Digital Life & Security
Kids Online Safety Setup Checklist
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18 itemsSensible defaults that grow with your child. This free kids online safety setup checklist gives you a 18-item head start so nothing important slips through the cracks. it's been shaped by real families using it in real moments — the kind you don't get a second chance to prepare for. Use it as-is, or open it in Checkbloom to customise every item, share it with anyone by link (no account required on their end), and tick things off together in real time from any phone. When you're offline, changes queue and sync the moment you're back. Every Checkbloom template is free to preview and free to download as a PDF. Create a list from this template and share it with anyone by link — they can check items off in real time with no account or app download required.
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What's on the list
- Agree on family rules together
- Set up parental controls on each device
- Enable screen-time limits appropriate to age
- Set up safe-search on browsers
- Set up safe-search on YouTube
- Review and approve installed apps
- Turn off in-app purchases
- Set up a family account on the app store
- Disable location sharing where not needed
- Set bedtime device curfews
- Charge devices outside bedrooms overnight
- Talk about what to do if something feels wrong
- Talk about not sharing personal info
- Talk about being kind online
- Show them how to block and report
- Follow or friend them where age-appropriate
- Check in monthly about what they are seeing
- Revisit settings as they get older
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