This is a simple, growing collection of resources I’ve found helpful in the purpose of keeping kids safer and happier in a digital world. You’ll find practical guides to parental controls, recommended apps that respect privacy and age-appropriateness, warnings about apps and platforms worth avoiding or supervising closely, emergency-preparedness checklists, straightforward privacy tips, teaching tools, and other parenting shortcuts. Everything is gathered in one place so you can quickly find what you need and share it with others who might benefit. Take whatever is useful and leave the rest.
FBI – Protecting Your Kids Online
Straightforward FBI guide covering today’s real online dangers (sextortion, predators, harmful challenges), how they happen, prevention steps, and exactly what to do if something goes wrong. Short, factual, and kept current by the experts who handle these cases daily.
DeAngelis Center – Snapchat Safety Guide
Quick, parent-friendly breakdown of Snapchat’s real risks (screenshots, easy stranger contact, Snap Map, streak pressure) and how to use its built-in privacy tools effectively.
DeAndelis Center - Live Streaming
Quick overview of livestreaming dangers for kids (real-time exposure to grooming, self-harm prompts, personal info leaks, cyberbullying) on platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram Live.
DeAngelis Center – AI Safety for Kids
Fast read on real AI dangers (privacy loss, deepfakes, addictive bots) + easy parent fixes: no personal info to AI, talk boundaries, check school tools.
CHEEZO – Protecting Kids from Online Predators
Jefferson County Colorado Sheriff’s unit (1,075+ arrests) breaks down grooming tactics, sextortion, and oversharing risks. Practical steps: monitor devices, lock privacy settings, save evidence, report fast. Short and battle-tested.
FBI – Predators Pose as Kids in Games
Sentinel Foundation – Online Safety Training
Courses for parents & teens: spot grooming, talk safely, respond without shame.
FBI Bulletin – Violent Online Networks Target Vulnerable Kids
I’m not an expert—just someone who cares and has done the homework. These are the tools and trainings that keep showing up from people actually fighting this fight (Ryan Montgomery, Tim Tebow’s team, the FBI, etc.). All free or low-cost, and you can start today.
Sentinel Foundation – Free Training
Short courses on spotting grooming and talking about it. Built with Ryan Montgomery (top ethical hacker, Sentinel CTO).
Scans texts, emails, and 30+ apps (Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, etc.) for predators, bullying, self-harm, or depression flags—then alerts you quietly, no full spying. Unlimited devices/kids, 7-day free trial, starts at $4.08/mo.
Endorsed by: Ethical hacker Ryan Montgomery (Pentester.com, Sentinel Foundation), SafeWise (2025 Kids Safety Awards winner), Cybernews, SafetyDetectives, AllAboutCookies, TechRadar.
Free online game (grades 3-8) that teaches kids about scams, strangers, and passwords the fun way.
Tim Tebow Foundation – Protect Our Children Tactical Plan
Free downloadable guide with five concrete steps: educate yourself, set rules, monitor devices, report anything off, and push for better laws.
Other Good resources:
Have I Been Pwned (check for leaked accounts)
NetSmartz short safety videos
Roblox isn’t “just a game.” It’s a massive social platform with millions of user-created rooms where anything goes: simulated sex (“condo” games), grooming in private chats, voice-chat predators, CSAM trading groups, and violent extremist recruiters. Half the daily users are under 13, and moderation is a joke.
Louisiana, Texas, and other states have sued Roblox in 2025 calling it a “pedophile hunting ground.”
FBI and NCMEC get thousands of Roblox-linked sextortion and exploitation reports every year.
Predatory networks recruit and blackmail kids from inside the platform.
Even when predators are reported, Roblox has banned the people exposing them faster than the predators themselves (see their August 2025 statement).
Links for proof:
Roblox’s own vigilante-ban statement (Yeah, they banned people who were exposing child predators on their platform. They banned people trying to protect children)
Bottom line: No parental-control setting fixes this. The safest number of minutes a child spends on Roblox is zero.