Learn: For Adults/Caregivers

Learning Corner for Adults or Parents

Single Parents Guide for Safer Online Dating – HERE
5 ways to avoid Back to School Online Shopping Scams – HERE
How to spot fake reviews (Scams) – HERE
Tips on how to spot FAKE NEWS (infographic) – HERE
Think you’d benefit from a workshop? Check out our workshops we offer – HERE
Know what a catfish is? (It’s where someone pretends to be another person online). Watch Chad Huber’s famous TikTok series now on Youtube in partnership with DEFEND – Catfishing the Catfish – HERE
Digital Danger Diaries (short dramatic video storytelling about real stories of online harms) – HERE
Read our blog articles for more tips on how to stay safe online – HERE
How to avoid ROMANCE SCAMMERS (Video) – HERE

DEFEND’s Dark Side of the Web Podcast (fictional account of real risks online for kids / vulnerable people). See more HERE.
Need to Know (Popular social apps and their specific risks) – Social Media Apps/Sites Breakdowns
Could my kid become a money mule? What you need to know – HERE
Online exploitation: What you need to know – Kids under age 10 – Youth ages 10-17
How to Get Intimate Images Removed: https://needhelpnow.ca/app/en/
Setup Parental Controls (Written Guides) for iPhone | Android – Videos: iPhone | Android
Glossary of Internet Apps / Slang / Terms – HERE
Battle Tested Apps/Sites – Coming soon

See more educational videos on a variety of subjects from scams to parenting issues: HERE

New research from Ireland (Nov 2021) regarding children’s online usage – Read more HERE
DEFEND study, looks at what restrictions, parental safeguards and other safety settings on 15 major social sites/apps. SEE MORE HERE (Parents – a must look!)
DEFEND’s second study looks at misconceptions of online sexual abuse – This data was collected in 2021. See the results HERE.
Kids and the Metaverse – Read it HERE – by Common Sense Media (www.commonsense.org)
Report (March 30/22) on how social media usage affects children at different ages (UK’s Ofcom): Read it HERE.
How much screen time for kids and why – by The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry – Read it HERE