--- title: Staying safe and kind online — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Staying safe and kind online», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Some information is private and stays off the internet: your full name, home address, school, phone number, birthday, passwords and photos t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Staying safe and kind online # Staying safe and kind online Lesson 59 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 20 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/0/) — Some information is private and stays off the internet: your full name, home address, school, phone number, birthday, passwords and photos that show where you live; share passwords only with your parents. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/1/) — People online may not be who they say: a «10-year-old» in a game chat could be an adult; never agree to meet someone you know only online, and tell a parent if anyone asks for photos, secrets or a meeting. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/2/) — Words online hurt just as much as words said aloud, and a post or photo can be copied and kept forever, so before you send something, ask: «Would I say this to their face? - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/3/) — Would I be happy for my grandma to see it?» - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/4/) — If you see something upsetting or someone is mean to you, do not reply; tell a trusted adult, save a screenshot, then block and report; you will not be in trouble for telling. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/5/) — Screens are fun, but children also need active play, time with people and 9 to 12 hours of sleep; a boy in Colorado who switched off his tablet an hour before bed found he fell asleep faster, because the bright screen and exciting games keep the brain awake. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/6/) — A girl in Canada chatted online with someone who said he was 12 and liked her favourite band; he asked to meet her alone, and when her parents checked, he was a grown man, and the police stepped in. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/8/) — Your full name, address, school, phone number and passwords are private information. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/9/) — You share your passwords only with your parents or carers. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/10/) — People online can pretend to be someone they are not. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/12/) — Things posted online can be copied and kept, even after you delete them. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/13/) — Mean words online hurt just as much as mean words said in person. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/14/) — If something online upsets you, you tell a trusted adult. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/15/) — You do not reply to mean messages; you save them, block the sender and report them. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/16/) — Clicking on unknown links or pop-ups can bring viruses or tricks. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/17/) — Most social media apps say users must be at least 13 years old, because younger children need extra protection from what they might meet there; some countries set a higher age. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/20/) — Children aged 6 to 12 need about 9 to 12 hours of sleep a night. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/21/) — Using screens just before bed can make it harder to fall asleep. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/22/) — People online can lie about their age, name and who they are. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/59-staying-safe-and-kind-online/23/) — Once a photo or message is shared online, you cannot fully take it back. - ← previous: [Strangers and tricky people](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/58-strangers-and-tricky-people/) - next →: [Thinking cleverly about people](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/60-reasoning-about-people/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)