Child Financial Harms – Our work
Explore our work around Child Financial Harms – including research, opinion and information for parents about Child Financial Harms and related platforms and trends.
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Designing a game rating tool that helps parents
Parent Zone is developing a new age-rating-style tool to transform confusing financial features into clear, usable information, helping parents make informed decisions about their children’s games.
Crafting a compelling public narrative for Child Financial Harms
This guest blog from Executive Director of the Future Narratives Lab, Daniel Stanley explores how we should raise awareness of the growing problem of child financial harms – and includes calls for next steps.
Designing ways to identify Child Financial Harms in games
How can we design games to protect children from hidden financial harms like loot boxes and in-app purchases? Sarah Drummond explores how user-centered design and plain language can empower parents to make safer choices in the digital play space.
Online, at risk and out of pocket: protecting a generation of children from financial harm
With children increasingly exposed to financial risks online, new PSHE resources aim to help schools respond through practical education and support.
How You Can Help Parents Understand Online Scams
Advice for family-facing professionals on addressing online financial harms
A problem hiding in plain sight?
Our Tech Shock podcast takes a deep dive into Parent Zone's research on child financial harms.
