Before I Share a Picture of Someone Else

1. What your child learns and why

Your child practises asking before sharing, accepting no and agreeing the audience. We suggest thinking of a picture as partly belonging to the person in it. The aim is to care about their choice.

2. Three dinner questions

• How would you ask to show a picture to the class?
• How can you respond calmly to no?
• What does “only my family” mean?

3. 10 minutes together, no screen

1. Draw a character on paper. Use no real photographs.
2. Ask: “May I show this picture to the class?” The other person answers yes, no or only my family. Ask how they feel about the audience.
3. Repeat what you understood. Accept no without persuasion. Swap roles and try another reply.

4. What success looks like

Your child asks about a specific picture and audience, accepts a refusal and finishes: “Before I share a picture of someone else, I ask: ...”.

5. Common difficulties

“But the picture is mine!” → “Who is in it? Let us ask them.” Unclear reply → do not share for now. New audience → ask again. Model this by asking your child too.

6. Safety

Use drawings only. Enter no personal information. Rules and ages for online services differ — ask your school or the service. If something scares you, tell a grown-up you trust.

7. Where to go next

Before: DB-IB-14 “Together in One Document: Roles and Rules” · Next: DB-IL-01 “Beaver Tasks: Think Like a Computer Scientist”

You do not need to know the answers. Say: “Let us think it through together.”