A simple way to talk with your kids about apps, identity, and trust online. One card a week is plenty.
Print it at home, cut on the crop marks, keep it on the kitchen table.
The kid who comes to you when something goes wrong is safer than the kid who hides it.
Every card sits in one of four colour-coded categories. You don't need to be a tech expert to use any of them.
The app isn't the want. The thing it does is. Name the real want and you can often meet it somewhere safer.
Urgency, secrecy, free stuff, a friend who suddenly types differently. The signals that something is off.
If something feels wrong, what's the next move? Different channel. Ring back on the number you already have.
The internet has a memory. The best questions about the future are also the ones about who you want to be.
It works best as a habit, not an event. A few guidelines that help:
One card a week is plenty. No need to rush the pack.
You ask, then you answer first. Going first makes it safe to be honest.
No wrong answers. You're aiming for the chat, not the right line.
If a card opens something, follow it. The card was just the doorway.
Twenty-four in total, plus blanks for your own questions.
Download the full deck as a PDF. Five sheets, poker-sized cards, crop marks included.