Better Internet for Kids

This 45-minute lesson plan is designed for students in grades 1–4 and focuses on helping children understand the power of words, both offline and online. Through interactive activities, students learn to recognise how words can affect other people’s feelings, transform negative expressions into positive ones, and understand that hurtful language on the internet can have real emotional consequences.

A short interactive quiz that helps children understand how words can affect others’ feelings, both offline and online. Through simple questions and everyday examples, students reflect on kind communication, positive language, and safe ways to respond to hurtful words or cyberbullying.

This lesson plan is designed for students in Grades 4–6 and helps them understand what cyberbullying is and how it differs from teasing. Through discussion and interactive activities, students explore how hurtful online behaviour can affect others, learn when it is important to speak to a trusted adult, and develop empathy and responsible ways to support a classmate who may be experiencing bullying.

An interactive quiz for upper primary students that helps children understand the difference between harmless joking and harmful online behaviour. Through everyday examples, students learn to recognise cyberbullying, think about how others may feel, and choose kind, responsible ways to respond online.

This two-hour lesson plan is designed for lower- and upper-secondary students and helps teenagers understand what cyberbullying means in today’s social media environment. Through realistic examples and reflective activities, students explore how online behaviours affect emotions, friendships and peer relationships, while developing empathy, responsibility and the confidence to support others both online and at school.

A concise presentation that introduces students to the main forms of online violence, including cyberbullying, hate speech, harassment, threats, image-based abuse and exclusion. It helps them recognise harmful behaviours and understand how to respond safely and responsibly.

An informative infographic for parents with practical advice on how to recognise the warning signs of cyberbullying and how to protect and support their child. It includes common emotional and behavioural signs, tips for open communication, and simple steps for safer online use and early intervention.

The report, It helps, but it is not enough (Det hjälper men det räcker inte), presents analyses of the relationship between online victimisation among Swedish children aged 13–18 and their guardians' financial situation, educational level, and country of origin.

This report, Children and young people's online strategies (Barns och ungas strategier online), examines how children and young people reason about their use of digital and social media, with a particular focus on how they navigate digital risks. The report was produced within the framework of the EU-funded project Safer Internet Centre Sweden.

An accompanying literature review is also available. The review provides an overview of how research conducted over the past five years has identified and examined the different strategies children may apply when encountering digital risks.

Algorithms, filter bubbles and echo chambers (Algoritmer, filterbubblor och ekokammare) is part of the “Life Online” fact sheet series that provides parents, teachers and other professionals with practical knowledge about children’s digital lives. Each fact sheet focuses on a specific topic and explains it in a simple and accessible way. This fact sheet explores algorithms, filter bubbles and echo chambers, and how they influence the content children and young people see online.