For principals, teachers, counsellors and school boards
Know in a minute whether the warning going around is real, overstated or a recycled hoax, and what to tell families.
A creepy face said to pop up in kids' videos and hand out dangerous dares. Police and child-safety groups found no confirmed case.
Nothing, unless the warning posts scared your kid. If they did, that's the part to talk about.
"Have you heard about that Momo thing? It turned out to be made up. Did it scare anyone at school?"
The panic letter
A scary post reaches one parent at breakfast. By the afternoon, the school is writing to all of them.
Many of these warnings are old hoaxes, back for another round. A letter home that names a dangerous challenge and describes it can send more kids looking for it than the original post did. That is why safe-messaging guidance says to describe less, not more.
How a school uses it
The same cards parents read, with the same sources. Plain enough to forward as they are.
A word, a challenge, an app. Find its card or its entry in the slang guide and see the rating in seconds: relax, keep an eye on it, or act.
When the scare isn't real, the card says so plainly and links its sources. Send that to staff and families instead of a warning that spreads the hoax.
Every card page has a send-home version: a short letter for families with what the trend is, how much it matters and what to say at home. Print it, or paste it into your email.
Act cards say what to do first and which Canadian service can help, like Cybertip.ca or Kids Help Phone, without spelling out the harmful thing itself.
Every card has an opener parents can use at home. Share the cards instead of a slide deck of scary headlines.
The Monday brief keeps everyone on the same page, in English or Québec French, in a few minutes a week.
Inside a card
Every card answers three questions: what is it, how much does it matter, and what do we say.
Connect, Context, Watch, Act or Debunked. And who's at risk: whether a student could be harmed, or could get in trouble for joining in.
Two plain sentences, with where it shows up and the ages it reaches. No screenshots of the thing itself.
The one thing worth doing first. Often it's nothing, and the card says so.
An opener adults can use word for word, at home or in class.
Serious cards name the right Canadian service: Cybertip.ca, Kids Help Phone, poison control or the 988 crisis line.
Every card links its sources and is checked again each week. A trend that goes quiet is retired.
Safety
Worried about a specific student? Follow your school's protocol, and report online exploitation to Cybertip.ca or call police. Mistlift doesn't take reports about individual kids. How Mistlift is made
Plans
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