Scams & phishing
Recognise pressure, impersonation, suspicious links and fake offers.
Clear, useful guides for helping children recognise scams, protect accounts, use devices more safely, question convincing content and recover from mistakes — without turning every conversation into a lecture.
Cyber threats change quickly. The strongest foundation is a set of repeatable habits: slow down, question unexpected requests, verify another way, protect access and ask for help early.
Recognise pressure, impersonation, suspicious links and fake offers.
Protect passwords, sign-in codes, recovery methods and online identity.
Build safer habits around downloads, gaming accounts and synthetic media.
Turn cyber safety concepts into decisions children can practise.
Use these guides at home, in classrooms or libraries. Each one focuses on a real question adults and children are likely to face, then links the idea to practical activities and free resources.
A practical parent and teacher guide to explaining phishing to children in simple language, spotting warning signs and building safe checking habits.
Read the guide →Help children build safer password habits with simple guidance on unique passwords, passphrases, password managers, sign-in codes and account recovery.
Read the guide →A calm step-by-step guide for parents and carers after a child clicks a suspicious link, enters a password or shares a sign-in code.
Read the guide →Practical cyber safety activities for primary school students covering phishing, passwords, verification, digital identity and asking for help.
Read the guide →A practical guide to digital citizenship for kids covering online judgement, privacy, respectful behaviour, verification, security and help-seeking.
Read the guide →Practical online gaming safety advice for kids, parents and teachers covering account theft, chat, scams, in-game purchases and safer gaming habits.
Read the guide →A simple guide to multi-factor authentication for families, including passkeys, authenticator apps, verification codes and what children should do with unexpected login prompts.
Read the guide →Explain malware to kids in practical language and teach safer habits for downloads, apps, attachments, browser pop-ups, mods and device updates.
Read the guide →Help children understand deepfakes and AI-generated images, video and audio, with practical verification habits for families and classrooms.
Read the guide →Teach children how online scams use urgency, rewards, impersonation and pressure, with a simple process for checking suspicious messages and offers.
Read the guide →Ranger Academy gives children short interactive situations where they can practise phishing checks, password choices, verification and account recovery.
The Parents & Teachers section connects the story, the learning focus and discussion prompts so adults can use the same language across reading, home conversations and classroom activities.
Use the guides, practise the decisions and keep the conversation open.
Start with Book 1