My child has a phone and I do not know where to start

One evening, one list, without falling out with them.

this evening8 steps in total

Tick as you go, it stays on your device, even if you close the tab.

TOGETHER, PHONE IN HAND20 min

Go through the permissions already granted.Location, microphone, camera, contacts. Open them one by one together and ask: does this game need that? The answer is almost always no.Turn off live location sharing.On social networks and in messaging apps. It is the most exposing setting, and the least useful.Set the accounts to private, and explain why.A public account is readable by unknown adults. Put that way, the argument lands better than “because I said so”.

THE BACKGROUND SETTINGS25 min

Lock app installation behind a code only you know.Not to forbid: so that every install becomes a conversation.Turn off personalised advertising.A profiled minor is a minor whose interests are being sold.Turn on phone backup.Lost photos are a teenager’s first real disaster, and the easiest to avoid.

THE CONVERSATION THAT MATTERS15 min

Tell them they can come to you without being punished.This is the only security measure that truly works. A child afraid of losing the phone tells you nothing.Save 3018 together in their contacts.The free French national line against cyberbullying of minors, open seven days a week.e-Enfance, 3018 (France)

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