When working with the consortium, Parent Zone developed 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, including loot boxes, gacha mechanics, battle pass upsells, and "free" in-game currency that isn't actually free? Sarah Drummond explores how user-centered design and plain language can help parents 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, from in-game spending traps to peer-to-peer payment scams on apps like PayPal and Venmo, new PSHE resources aim to
How You Can Help Parents Understand Online Scams
Advice for family-facing professionals on addressing online financial harms, including fake giveaway scams, "money flipping" schemes on social media, and QR code payment fraud targeting teens.
A problem hiding in plain sight?
Our Tech Shock podcast takes a deep dive into Parent Zone's research on child financial harms.
