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Pocket Playbook - Secret Social Media Accounts
Free Download | Digital Safety & Trust | For Ages 11–16

Discovering a hidden account can feel confronting. This free Pocket Playbook helps you respond calmly, rebuild trust, and guide your child toward safer online choices. It offers simple, research-based steps for what to do next without panic or punishment.

👥 Designed for parents and carers
💬 Includes calm conversation starters and key questions to ask
🔒 Guides you through a joint safety check and boundary setting
🧠 Focuses on connection, trust, and ongoing digital wellbeing
📅 Reflects upcoming Australian laws restricting social media use for under-16s

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Trolling Response Flowchart
Free Download | Digital Wellbeing | For Ages 10+

Help your young person (or self) respond safely when something online stings. This free flowchart walks you through the key decision points after seeing or receiving trolling, sarcastic comments, or online harm.

👥 Designed for young people, parents, and educators
🔄 Covers responses to direct and indirect trolling
🧠 Includes emotional check-ins, reporting advice, and safe action steps
🧾 Includes support links to Lifeline, Kids Helpline, Headspace, Beyond Blue, and the eSafety Commissioner

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Pocket Chats - 5 Conversation Starters for the Social Media Ban
Free Download | Digital Wellbeing | For Ages 10-17

The social media ban is coming in December 2025, and your teen probably has strong feelings about it. Instead of lectures or rules, try starting with curiosity. This free Pocket Chats guide gives you 5 questions that open the door to real conversations about digital citizenship, trust, and connection.

🎯 Designed for parents and carers of teens aged 10–17
💬 Includes calm conversation starters and insights on what to listen for
🧠 Focuses on critical thinking, empathy, and collaborative problem-solving
🤝 Shifts from "rules imposed on them" to "solutions they help create"
📅 Timely guidance for Australia's under-16 social media ban starting December 2025.

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Pocket Playbook - When You Discover Your Child Is Talking to a Stranger Online
Free Download | Digital Safety & Trust | For Ages 11–16

Discovering that your young person is talking to someone they have never met offline can feel confronting. This free Pocket Playbook helps you respond calmly, assess risk clearly, and protect your child without panic or punishment.
Based on current Australian child online safety research, this playbook helps you recognise warning signs, assess risk calmly, and decide what to do next.

👥 Designed for parents and carers
💬 Includes calm conversation starters and red fag indicators

🛡 Guides you through preserving evidence and assessing risk

🔒 Supports protective decisions without increasing secrecy

🧠 Focuses on connection, trust, and long-term digital judgement

🇦🇺 Reflects current Australian data on online child safety and unwanted contact

 

Whether you are navigating low-risk stranger contact or responding to more serious concerns such as sexualised messages, coercion, or grooming behaviours, this playbook provides structured, research-informed guidance you can trust.

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Pocket Playbook - When Your Young Person Watches Something Confronting
Free Download | Digital Safety & Trust | For Ages 10–14

Discovering your child has seen violent, sexual, or frightening content online can feel alarming. This free Pocket Playbook helps you respond calmly, process what happened together, and strengthen trust while keeping them safe. It offers simple, research-based steps for turning a frightening moment into a lesson in resilience and digital citizenship.

👥 Designed for parents and carers

💬 Includes calm conversation starters and age-specific support strategies

🔧 Guides you through platform safety checks (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram)

🌬 Provides coping techniques to help your child's body and mind settle after exposure

🚧 Covers when and how to seek additional support if harm has occurred

🧠 Focuses on connection over control, with practical boundary-setting tools

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Pocket Chats - 5 Conversation Starters After Discovering Secret Online Contact
Free Download | Digital Safety & Trust| For Ages 10-17

Discovering secret or sexual online contact with your young person can feel confronting and overwhelming. Instead of reacting with fear or punishment, start with calm curiosity. This free Pocket Chats guide gives you 5 research-informed questions that keep dialogue open while addressing serious online safety risks.

🧭 Designed for parents and carers of young people aged 10–17

💬 Includes calm conversation starters with clear guidance on what to listen for

🧠 Focuses on reducing shame, building boundary awareness, and strengthening emotional insight

🛡️ Helps you recognise grooming patterns, pressure tactics, and early warning signs

🤝 Shifts from blame and panic to shared safety planning and trust-building

🇦🇺 Grounded in Australian online safety research and reporting pathways

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