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Help your child get

smart & safe online

We offer fun, online courses for kids, giving them a tool kit of smart skills for their digital life

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Online safety is one of the toughest challenges parents and carers face. Stranger danger, social media platforms and mental health, screen time, addiction to online games, offensive or violent content, fake news, bullying...

there's a lot of online harms to worry about.

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Be Smart Cookie® is here to help. We offer digital skills for life to pre-teens so they can stay smart and safe online.

My short, simple, sympathetic style...

Janette Ballard owner of Be Smart Cookie

I’m Janette, a mum of three tweens with plenty of parenting worries of my own! Not least, that my kids want to go online all the time. 

 

And here's the thing; I want them to go online, to see the internet as a place to explore, learn and connect. But like many people, I'm worried. I fear the bullying, grooming and porn. And I'm scared they'll see sexist, racist, violent and self harm content.

 

I also have to admit I find it really hard to control their access. I'm busy, juggling and tired, and sometimes I just need another ten minutes to finish something. So I give them a screen. Just me?

 

I started Be Smart Cookie® to help families like mine become screen-safe-&-smart cookies. And because I know how busy life can be, I offer resources that are deliberately short, simple and sympathetic - meeting you and your child where you are, with no judgement or expectation. 

 

Welcome to your Be Smart Cookie adventure!

Janette

Online Courses

Browse Our Courses

Be Smart Cookie® courses are packed with quizzes, activities, videos and key takeaways for your kids.

And they are bite-sized, because we understand the power of "it won't take long."

You can buy a course for just £1 or sign up for a monthly subscription to access all courses and updates. And there are plenty of *FREE* resources too.

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Health & Safety

From stranger danger to screen time, these courses will help your child make healthy and safe choices in the digital space, protecting themselves from online harms.

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Wonderful Web

The internet has lots of good things to offer. In these courses children learn to find the good stuff and avoid the bad.

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Fake News

With so much information online, how can anyone know what is real and true? These courses look at everything from fake photos and misleading headlines to medicine myths and conspiracies. 

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Family toolkits

Resources for parents and carers, including family based fun activities, reminders and top tips, so you can learn and explore together.

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Be Smart Cookie® was advised by Sally Martin, a PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic) education consultant, at the beginning of creating these courses.

"Be Smart Cookie has taught both my boys to question what they see online. I feel they are much more savvy about where information comes from."

Mark, sons 8 and 11 years old

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 FREE Toolkit 

 3 Steps to help your kids 
  get smart & safe Online 

 for Parents & Carers 

Smart Cookie Bites Newsletter

Sign up for our free Smart Cookie Bites newsletter today, and you will get:

 

  • our half termly newsletter, packed with all the latest on social media trends, fake news, AI and tech developments heading your child’s way

  • your own account so you can track progress through our bite-sized courses for kids and adults

  • PLUS you get our FREE 3-STEP GUIDE for parents and carers to get your kids smart & safe online

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Smart Cookie Blog

Be Smart Cookie's blog posts for parents and carers discuss the online world one topic at a time. If you're smart online, you can help your child be smart online.

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