Empowering your family to safely
grow play learn
online.

BUILT TO PROTECT

Help protect your family online

Use SafeSearch to filter or blur explicit content for kids and teens.

Learn about our default privacy and safety settings.

Privacy & protections
DESIGNED TO RESPECT

Choose the right parental controls

Set up a supervised experience for tweens ready to explore YouTube.

Manage your family’s tech time with Google Family Link.

Parental controls
CREATED TO EMPOWER

Empower kids to safely explore online

Explore YouTube Kids, a standalone app built just for kids.

Check out the 5 must-knows to get started with generative AI.

Learning & exploration

5 important steps to keeping your kids and teens safer online

1. Help empower your kids to be safer, confident explorers online

Teach your kids and teens the fundamentals of digital citizenship and online safety.

Explore Be Internet Awesome and how to talk to your kids about online safety.

2. Create a supervised account for your kids

Help your kids make smart choices online by supervising their Google Account and devices.

Create a supervised account on Google, and manage their experience on YouTube.

3. Set the right parental controls for your family

Create digital ground rules, boundaries, and expectations together with Google Family Link. View ConnectSafely’s guide to parental controls to learn more about settings across the web.

4. Find balance with technology as a family

Have an open conversation with your kids and teens to find a balance between online and offline activities. Check out Common Sense Media's guide on modeling healthy digital habits for your kids.

5. Stay aware of your kids’ and teens’ online activity

Stay in-the-know on how your kids explore online and interact with others. Learn about social media red flags for your teens.

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