The Tuck blog
On kids, apps and staying safe
Plain-spoken writing on the real risks young children meet on social media and messaging apps — no scare stories, no jargon — and the deliberate choices we made when building Tuck.
How strangers actually reach children online
A plain-spoken tour of the real ways strangers reach children on mainstream apps, and why a contact list of people met in person closes every door at once.
Read → WellbeingIt's not the screen time — it's the feed
Screen-time limits miss the point. The deeper problem is what's on the screen and how it's built to keep a child there. Here's how that works — and why Tuck doesn't.
Read → FriendshipsThe hidden pressure of kids' group chats
Group chats aren't evil, but for young children the social stakes run high and never stop. Here's the pressure they hide, and Tuck's deliberate answer.
Read → Online safetyWhy we left out photos, video and vanishing messages
Photos, video and disappearing messages carry real risk for children. Here's why Tuck is text and emoji only, with nothing that vanishes and nothing to regret.
Read → Our approachParental controls vs. safe by design
The dominant model hands children an open app and asks parents to lock it down. We make the case for safety that lives in the design instead.
Read →Messaging that's limited on purpose.
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