North Middlesex, Massachusetts / a field guide
Growing up online shouldn't mean going in blind.
Practical help for students and parents dealing with social media, cyberbullying, scams, privacy, passwords, gaming, and the internet's other little surprises.
TODAY'S BRIEF
Monday, November 9
Field guide / 07
Gaming, chat & Discord
Keep gaming social without giving strangers a direct line to your kid.
- 01
Limit messages and friend requests to people the player actually knows.
- 02
Use a nickname that doesn’t reveal a name, school, or location.
- 03
Anyone who asks for secrets, photos, money, or a move to another app is a red flag.
Tomorrow: Lock down Fortnite
ISSUE#1
FIRST DROP / FREE TO READ & PRINT
Meet Unfiltered.
A survival guide for the feed—plus a no-judgment companion guide for the grown-ups trying to keep up.
- For students: a 12-page comic about attention traps, fake highlight reels, cyberbullying, strangers, scams, and account safety.
- For grown-ups: an 8-page guide to waiting, resetting, safer devices, and handling the moment something goes wrong.
TWO SIDES. SAME TEAM.
Advice kids can use.
Context parents need.
WHY THIS EXISTS
Technology should be a tool kids learn to use—not a place they're left to figure out alone.
Unhack Childhood is an independent, parent-led resource. We support families who delay smartphones and social media, families already using them, and everyone stuck somewhere in the messy middle.