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The four rules
Badge 4 of 7 · Online Safety
Lesson 1 of 4 · Step 22 of 43 in the course
Watch, then decide. The next step only opens when you have it right.
Step 1 of 4
Step 1 of 4
Rule one — positive, respectful and kind
- Three words for how you behave: positive, respectful, kind.
- Three words to stop on before you do anything: post, share, like.
- Liking something cruel is not nothing — it is joining in, quietly.
- Everything you put up is a thing somebody reads.
Watch, then answer this
Somebody posts something mean about a kid in your class. You do not comment, but you like it. What have you done?
Step 2 of 4
Rule two — keep it private
Existing clip, reused as a stand-in — to be replaced with a film made for this step.
- Never share: passwords, your user ID, your age, your address, your school.
- You are not only protecting yourself — your family and your friends are in your photos and your messages too.
- Passwords: capitals, small letters, numbers and symbols.
- Share them with a parent and nobody else. Not even your best friend — best friends change, and passwords should not have to.
Watch, then answer this
Your best friend asks for your password. What is the answer?
Watch what happens
Then go back and pick again.
Step 3 of 4
Rule three — only friend people you know in real life
- Not people you have played eleven games with. Not people your friend says are fine.
- People you have actually met.
- You already know not to talk to strangers in the street.
- A stranger on a screen is the same person with more time to be charming.
Watch, then answer this
You have played with them for months and they are genuinely funny. Do you know them?
Watch what happens
Then go back and pick again.
Step 4 of 4
Rule four — tell a trusted adult
- Anything that makes you uncomfortable, confused or worried.
- You will not be in trouble, and you will not have your device taken away for telling somebody.
- If you are worried about exactly that, say so out loud to your parent today, before anything happens.
- It is a fair thing to agree in advance.
Watch, then answer this
Why do children not tell an adult when something happens online?
That is this lesson.
You watched it, you made the call yourself, and you got it right. That is the whole lesson — nothing here was read to pass.
Now do it
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Watching is not the same as being able to do it. Stand up and work through these. Nothing here is marked and nothing is sent anywhere — the ticks are yours.
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Read what happens in each clip instead
Step 1 — Post, share, like. A thumb hovering over a like button on a cruel comment. It does not tap. Screens shown as clean mock UI, no real platform branding.
Step 2 — Who is actually calling. The phone held away from the ear, and a reach for the notepad instead of an answer.
Step 3 — Eleven games together. A friendly voice in a game chat over several sessions, becoming familiar, then asking to move to a private chat. Nothing sinister is shown or said — the discomfort is entirely in the ask.
Step 4 — You will not lose the tablet. A child showing a parent something on a screen. The parent’s first reaction is calm. Then the conversation the lesson actually wants: agreeing, in advance, that telling never costs you the device.
Every film on this page is narrated and carries a caption track, supplied as a sidecar and never burned into the picture.