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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Six in ten parents concerned about child financial harms

This blog highlights the main points of awareness for parents based on the Short changed and out of time report released by Parent Zone in February 2025. The report is based on a parent poll revealing the child financial harms that families are facing alone.

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Skin gambling report

Our 2018 report explores the scale of under-18s skin gambling.

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How to deal with online scams: a parent guide

If your child has been the victim of a scam, there are a number of immediate practical actions you can take.

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Tackling Child Financial Harms through ‘Safety Tech’

PUBLIC's Zixuan Fu provides safety tech sector insights on Child Financial Harms. 

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The Money Trap

Parent Zone CEO Vicki Shotbolt looks at child financial harms and financial literacy what we learned from speaking to parents. 

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The 'wicked problem' of child financial harms

PUBLIC's Maya Daver-Massion and Zixuan Fu join our podcast to discuss child financial harms.

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