your child enjoys online, agree boundaries and keep the door open when something goes wrong.
Apps & Games
A parent's guide to Roblox
What Roblox is, why children spend so long on it, the risks that are worth taking seriously, and the settings that make a real difference.