Our kids are learning coding in school but no code of ethics.
-Fergus Hay, The Hacking Games
Ready to take action? Below you can find resources for parents, educators, school staff, and anyone in the community ready to make a difference in a kid’s life and keep them safe.
If your kid is active online, its already time to talk to them about staying safe online.
Resources for Parents, Schools, and Community
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Parents
Whether your child’s online life is just beginning, or you’re already concerned about your child’s online activities, you’re in the right place. See our links below to partner organizations and our blog for parents with resources and answers to your questions. Not finding what you’re looking for? Send us a note to be connected to more.
Contact us at parents@redirectproject.org
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Schools
From Teachers and Guidance Counselors to Social Workers, Coaches, Staff and Administration you spend more time with our kids than just about anyone else. Most of us have a story of an educator who changed our lives and you’re often the first person a kid may go to for help. Our community relies on you to ensure a bright future for our kids. Be prepared with our resources for educators or reach out to be plugged into resources for individual students, classrooms, or entire schools.
Contact us at education@redirectproject.org
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Community
As community members you play a vital role in empowering our kids to make good choices online. You are often the most trusted adult in a kids life outside of their family. You have the added benefit of being way cooler than any parent. Are you involved in your local hackerspace? Or maybe you work in technology? Your voice is critical in bringing up our next generation of digital citizens.
Contact us at community@redirectproject.org
How to talk to your kids about their online lives.
We often ask our kid how things were. Right? Odd phrase but if you think about it we ask:
How was your day at school?
How was your soccer practice?
How was your time with your grandparents?
What we don’t often do is ask: How was your time online today? We too often interpret the time our youth spend online as empty or lost time. Parents naturally take an active interest in who our kids interact with in their offline lives. Our failure to understand our kids digital lives opens up a gap in our understanding of their world, and the possible risks involved. So how do you talk to your active online, hacker curious, or social media-addicted kid?
We recommend Thorn’s expert guides as a good place to get started.
We’re proud to feature our friends at the Schools Consent Project, an innovative schools-based project to empower our young people to make informed choices around consent.
Find out more here.
Alex Urbelis
General Counsel and Chief Information Security Officer at ENS Labs
re_direct Project Board Member
These kids that are hackers today, they really do in the truest sense, have the ability to make or break our world. And we have to make absolutely sure that we both nurturing them and nourishing them in the right way.
A Note About Our Relationship with Law Enforcement:
We seek to create a community where fewer kids become justice-involved.
The ALCU’s Cops but No Counselors report highlights the severe lack of non-law enforcement resources at American schools.
• 1.7 million students are in schools with police but no counselors.
• 3 million students are in schools with police but no nurses.
• 6 million students are in schools with police but no school psychologists.
• 10 million students are in schools with police but no social workers.
• 14 million students are in schools with police but no counselor, nurse, psychologist, or social worker.
While we want to keep as many kids as possible from becoming justice-involved, as an organization dedicated to providing support to survivors of online harms, we will not ignore actions which cause harm to another person and will work with law enforcement when appropriate to keep our community safe.