NetWise Parent Resources

Set up the phone. Then have the conversation.

Plain-English guides to iPhone Screen Time, Android Family Link and the apps your kids already use. Every figure has a name and a date on it. Nothing is behind a paywall, and there's no sign-in.

A new deviceIt arrived today and you want it set up properly before it gets handed over.Set up a phone A new appThey've asked for something you've never used, and 'everyone has it' isn't an answer.Check the app first Something you don't recogniseA word, an icon or a trend turned up in a conversation and you can't name it.Look it up calmly

Start here

The two setups that decide most of the year

All guides

iPhoneLock down a new iPhone in 15 minutesThe ten Screen Time settings that actually matter, the four Apple buries, and the one code that makes the rest stick.15 min AndroidSet up an Android phone in 15 minutesGoogle Family Link set up properly, what Samsung adds on top, and the sideloading, Safe Mode and developer-options gaps to close.15 min

Before you say yes

6 apps, 6 pages, no judgement

All app audits

RobloxRoblox: what's actually risky, and the 5 switches to flipRoblox isn't one game, it's millions of them. The risk isn't the games — it's the chat, the trades, and the age on the account.10 min TikTokTikTok: what's actually risky, and the 5 switches to flipTikTok's defaults are better than their reputation. The problem isn't a setting you forgot — it's a feed with no ending.8 min SnapchatSnapchat: what's actually risky, and the 5 switches to flipSnapchat's defaults are quietly good. The risk is location, streaks, and the belief that a snap really disappears.8 min DiscordDiscord: what's actually risky, and the 5 switches to flipDiscord is a hundred different places depending on which server you're in. Set it up by asking which one.10 min YouTubeYouTube: what's actually risky, and the 5 switches to flipYouTube's risk isn't the videos they search for — it's autoplay finding the next one. Here's where to set the ceiling.8 min InstagramInstagram: what's actually risky, and the 5 switches to flipTeen Accounts do a lot by default. Most of what's left is who can reach your child in messages, and how long Reels keeps them.8 min

Free to print

The Dinner Table Deck

Card 1 of 5

“Has anyone ever asked you to do something online that you didn't want to do?”

Practising the no in a calm kitchen is the only rehearsal most kids get before the real one.

5 of 20 cards are free here.

Twenty prompts that get a real answer out of a kid who says "nothing" when you ask how their day was. Five of them are free to shuffle and print right here — the rest sit inside NetWise Kids with the role-play scenarios.

Tech alerts

What your kids already know, explained without the alarm bell

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Scams5 October 2026Voice-cloning 'grandchild in trouble' calls, in plain EnglishA short clip of your child's voice, a fake emergency, and a demand for gift cards. The fix takes ten minutes tonight.5 min Hidden apps5 October 2026The 'calculator' app that isn't a calculatorA working calculator with a hidden vault behind a secret code. What it means, what it doesn't, and a ten-second check.4 min

How this works

Three promises, kept on every page

No sign-in, ever

Tick boxes and progress live in your browser. Close the tab, come back next week, they're still ticked.

Guides stay free

Only the one-page printable asks for an email, and the printable is generated from the page you're already reading.

Nothing invented

Every number names its publisher and its date. If a figure couldn't be sourced, it was cut rather than estimated.

Settings vs street smarts

Controls set the boundary. Judgement keeps them safe when you're not looking.

Screen Time turns the device off at 8pm. It doesn't teach your child what to do when an unknown gamer asks for a selfie, or a 'friend of a friend' offers a free Robux trade. NetWise Kids puts them in a realistic group chat, DM or trade request and lets them practise saying no — before the real one arrives.

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Two more things worth ten minutes

Dinner Table Deck: five free promptsPrint them, cut them, leave one face-up on the table.The printable libraryOne-page checklists for every guide on the site.