# Digital Citizenship Journal
> Monitoring protects, but teaching sticks. Cover digital footprints, kindness online, privacy and what to do when something feels wrong.

## Guides
- [Digital Footprints: What Stays Online](https://digital-citizenship.pages.dev/digital-footprint-kids-explained/): A digital footprint is the trail of information created when someone posts, comments, searches, shares, or interacts online.
- [Online Kindness Rules for the Whole Family](https://digital-citizenship.pages.dev/online-kindness-rules-kids/): Online kindness means treating people with respect even when conversations happen through screens.
- [Privacy Habits Kids Can Practice Daily](https://digital-citizenship.pages.dev/privacy-habits-for-kids/): Good privacy habits help children control what personal information they share, who can access it, and how they respond to requests for more details.
- [When Something Feels Wrong: A Child's Checklist](https://digital-citizenship.pages.dev/child-checklist-something-feels-wrong/): When a child encounters an upsetting message, unfamiliar contact, uncomfortable request, or unexpected online situation, the safest first steps are to pause.
- [Short Family Activities for Digital Skills](https://digital-citizenship.pages.dev/family-activities-digital-skills/): Family activities digital skills can turn everyday device use into opportunities to practice thoughtful decisions, respectful communication, privacy awareness.

## About
- [About Digital Citizenship Journal](https://digital-citizenship.pages.dev/about/): responsible use, how the site is funded and how guides are made

## Optional
- [RSS feed](https://digital-citizenship.pages.dev/feed.xml)