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Digital Life · Ages 8+ · Set A
Messages from strangers
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Remember: Do not reply, do not accept, show a grown-up. A message from a stranger is like a knock at the door.

Tessa's dragon

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Ding!Tessa shared her dragon drawing on a drawing app made for kids. Ding! A message popped up from a person she had never met: "Hi Tessa! Great dragon!" Then, "I am ten too. We should be friends!" and a friend request appeared, with a big Accept button. Next it asked, "What school do you go to? What is your phone number? Let's chat on another app, just us." Tessa's thumb floated over Accept. Then she remembered Mom's door rule: "Know them? Open the door. Don't know them? Get a grown-up." She did not tap Accept or reply. She carried the tablet to Mom and said, "Someone I don't know sent me messages." "Thank you for showing me," said Mom. "You are not in trouble at all."
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What is Mom's door rule for messages?
🚪Open every door fast🧑Know them? Open the door. Don't know them? Get a grown-up.🤐Never talk to anybody
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The stranger said 'I am ten too', so Tessa could be sure they were ten.
TrueFalse
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Number the three steps for a message from a stranger.
  • Do not accept
  • Do not reply
  • Show a grown-up
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Why not just reply 'Hello' to a stranger?
😠Hello is rude🐌It slows the tablet👀It tells them a real person is reading

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Circle every message that is a sign to show a grown-up.
🎒It asks which school you go to☎️It asks for your phone number🔀It asks you to chat on a different app🍲Gran says dinner is at six
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Join each message to what you do.
  1. 1🍲 Gran says dinner is at six
  2. 2🙋 A new person says 'I am ten too, add me!'
  3. 3🏫 A message asks for your school
  • Afine to answer, you know her
  • Bprivate, so show a grown-up
  • Cdo not accept, show a grown-up
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Anyone can say 'I am a friend of your sister', so saying it proves nothing.
TrueFalse
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A message says, 'Keep this a secret from your mom.' What do you do?
🤫Keep the secret💬Reply and ask why🧑Show a grown-up
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Mom said she would check the settings so only people we can message you.
knowlikesee
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Finn was in trouble for nearly tapping Accept.
TrueFalse
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Fix the mistake. Finn says: 'They know Tessa! Accept!' What should Tessa say?
👍Fine, accept🧑Anyone can say that, so let's ask Mom❓Reply and ask them who they are
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Stretch: write one sentence you could say to a grown-up when someone you do not know sends you a message.
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Draw a door with a grown-up standing ready behind it.
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