Unknown online contacts

How families can assess new contacts from games, social apps and group chats.

Family4 min readGrooming and strangers

What this means

How families can assess new contacts from games, social apps and group chats.

What to do

  1. 1.Check whether the child knows the person in real life.
  2. 2.Look for secrecy, images, money and meeting pressure.
  3. 3.Use a simple contact rule.

What not to do

  • Do not start by blaming or shaming the child.
  • Do not forward private messages, intimate images or explicit screenshots.
  • Do not promise that any app can make everything 100% safe.

How Sprout Guard helps

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Sprout Guard helps with short, visible safety flows. Parents receive safe metadata only, and the child gets calm explanations.

For parents

  1. 1.Start with: You are not in trouble.
  2. 2.Ask calmly what happened without pushing for every detail.
  3. 3.Choose one next step: stop contact, open a guide or contact help.

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