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Grown-Up Guide

MySafeTherapy Kids is learning and play. It does not diagnose, treat or prevent anything. Its job is to give children words, options and rehearsal before real life needs them.

The six skills

  1. 1. Recognise and communicate feelings.
  2. 2. Understand that mistakes do not make someone a bad person.
  3. 3. Handle friendships and disagreements.
  4. 4. Express boundaries and respect other people's boundaries.
  5. 5. Recognise when help is needed and approach a safe adult.
  6. 6. Discover personal needs and what helps.
See which stories practise each skill →
Ms Patel, a calm teacher in a blue cardigan

Using Companion mode

The child's screen never changes. When you switch the Grown-up Companion on, a side panel appears with notes for the scene on screen: what it is doing, why it is written that way, and two or three questions to ask together.

  • Let the child drive the choices, including the hesitant ones.
  • Read the body check-ins slowly. There are no wrong answers.
  • Ask the questions after the scene, not during it.
  • Switch the panel off if the child finds it distracting. Child-first is the default.
Jo, Aisha's aunt, in an orange jumper

Safeguarding principles

  • Get Help is on every screen and contains UK helplines, including Childline 0800 1111 and 999.
  • Nothing is collected. There is no disclosure form, no sign-in and no messaging.
  • No generative AI, live chat or contact between users. Every branch is written by hand.
  • Progress lives in memory only, and Reset clears it instantly.
  • Children are told plainly that this app cannot send help, and that a real person can.
  • If a child discloses something while playing, thank them, stay calm, write down their words, and follow your setting's safeguarding procedure or contact the NSPCC on 0808 800 5000.

Conversation starters

  • "Where did you feel that in your body?"
  • "Which choice felt hardest, and what made it hard?"
  • "Has anything a bit like this happened at school?"
  • "Who is on your list of grown-ups to tell?"
  • "What would you want me to do first if you told me something worrying?"
  • "Shall I tell you about a mistake I made and how I sorted it?"

What each story practises

You Can't Sit Here

Friendship, being left out, and who holds the power

Maya wants a seat at lunch. Sam wants to look impressive. Leo is watching. Choose whose shoes you step into.

Skill 1Skill 3Skill 4Skill 5

Open You Can't Sit Here

I Broke It and Hid It

Accidents, panic, and putting things right

Leo knocks over Maya's cardboard space rover. A solar panel snaps off. His hands move before his brain does.

Skill 2Skill 1Skill 5Skill 6

Open I Broke It and Hid It

A Player Keeps Messaging Me

Online boundaries and spotting a tricky request

Aisha is building in Build Buddies when a player offers her something rare, if she tells them where she goes to school.

Skill 4Skill 1Skill 5Skill 2

Open A Player Keeps Messaging Me

Wobbly Words

Speaking in class when your voice wants to hide

It's Maya's turn to talk about her rover in front of the class. Her words feel wobbly. What might help her have a go?

Skill 1Skill 6

Open Wobbly Words

Not Picked

Being left out of a game and finding your way in

Teams are picked for tag and Leo is left standing on his own. What can he do with that sinking feeling?

Skill 1Skill 3Skill 6

Open Not Picked

Too Loud, Too Much

When a busy room fills you right up

Wet play. Everyone is inside, chairs scrape and voices bounce off the walls. Maya feels like a fizzy bottle about to pop.

Skill 1Skill 5Skill 6

Open Too Loud, Too Much

The Wrong Answer

When a mistake in class makes you feel small

Sam shouts out an answer in maths. It's wrong, and someone giggles. Help Sam separate a wrong answer from who he is.

Skill 1Skill 2Skill 6

Open The Wrong Answer

Stop Means Stop

Saying no to play that doesn't feel fun any more

Aisha's cousin keeps tickling her at a family visit, even when she says stop. Her body belongs to her.

Skill 1Skill 4Skill 5

Open Stop Means Stop

Just One More Level

Stopping a game when you really, really don't want to

Aisha is so close to finishing her Build Buddies castle. Then Jo says it's time for dinner.

Skill 1Skill 3Skill 6

Open Just One More Level

Raised Voices

When grown-ups argue and you want everyone to be okay

Leo hears grown-ups arguing downstairs at bedtime. He wants to fix it. What does Leo actually need?

Skill 1Skill 5Skill 6

Open Raised Voices