Empowering your family to safely
grow play learn online.
Help protect your family online
Use SafeSearch to filter or blur explicit content for children and teens.
Learn about our default privacy and safety settings.
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.
Empower children to safely explore online
Explore YouTube Kids, a standalone app built just for children.
Check out the five must-knows to get started with generative AI.
Five important steps to keeping your children and teens safer online
1. Help empower your children to be safer, confident explorers online
Teach your children and teens the fundamentals of digital citizenship and online safety.
Explore Be Internet Legends and how to talk to your children about online safety.
2. Create a supervised account for your children
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 children and teens to find a balance between online and offline activities. Check out Common Sense Media's guide on modelling healthy digital habits for your children.
5. Stay aware of your children's and teens’ online activity
Stay in-the-know on how your children explore online and interact with others. Learn about social media red flags for your teens.
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What are parents searching for on Google?
- How should I talk to my children and teens about online safety?
- How much screen time is too much for my child?
- What are some supplemental learning activities for children?
- How can I set up parental controls?
- When should I get my child a phone?
How should I talk to my children and teens about online safety?
Have open conversations with children and teens about being safe online.
Use the Be Internet Legends Family Guide and YouTube’s guide to exploring confidently to discuss, learn and think about online safety together.
Use these fun activities to have conversations with your children about online safety and sharing.
How much screen time is too much for my child?
Find tools and guidance to help choose the right experience for your family.
Talk to your children about when and why they use digital devices and which screen time options are better than others.
Get expert advice and tips from Headspace to help you decide how much screen time is best for your family.
What are some supplemental learning activities for children?
Find high-quality apps, games and activities recommended by experts.
Expert Approved Apps on Google Play help you find apps, games and books that are reviewed and highly rated by teachers for learning at home.
Learn Through Play from Sesame Street lets children learn while having fun with activities, games and articles.
From cooking to coding to chemistry, YouTube Learning has videos to fuel lifelong learning from the world's biggest community of creators.
How can I set up parental controls?
Learn about parental controls with these helpful guides.
Google Family Link gives you tools to share location, manage privacy settings and understand how your children are spending time on their device.
Explore tools and resources to help you guide your child's experience on YouTube Kids.
From encouraging responsible online behaviour to blocking certain websites, see this family guide to parental controls.
When should I get my child a phone?
Deciding when to get your child their first phone can be a complicated decision.
Check out these helpful tips to help you decide when it’s time for your child to have a device of their own.
When you are ready to get your child or teen a phone, explore tools to manage screen time on popular platforms.
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