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We’re living through a moment where digital instincts haven't caught up with digital reality. A moment where a feature can feel like a...

When things go wrong online, it is 24/7, it cuts deeper, lasts longer, and follows them home. Whether your child is being bullied, or...

When a child makes a catastrophic mistake online, the first question people ask is always the same.   Where were the parents?   It’s a...

Last week, like so many others, I sat with the weight of the news. The devastating revelations of abuse in early childhood education...

At CTRL+SHFT, we stand with every parent, educator, and policymaker working to protect young people. We welcome the preliminary findings...

We need to discuss the language we use when referring to digital harm, abuse and crimes. Because right now, in schools, in courtrooms, in...

This is not a story about technology. This is a story about neglect. Over the weekend I read an article in The Wall Street Journal that...

This isn’t an argument against AI in education. It’s a warning about whose  AI we’re using and what we’re risking every time we hand it...

Systems full of pressure, distraction, and exhaustion. Systems threaded with constant connectivity—where the line between the digital and...

A disappearing name in a group chat.   A message was screen-captured and sent to twenty people before the original sender knew they’d...

****Trigger warning**** This post mentions multiple crimes and abuse towards children. It started, with a boy in a bedroom. Alone,...

In early May, Luis von Ahn, the founder and CEO of Duolingo, said something on the " No Priors " podcast I have been stewing on for the...

Predators Don’t Wait Until Term 3. So Why Are We? There are moments in parenting and teaching when we realise what we do next will shape...

In the past 24 hours, something significant happened in the world of artificial intelligence and for once, the news wasn’t about shiny...

It’s hard to believe anyone would feel comfortable knowing nearly a decade of their Discord messages are now bundled into a public JSON...

Please use when you need it. Print out the guide attached or share it if you choose. For well over a decade, I’ve sat in the classrooms,...

We stand with Common Sense Media in calling for urgent global standards. As Australians, we demand immediate action here at home....

There is a reason the child is quiet. And it isn’t because they are safe. The silence is bought with a screen. A screen that hums with...

The viral nonsense your child is quoting at dinner? It didn’t come out of nowhere and it’s not harmless. by Kirra Pendergast & Anna...

This isn’t about influencer culture. It’s about corporate colonisation of childhood and how Meta’s grand plan is bigger, colder, and more...

Google has started emailing parents who use Family Link to let them know that their kids will soon have access to Gemini (Googles AI...

After a recent parent presentation, a mother pulled me aside. You could see the exhaustion behind her eyes, like she was holding...

On April 28, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bipartisan #TakeItDown Act with a resounding 409–2 vote, following the...

A couple of hours ago here in Europe it was announced that Apple has been fined 500 million euros  (about 830 million Australian dollars...