Protect Our Children is a nonprofit project. It publishes plain-language guides, articles, and short videos about the apps and games children ask for. The aim is not to ban every screen. The aim is to know what you are allowing.
Each guide answers four questions. What is this product? What should a parent look for? What does a safer setup look like? How do you start the conversation without a row?
How the guides are written
They describe risks parents can act on: stranger contact, disappearing messages, location, gifts, adult dating services, and apps designed to hide other apps. They do not explain how to hide an app, how to bypass a control, or how to contact a dangerous service.
Names and icons are shown so you can match them to the thing on a phone. They belong to their owners. This project is not affiliated with them, and it does not take placements or advertising from them.
Features change. A guide is a briefing, reviewed when an editor updates it, not a live copy of a settings menu. Check the device in front of you.
What this site is not
It is not the police, and it is not a report button. If a child is in immediate danger, call the emergency number where you are. If an adult has exploited a child, use the routes on the help page. Nothing here is legal advice, and a risk label is not a verdict on any child who uses that app.
Further reading from organisations that do this work all the time: Internet Matters, Common Sense Media, and NSPCC online safety.
Who owns this
Connor runs this project. He is not law enforcement, he does not work with them, and this site is not affiliated with them. It is purely educational, for parents. Contact us.