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9 cards

1. Connect

   Fortnite

   Fortnite is a hugely popular game with a Halloween update and ranked play going on right now, and it is a good way to connect with your kid, as long as you know how its chat and in-game spending work.

   • Ages Ages 10-17
   • Fortnite, YouTube, Twitch
   • Checked Oct 19
2. Connect

   The Backrooms

   The Backrooms is a popular internet horror fiction about endless empty, eerie rooms, told through videos, games and Roblox worlds; it is made-up and mostly harmless, though it can scare younger kids.

   • Ages Ages 10-15
   • YouTube, Roblox, TikTok
   • Checked Oct 18
3. Connect

   Five Nights at Freddy's (FNAF)

   Five Nights at Freddy's is a long-running horror game series whose jumpscare videos are hugely popular on YouTube; it's harmless fun for most kids, but the sudden scares can rattle younger ones.

   • Ages Ages 9-14
   • YouTube
   • Checked Oct 18
4. Connect

   Roblox games

   Roblox is a platform full of user-made games that most kids play daily and that top creators on YouTube keep turning into videos, so it is an easy way to start a conversation about what your child plays.

   • Ages Ages 10-14
   • Roblox, YouTube
   • Checked Oct 18
5. Connect

   6-7 ("six-seven")

   "6-7" is a nonsense chant that tweens shout as an in-group joke, tied to a rap song and basketball clips, and Dictionary.com named it its 2025 word of the year; it's harmless.

   • Ages Ages 10-14
   • TikTok, YouTube
   • Checked Sep 28
6. Connect

   Aura farming

   Aura farming is a meme about looking effortlessly cool, and it has moved offline, where young people stage public "aura battles" with exaggerated, meme-style moves in front of crowds.

   • Ages Ages 11-17
   • TikTok, Instagram
   • Checked Sep 1
7. Connect

   Brainrot

   Brainrot is kids' slang for absurd, repetitive, endlessly scrollable online content, and also for the foggy feeling of watching too much of it; it's mostly a harmless in-joke, with the main concern being how much time it takes.

   • Ages Ages 10-16
   • TikTok, YouTube, Instagram
   • Checked Mar 22
8. Connect

   Choppelganger

   A new TikTok slang word that mashes up "chopped" (ugly) and "doppelganger" to mean a lookalike who looks noticeably worse; most teens joke about themselves with it, but it can also be used as a looks-based put-down.

   • Ages Ages 11-17
   • TikTok, X
   • Checked Jan 15
9. Connect

   KPop Demon Hunters

   KPop Demon Hunters is a Netflix animated movie whose characters are leading kids' Halloween costume picks this year, and it is a harmless way to connect with your child's current interests.

   • Ages Ages 8-15
   • Netflix, YouTube, TikTok
   • Checked Oct 29