Acknowledgments

This toolkit was built through collaboration, care, and the collective wisdom of women deeply committed to the well-being of children and families in a digital world.

To Lauren Bean Buitta, founder of Girl Security and a mother raising children in this very moment of tech disruption. Thank you for your leadership, your strategic clarity, and your fierce dedication to ensuring this work empowers both parents and young people. You did not just co-create this toolkit, you infused it with heart and purpose.

To Allison Bean, whose background in social work and psychology brought a trauma-informed, child-centered lens to this project. Thank you for ensuring this toolkit supports the whole child, not just their digital self. Your perspective grounded our work in empathy and developmentally sound practice.

To Katrina Sommer and Kyla Guru of Bits N’ Bytes Cybersecurity Education, thank you for bringing your creativity, technical expertise, and intergenerational insight to the table. Your ability to make cybersecurity approachable for families is a gift, and your commitment to helping kids think critically about tech shines throughout these pages.

To Lilia LaGesse of Heard Creative Co., thank you for your strategy and design leadership on the toolkit’s website, which helped translate complex ideas into something accessible, beautiful, and empowering. To El Nicklin, thank you for your creativity and dedication in designing the report PDF.

To Laura Kupe (project management) and Justin Knighten (communications/press) from the CAS Strategies team for their contributions and support.

This was a multigenerational collaboration shaped by moms, sisters, technologists, educators, and advocates. Each of you made this stronger, wiser, and more human.

Thank you for your partnership and for believing in the power of families to raise digitally fluent, agency-driven kids.

With deep gratitude & because raising humans is the original zero-day,

Camille