CyberShield Kids • Module 6 • Lesson 6.2
Trusted Adult Practice
In this lesson, students practice knowing when to ask a trusted adult for help. Students review safe ways to explain online problems without using real private information, real screenshots, real messages, or real conflicts in practice.
What You Will Learn
By the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
Safety Reminder
Ask for help early.
Students should not keep unsafe online situations secret. Practice activities should use fake examples only. Do not use real passwords, real private information, real screenshots, real messages, real names, real school details, or real online conflicts.
Simple Explanation
Trusted adults help students stay safe online.
A trusted adult is someone safe who can help when an online situation feels too confusing, upsetting, scary, urgent, secret, or unsafe to handle alone. Asking for help is not getting in trouble. It is a smart safety habit. Trusted adults can help students decide what to delete, report, block, save for an adult to review, or bring to school technology staff.
Key Vocabulary
Words to remember
Trusted adult
A safe grown-up who can help, such as a parent, guardian, teacher, counselor, coach, librarian, or school technology staff member.
Ask for help
Telling a trusted adult when something online feels confusing, unsafe, scary, embarrassing, secret, or urgent.
Unsafe situation
Something that could make a student feel worried, pressured, tricked, upset, or unsure online.
Secret pressure
When someone online tells a student not to tell a trusted adult. Safe adults do not ask students to hide unsafe problems.
Report
Getting help from a trusted adult or using a safe school or platform tool when something online feels wrong or unsafe.
When To Ask For Help
Some situations need trusted adult support.
Students do not need to solve serious online problems by themselves. These fake examples show times when asking for help is the safest choice.
A message feels strange
If a message asks for private information, feels urgent, or comes from someone unknown, students should ask a trusted adult before replying or clicking.
A link or pop-up feels risky
If a link, button, download, or pop-up feels strange, students should pause and ask a trusted adult before clicking.
Someone is being mean online
If a chat, comment, game, or group message becomes mean or hurtful, students should not respond with more meanness. They should ask for help.
A screenshot is spreading
If a screenshot or private message is being shared, students should stop spreading it and tell a trusted adult.
Private information was shared
If a password, school name, address, phone number, location, or private detail was shared by mistake, students should ask for help quickly.
Something says to keep it secret
If an online message tells a student not to tell anyone, that is a serious reason to ask a trusted adult right away.
Safe and Unsafe Examples
Practice choosing help.
These examples are fake and safe for learning. Students should never use real private information or real screenshots in class practice.
Safer choice
A student gets a strange message and tells a parent or teacher before replying.
Unsafe choice
A student feels scared by a message but keeps it secret because the message told them not to tell anyone.
Safer choice
A student sees a screenshot spreading and asks a school counselor or teacher for help.
Unsafe choice
A student clicks a suspicious link because it says they must act right away.
Safer choice
A student accidentally shares private information and asks a trusted adult what to do next.
Unsafe choice
A student tries to fix a serious online problem alone instead of asking for help.
Think About It
Why should unsafe online problems not stay secret?
Keeping an unsafe online problem secret can make it harder for someone to help. Trusted adults can help students stay safe, protect private information, and make calm choices. Asking for help early is a strong safety habit.
Discussion Question
What are three trusted adults a student could ask for help at home, at school, or during an activity?
What To Do In Real Life
Use calm help-seeking steps.
Mini Practice
Who should help?
Read each fake situation and review the safest next step.
Practice 1
A message says, “Do not tell your parents or teacher about this.” What should a student do?
Safer answer
They should tell a trusted adult right away. Online messages that pressure students to keep secrets can be unsafe.
Practice 2
A student sees a strange link in a message from someone they do not know. What is the safest next step?
Safer answer
They should pause and ask a trusted adult before clicking, replying, or sharing any information.
Practice 3
A screenshot is spreading in a group chat and someone feels upset. What should a student do?
Safer answer
They should stop spreading it and ask a trusted adult, such as a teacher, counselor, parent, or guardian, for help.
Practice 4
A student accidentally posted a school name in a fake class example. What should they do?
Safer answer
They should ask a trusted adult for help and learn to avoid real private information in practice activities.
Practice 5
A student is not sure which adult to ask. What should they do?
Safer answer
They can start with any trusted adult. That adult can help find the right person, such as a teacher, counselor, or school technology staff member.
Review Checklist
Before moving to Lesson 6.3, students should be able to say:
Lesson Navigation
Continue the Cyber Safety Review module.
Next, students will practice safe choices using fake classroom scenarios.