Free Guide for Hockey Parents
Your son doesn’t need another lecture about his phone. He needs a plan.
The Group Chat Talk gives parents five practical things to say, so your son knows what to do when something harmful shows up in a group chat - whether it happened in the chat or somewhere else.
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Free 5-page guide from Nickey Norrish, Player Partnerships.
Group chats can go sideways.
Knowing how to talk about them without turning the conversation into an interrogation - or getting nothing more than an eye roll and “I knowwww…” - is critical.
Telling your son to “be careful” or “make good choices” is not enough. He needs to understand what the harm actually looks like, what to do in different situations, and whether he can call you without immediately losing his phone or control of the situation.
This short guide helps you have that conversation.
Inside the guide, you’ll learn how to:
- Explain why nothing shared in a group chat is ever truly private - and why that matters most to the person at the centre of it.
- Help your son ask “Am I helping this get worse?” instead of “Will I get in trouble?”
- Talk honestly about how hard it can be to speak up or leave a chat with friends and teammates - and why the person being targeted matters more.
- Give him a clear plan for different situations, from a cruel joke to threats or intimate images - including never saving, screenshotting or forwarding the content itself.
- Make sure he knows how to get help even if he doesn’t feel able to tell you, including anonymous support lines and school, team or league reporting options.
- Make a phone and reaction deal now, so fear of your reaction never keeps him quiet while someone else is being harmed.
- Have the 15-minute conversation without forcing a heart-to-heart or turning it into an interrogation.
Someone, somewhere, is going to cross a line - and it may end up in your son’s group chat.
The goal is not to make your son feel like he can’t be in a group chat.
The goal is to make sure if he is in them, he’s equipped with the confidence to take action if needed - and not be part of it.
Download The Group Chat Talk (free) and have the 15‑minute conversation this week.
No email address required - instant download.
The PDF saves straight to your device - you won’t be taken to another page. Look for it in your Downloads folder.
If someone has already been hurt
If an intimate photo or video of your child, or someone they know, has been shared without consent, or someone has been sexually assaulted, you don’t have to figure it out alone. Confidential support is available, and the person who was harmed is never to blame.
- Canada: Kids Help Phone, 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868 · Help removing images: NeedHelpNow.ca
- United States: RAINN, 1-800-656-4673 · Help removing images: Take It Down (NCMEC)
This guide is for educational purposes only and is not legal advice.