Education
- If you want to check on whether an education-based activity is suitable for this age group
- If you’re worried about information children and young people might seek online
- If you’re concerned about children and young people accessing the dark web
Learning how devices work
| 0-5 years | 6-8 years | 9-12 years | 13-15 years | 16-18 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Harmful | Not Harmful | Not Harmful | Not Harmful | Not Harmful |
Related behaviours from other categories:
Related resources:
- Project Evolve lesson plan year 3: Managing Online Information
- Project Evolve lesson plan year 7: Privacy and Security
- Blog – Not Harmful Behaviours
- Podcast Episode 30 - Is your phone listening to you?
Learning how to write software
| 0-5 years | 6-8 years | 9-12 years | 13-15 years | 16-18 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Applicable | Not Harmful | Not Harmful | Not Harmful | Not Harmful |
Related behaviours from other categories:
Related resources:
Supervised or unsupervised online schoolwork / homework
| 0-5 years | 6-8 years | 9-12 years | 13-15 years | 16-18 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Applicable | Not Harmful | Not Harmful | Not Harmful | Not Harmful |
Related behaviours from other categories:
Related resources:
- Project Evolve lesson plan year 5: Managing Online Information
- Blog – Not Harmful Behaviours
- Podcast Episode 19 - Digital Resilience in the Classroom
- Podcast Episode 32 - Interview with Ken Corish from Project Evolve
Accessing pro-self-harm or pro-ana (pro-anorexia) sites
| 0-5 years | 6-8 years | 9-12 years | 13-15 years | 16-18 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmful | Harmful | Harmful | Harmful | Harmful |
Additional context: Pro-self-harm and pro-ana sites may include blogs, social media profiles or threads within forums.
Related behaviours from other categories:
- Accessing extremist/pro-self-harm/suicide social media accounts as part of ongoing recovery or offering support
- Radicalisation (this could be through specific extremist sites or through seemingly innocent forums such as those attached to games)
- Requesting images to be airbrushed
Related resources:
Using unreliable sites to find out about personal issues
| 0-5 years | 6-8 years | 9-12 years | 13-15 years | 16-18 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmful | Harmful | Harmful | Harmful | Harmful |
Related behaviours from other categories:
- Accessing extremist/pro-self-harm/suicide social media accounts as part of ongoing recovery or offering support
- Looking at images of different body types / genitals to understand the range of normal
Related resources:
Using reliable sources for find out about personal issues (Brook, Talk to Frank, NHS websites)
| 0-5 years | 6-8 years | 9-12 years | 13-15 years | 16-18 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not applicable | Potentially Harmful | Not Harmful | Not Harmful | Not Harmful |
Additional context: Adults often worry about young people finding out about sex or drugs from the digital world. To prevent the spread of misinformation and disinformation it’s important to ensure young people know where to access reliable information, even if we may be worried about young people accessing this information.
Related resources:
Searching for information about losing weight
| 0-5 years | 6-8 years | 9-12 years | 13-15 years | 16-18 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmful | Harmful | Harmful | Potentially Harmful | Potentially Harmful |
Additional context: if a young person wants to lose weight, it’s important to understand their reasons and tackle underlying problems such as bullying or low self-esteem, whilst promoting healthy eating and exercise.
Related behaviours from other categories:
- Accessing extremist/pro-self-harm/suicide social media accounts as part of ongoing recovery or offering support
- Looking at images of different body types / genitals to understand the range of normal
- Requesting images to be airbrushed
Related resources:
- Project Evolve lesson plan year 5: Health, Wellbeing and Lifestyle
- Project Evolve lesson plan year 8: Health, Wellbeing and Lifestyle
- Podcast Episode 37 - Interview with Laura Higson-Bliss about Online Self Harm Content
Researching issues in an unsupported way eg self-harm, depression, eating disorders
| 0-5 years | 6-8 years | 9-12 years | 13-15 years | 16-18 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmful | Harmful | Harmful | Potentially Harmful | Potentially Harmful |
Related behaviours from other categories:
- Accessing extremist/pro-self-harm/suicide social media accounts as part of ongoing recovery or offering support
- Looking at images of different body types / genitals to understand the range of normal
Related resources:
- Project Evolve lesson plan year 5: Health, Wellbeing and Lifestyle
- Podcast Episode 37 - Interview with Laura Higson-Bliss about Online Self Harm Content
Guided research / learning
| 0-5 years | 6-8 years | 9-12 years | 13-15 years | 16-18 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Harmful | Not Harmful | Not Harmful | Not Harmful | Not Harmful |
Related behaviours from other categories:
Related resources:
- Project Evolve lesson plan year 3: Managing Online Information
- Podcast Episode 32 - Interview with Ken Corish from Project Evolve
Writing a blog
| 0-5 years | 6-8 years | 9-12 years | 13-15 years | 16-18 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Applicable | Potentially Harmful | Potentially Harmful | Potentially Harmful | Not Harmful |
Additional context: Having a blog has the same risks as having a social media profile. It’s important to be aware of how much and with whom personal information is being shared. A blog that is kept for family and friends to keep up with sporting achievements is low risk. A blog which charts more personal activities and is accessible to anyone online is high risk.
Related behaviours from other categories:
- Ownership of their own devices
- Excessively sharing personal information online
- Having a public social media account
- Having a YouTube channel
- Talking about high numbers of subscribers / followers on online cast social media channel (eg YouTube / Instagram)
- Actively promoting their social media to their peers
Related resources:
Accessing ‘deep web’ sites using browsers such as TOR to explore what is there
| 0-5 years | 6-8 years | 9-12 years | 13-15 years | 16-18 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not applicable | Not applicable | Potentially Harmful | Potentially Harmful | Potentially Harmful |
Additional context: Accessing the deep web is not illegal and the most visited site is Facebook. Young people who are concerned with institutional or parental monitoring may be more likely to access the deep web. If you find out a young person is using the deep web, it’s important to talk about the risks and where they can get support.
Related behaviours from other categories:
- Accessing the dark web to engage with services (such as buying drugs online or downloading extreme pornography)
- Setting up a fake social media account to explore gender identity or sexuality
- Catfishing/direct messaging someone pretending to be someone else
Related resources:
- Project Evolve lesson plan year 8: Privacy and Security
- Project Evolve lesson plan year 13: Privacy and Security
- Stuff You Should Know Podcast about the Deep Web
- Parents Podcast Episode 4 - The Dark Web, The Deep Web and Privacy
- Podcast Episode 8 - End to End Encryption
Learning about online issues and discussing their opinions
| 0-5 years | 6-8 years | 9-12 years | 13-15 years | 16-18 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Harmful | Not Harmful | Not Harmful | Not Harmful | Not Harmful |
Related behaviours from other categories:
Related resources: