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🛡️ Internet Safety for Kids · Lesson 1 of 7

A strong password

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How to make a password that is hard to guess, and who may know it.

What makes a password weak?

Weak passwords are short or easy to guess: 123456, password, your name, your birthday, your pet’s name. Computers can try millions of guesses a second, so short passwords fall fast.

How to build a strong one

  1. Pick three or four random words: “purple tiger pancake river”
  2. Join them and add a number and a symbol: Purple-Tiger-Pancake-River7!
  3. Long beats complicated: 15+ characters
  4. A different password for every important account

Who may know it?

YouYes
Your parentsYes
Your best friendNo — even best friends fight sometimes
A “game support” person who asksNever. Real companies never ask for your password

Two-step verification

Turn on two-step verification (2FA) where you can. Then even if someone learns your password, they also need a code from your phone or a parent’s phone.

Tip

💡 A password manager (built into most browsers and phones) can remember all your passwords. Ask a parent to set it up together.

✏️ Practice: your turn

  1. Together, make up a strong password from 4 random words (don’t use it — it’s just practice)
  2. Check which family accounts use the same password, and plan to change them
  3. Turn on two-step verification on one account
  4. Agree: who in the family knows the kids’ passwords?

🧠 Quick quiz

Answer all 4 questions correctly to mark this lesson as done.

1. Which password is strongest?
2. Who may know your password?
3. What does two-step verification add?
4. Should every account have the same password?

0 of 4 correct

All lessons in Internet Safety for Kids

  1. 🔑 1. A strong passwordHow to make a password that is hard to guess, and who may know it
  2. 🙊 2. What not to sharePersonal details, photos and location
  3. 🎣 3. Scams and suspicious linksFake prizes, urgent messages and strange links
  4. 👤 4. Strangers onlineWho is behind the screen, strange requests and meeting up
  5. 🫂 5. Cyberbullying and group chatsWhat to do when someone hurts you or a friend online
  6. 🎮 6. Games, purchases and screen timeIn-game purchases, loot boxes and when to stop
  7. 🗣️ 7. Telling a trusted adultWhy to tell, who to tell, and what to say