What we do
Help you understand what matters first for your household, using current UK guidance and a practical plan reviewed before delivery.
For UK parents of 5-18s
You don't need to do everything. You need to do the first thing.
Answer a few questions about your child and we hand you back one clear plan: the handful of things worth doing first, the exact settings for the apps they actually use, and the words to say — kept up to date as things change. A real person checks it before it reaches you.
Checked by a real person
Kept current — June 2026
Nothing installed on their phone
No child-identifiable data
Know what matters.
Which risks actually apply to your child right now — and which ones can wait.
Always up to date.
Every guide is dated and kept current, so you're never acting on advice that's gone stale.
Checked by a person.
A real person turns the guidance into a clear order of what to do first.
What you get back
Everything you need to act this week — your plan, the guides for your apps, and the words to use.
Why this exists
Most parents aren't short of advice. They're short of time to work out what applies to their child — and what to do first.
It won't spy on your child, and it won't bury you in two hundred articles. It tells you what matters now, what's changed recently, and the few things actually worth doing about it.
Plain answers
Straight answers to what parents ask.
The questions we get most, before you buy.
Is this monitoring software?
No. First Thing First does not install anything on a child's phone, read messages, collect screenshots or create child accounts. It is parent education and planning.
Why pay when guidance is free?
The facts are free; working out which ones apply to your child isn't. You're paying for a plan built around your child's age and the apps they actually use, in priority order, and kept current as things change — instead of doing that across a dozen tabs yourself.
What makes it current?
Plan artefacts and library pages carry date signals, source rails and a Stay Current layer so the system does not quietly go stale.
How it works
Diagnostic, human review, then a plan you can act on.
No child account, no app on their phone, no uploads, no screenshots, and no child-identifiable data required.
1
Answer the Readiness Check.About two minutes, no sign-up to start.
2
Complete the household diagnostic.Structured questions only. No names, schools, photos or message uploads.
3
Receive your reviewed plan.Your plan links directly into the guides and playbooks that apply.
The promise
No spying. No scare tactics. Just a clear idea of what to do first.
First Thing First is prevention-focused parent education and planning. It does not track children, assess safeguarding risk, or replace emergency services.
What we do not do
We do not monitor your child, collect their messages, predict harm, guarantee safety or handle live incidents.