Checkology is the 'eat your vegetables' of the digital age, but they’ve seasoned the vegetables well enough that kids might actually swallow them. It’s a nonprofit, nonpartisan masterclass in not getting fooled by the internet. In an era where deepfakes are indistinguishable from reality, this isn't just a 'nice to have'—it's a survival kit.

It won't replace Minecraft or Netflix in your kid's heart, but it will change how they look at every single post on those platforms. If your school doesn't already use it, it's worth poking around the free resources yourself to help build your kid's internal 'BS detector' before they head into the wild west of social media.