If you’ve watched the new series Adolescence, you probably had a moment where you paused, maybe even felt a pit in your stomach.
The messages. The screenshots. The things kids typed in a moment of hurt or pressure or loneliness.
What hit hardest wasn’t the drama. It was the realism. Because so much of what happens in that series is happening, in bedrooms and school hallways and private group chats. And for parents, it’s a tough reminder: we can’t always see what’s going on until it’s already happened.
That’s a big part of why we’ve been building something new at CyberSafely.
Without giving too much away just yet, we’ll say this: it’s a keyboard, but not just any keyboard. It’s quiet, respectful, and meant to be another layer of protection in the world of parental controls. A tool that can gently alert parents when something might be going on, based not on what’s posted, but what’s being typed.
Because sometimes, the warning signs don’t show up in public. They happen in drafts. In unsent messages. In the spaces between “I’m fine” and what’s really going on.
We’ll share more in just a couple of days, both about the keyboard and about how shows like Adolescence are forcing us to look more closely at how we protect young people online.
For now, we just want to say: we’re listening. We’re watching. And we’re building tools that meet kids where they are.