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Is Google Slides safe for your child?
Age guide
8+
We advise Google Slides from age 8 and up. Overall risk 3/10 (low risk).
- 5-8
- Younger children can use Google Slides to create simple presentations with pictures and basic text for school projects or personal stories, often with direct parental or teacher guidance.
- 9-12
- Children in this age range will use Google Slides for more complex school assignments, learning to incorporate various media and collaborate on group projects with classmates.
- 13-15
- Teenagers will utilize Google Slides for academic presentations requiring research, data visualization, and sophisticated design, potentially sharing documents with peers and teachers for feedback.
- 16+
- Older teens might use Google Slides for advanced academic work, extracurricular activities, or even early professional projects, leveraging its full suite of collaborative and presentation features.
Google Slides is a presentation program included as part of the free, web-based Google Docs Editors suite. It enables users to create, edit, and collaborate on presentations online, offering various themes and tools for visual communication.
- Age guide
- 8+
- Overall risk
- 3/10
- Violence
- 1/10
- Toxic behaviour
- 2/10
- Stranger contact
- 3/10
- Addiction risk
- 4/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Influence
- 2/10
What parents should know
Google Slides is a web-based presentation program that allows users to create and collaborate on slideshows. It is primarily an educational and productivity tool, offering features for text, images, and media integration, along with real-time collaboration. The main safety considerations revolve around managing sharing permissions and supervising collaborative projects to prevent exposure to inappropriate content or accidental sharing of personal information.
What to do about Google Slides
Free with a Parentwise account. The age-by-age verdict needs your child's age, which is why it lives behind the account.
- The age-by-age verdict
What we advise for under 8, 8-12 and 13+ - our age guide for Google Slides is 8+, and the answer changes with your child's age. - The one setting to change tonight
The exact Google Slides setting that cuts the most risk, with the steps to find it. - What to say
Word-for-word openers for talking about Google Slides without a row. - Red flags to watch for
The signals in Google Slides that mean it is time to step in.
Google Slides age rating and parents guide: common questions
What age rating is Google Slides?
Parentwise puts Google Slides at 8+. We advise Google Slides from age 8 and up. Overall risk 3/10 (low risk). Violence scores 1/10, language 1/10, stranger contact 3/10 and addiction risk 4/10.
Can a 10 year old use Google Slides?
Yes, 10 is at or above the age we advise for Google Slides (8+). Children in this age range will use Google Slides for more complex school assignments, learning to incorporate various media and collaborate on group projects with classmates.
Can a 12 year old use Google Slides?
Yes, 12 is at or above the age we advise for Google Slides (8+). Children in this age range will use Google Slides for more complex school assignments, learning to incorporate various media and collaborate on group projects with classmates.
Can a 13 year old use Google Slides?
Yes, 13 is at or above the age we advise for Google Slides (8+). Teenagers will utilize Google Slides for academic presentations requiring research, data visualization, and sophisticated design, potentially sharing documents with peers and teachers for feedback.
Is Google Slides appropriate for kids?
Google Slides is a web-based presentation program that allows users to create and collaborate on slideshows. Parentwise rates Google Slides overall as low risk (3/10), with stranger contact at 3/10 and addiction risk at 4/10.
Is Google Slides family friendly?
Google Slides is one of the lower-risk titles we rate. It is primarily an educational and productivity tool, offering features for text, images, and media integration, along with real-time collaboration.
Google Slides parents guide: what should a parent know first?
Google Slides is a web-based presentation program that allows users to create and collaborate on slideshows. The parts that most often catch parents out are stranger contact (3/10) and how hard it pulls for more time (4/10).
Is Google Slides safe for kids?
We advise Google Slides from age 8 and up. Overall risk 3/10 (low risk). It is primarily an educational and productivity tool, offering features for text, images, and media integration, along with real-time collaboration.
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