Digital safety

The adults around children need a framework.

Children live much of their lives on platforms built to capture their attention. We give organisations and professionals a shared, practical framework for understanding, discussing and acting on children's digital lives.

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Why this is urgent

This is not moral panic. It is a question of the adults around children knowing what they are looking at.

Algorithms, screen time, influencers and commercial pressure shape how children see themselves and the world. Yet many of the adults responsible for protecting them lack a shared language and framework for judging what is healthy, what is vulnerable, and when something has gone too far.

That is the understanding we build. Research-based, but translated into something you can use on a Tuesday.

Read our walkthrough of the five mechanisms that keep children on the screen

"Are we contributing to digital neglect?" The question came from a head of professional development after one of our talks.

Three modules: understand, see, apply

First you learn how the platforms are built. Then you learn to recognise the mechanisms in a child you know. Finally you do something about it. The modules build on each other.

Online · live

Module 1: Understand

4 hours · interactive lecture with group work

We go through the spaces children are actually in: the feed, friends, games, clubhouses and the closed rooms. You learn how each platform is built, what it measures, and why it works more strongly on children than on adults. Along the way there are live demonstrations, and in the group work you pitch an app first to an adult and then to a twelve-year-old.

  • The attention economy, and the shift from friends to interests in the feed
  • TikTok and Snapchat: what the algorithm actually measures
  • Roblox, Fortnite, Discord and Twitch as social arenas with their own economies
  • The closed rooms, where no adult sees what is shared

NOK 2,400

Online · live

Module 2: See

4 hours · interactive lecture with group work

Module 1 explains the machine. Module 2 teaches you to recognise it in everyday life. You see how the recommendation algorithm responds to every second a child lingers, and which four things the app asks for. The day ends with the observation matrix, a tool for separating the app's pull from the child's reaction.

  • From symptom to mechanism
  • What the recommendation algorithm does with whatever a child pauses on
  • Four things the app asks for: time, return visits, money and availability
  • When an observation becomes a concern

NOK 2,400

On-site workshop

Module 3: Apply

8 hours · case-based · requires Modules 1 and 2

A full day of practice. You train the feed on your own phone through four levels, from settings that take five minutes to changes that take weeks. You work on cases in age tracks and leave with measures for your own unit and ground rules that have stood up to an objection. Lunch, five printed work cards and a follow-up checklist by email are included.

  • Feed hacking in four levels, from five minutes to several months
  • The six variables the platforms optimise for, and how you use them
  • Case work in age tracks, with concrete measures for your own unit
  • Ground rules that stand up to an objection

NOK 4,800

The full series
All three modules: NOK 7,500

Save NOK 2,100 compared with booking separately. This is how the series is meant to be taken.

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Prices per participant. The course is education and exempt from VAT. Small groups, maximum 20 participants per module. All modules can also be booked as an in-house course for your organisation. Request a quote.

Next open course: winter 2027

The open course is taught in Norwegian. For English-language delivery, ask us about an in-house course.

Open registration for staff and managers in organisations, schools, municipalities and the voluntary sector. Small groups, maximum 20 participants per module.

Mon 25 Jan 2027
Module 1: Understand
Online · 10:00–14:00
Registration open
Mon 1 Feb 2027
Module 2: See
Online · 10:00–14:00
Registration open
Mon 8 Feb 2027
Module 3: Apply
Oslo/Gardermoen region · 08:30–16:30
Registration open
What would you like to register for? (required)

Module 3 requires participants to have taken Modules 1 and 2. Prices per participant, exempt from VAT.

Registering as a private individual? Leave organisation and organisation number blank. The invoice will then be sent to you.

Participants (required)

Each participant receives the link and practical information by email. Maximum 20 per registration.

Pilot with the Salvation Army in Norway · autumn 2026

Etter Christians foredrag for våre ansatte om digitale plattformer og barn, meldte jeg umiddelbart opp en sak til ledermøtet mandag med spørsmålet: bidrar vi til digital omsorgssvikt? Det er sjelden et foredrag setter i gang den type refleksjon i en hel organisasjon. Christian har en unik evne til å gjøre et komplekst og til dels ubehagelig tema forståelig og handlingsrettet for folk som jobber med barn og unge hver dag.

Translation: After Christian's talk to our staff about digital platforms and children, I immediately raised the matter at Monday's management meeting with the question: are we contributing to digital neglect? It is rare for a talk to set off that kind of reflection across a whole organisation. Christian has a unique ability to make a complex and at times uncomfortable subject understandable and actionable for people who work with children and young people every day.

Sissel Sæther
Head of Training and Development, Frelsesarmeen (The Salvation Army in Norway)

Frequently asked questions

Do we have to take all three modules?

No. Modules 1 and 2 can be taken separately and stand well on their own. Module 3 is practical and requires Modules 1 and 2, because the workshop builds directly on the concepts and the way of looking taught in the first two. Taken together, the full series costs NOK 7,500 per participant, compared with NOK 9,600 booked separately.

What do participants come away with?

After Modules 1 and 2, participants share a language for how the platforms are built, and a trained eye for when an app is pushing a child. After Module 3, they have concrete changes to make on their own phone, an observation matrix, and measures and ground rules for their own unit.

Can the content be adapted to our organisation?

Yes. The modules are adapted to your context, whether you work in a school, in youth crime prevention, in the voluntary sector or in another organisation. We use examples from participants' own working lives so the material lands where it is relevant.

Who is the course for?

Staff and managers who work closely with children and young people: practitioners, youth crime prevention coordinators, teachers, youth workers, NGO staff and volunteers. No technical background is required.

Are the online modules live?

Yes. Modules 1 and 2 are interactive lectures on Teams, with group work along the way. It is not a recorded course you watch alone.

What does it cost, and how do we pay?

Modules 1 and 2 cost NOK 2,400 each, and Module 3 costs NOK 4,800. All three together cost NOK 7,500. Prices are per participant, and the course is exempt from VAT because it is education. Registration is binding, with a 14-day right of withdrawal for private individuals, and you will receive an invoice with 14 days' payment terms. We are happy to invoice via EHF.

Can I withdraw my registration?

Yes, if you register as a private individual. You then have a 14-day right of withdrawal from when your registration is confirmed, and get back what you have paid. If the course starts within that period and you have asked to attend, you pay for what has been delivered. If you register on behalf of a business or public body, the cancellation rules in the terms apply.

How many places are there?

A maximum of 20 participants per module, so that the group work functions. When a module is close to full, the number of places left is shown by the date. If a module is full, you go on the waiting list and are not invoiced.

Would you rather have a quote tailored to your organisation?

Tell us about your unit and what you are dealing with, and we will come back with a concrete proposal.

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