Staying Safe Online
Instead of using your real name on video games or app profiles, you should always use one of these.
Username/GamerTag
The feeling you get when someone you don't know online asks for your personal information. (address, school name, phone number, age...)
Red Flag Feeling
Putting your phone in another room while doing homework helps prevent this common urge to check notifications.
Being distracted
Having Good Media Balance means balancing your screen time online with this...
Activities, family time, chores, homework, reading, etc.... activities that don't use a device
Combining small details like your school mascot, local park, and town creates these "clues" that can reveal your location.
Digital Breadcrumbs
When an online stranger asks uncomfortable or personal questions, the 3-step rule to stay safe is STOP, BLOCK, and this.
REPORT! Tell a trusted Adult
Where should your device/phone be during family dinners, game nights or while you're supposed to be sleeping at night?
Put away, in another room or charging!
This is what you or your parents set to make sure you don't spend too much time on a device.
Screen Time Limits
Your full name, school name, and home address are all examples of this sensitive data that should never be shared online.
PII Personally Identifiable Information
If an online contact tells you to keep your conversation or friendship a secret from your parents, you should do this immediately.
Tell an Adult you trust, block the user
Doing this with your devices 30 to 60 minutes before bedtime helps your brain relax for good sleep.
Putting them away, turning them off, putting them on the charger.
To protect your eyes, every 20 minutes of screen time you should look at something 20 feet away for this many seconds.
20 seconds (20-20-20 rule)
Photos taken outside can accidentally give away where you live if they capture these items in the background.
This suspicious tactic happens when someone online pretends to be a kid your age just to gain your trust.
How could you use a device at your brother's basketball game to "add to the moment"?
Taking videos/photos of the game
Feeling irritable, tired, or having a headache after hours of continuous gaming is a clear signal that you need to take one of these.
A break!