# Alert Response Primer
> Pause, read the context, talk to your child, then decide on action. A four-step ladder keeps you calm when an alert arrives.

## Guides
- [Step One: Pause and Read the Context](https://alert-response.pages.dev/pause-read-context-alert/): To pause read context alert information properly, stop before confronting your child, check what the notification actually reports and consider what may have.
- [Step Two: Choose Your Moment to Talk](https://alert-response.pages.dev/choose-moment-to-talk-teen/): To choose moment to talk teen concerns should be raised when both parent and teenager can speak privately, calmly and without unnecessary interruption.
- [Step Three: Decide Whether Action Is Needed](https://alert-response.pages.dev/decide-action-after-alert/): To decide action after alert information has been checked, assess the seriousness of the concern, the strength of the available evidence and whether there is.
- [Step Four: Follow Up and Adjust the Alert List](https://alert-response.pages.dev/follow-up-adjust-alert-list/): To follow up adjust alert list settings, review what happened after the original notification, identify whether the concern has been resolved and decide.
- [Alerts That Always Need Outside Help](https://alert-response.pages.dev/alerts-needing-outside-help/): Alerts needing outside help are notifications that point to a possible immediate safety risk, serious exploitation, threats or a situation beyond what a parent.

## About
- [About Alert Response Primer](https://alert-response.pages.dev/about/): responsible use, how the site is funded and how guides are made

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