Helm Kids · COPPA-safe accounts for under-13s

Their first social media. Your rules.

Helm Kids is safe social media for kids: a parent-managed account where DMs are allowlist-only, Live is family-only, and screen time is yours to set. No ads, no data sales, no strangers. Just the internet the way you wish it worked.

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Why parents pick Helm

Safe by design, fun by default.

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COPPA-safe and parent-managed

A parent creates the account, gives COPPA-compliant consent, and holds the controls. Nothing about a Kids account runs without you.

Allowlist-only messaging

Kids can only DM people on the list you approve. No stranger can ever message your child. Full stop.

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No ads. No data sales.

Helm is interest media, not an ad machine. Your kid's feed follows their interests, and their data is never sold to anyone.

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This is what your kid gets.

The kid feed

A feed built on their interests, not on ads.

Helm is interest media: your kid picks what they love and the feed follows. It stays bright, simple, and moderated under Helm's community guidelines, with only the contacts you have approved.

  • Interest-matched feed with a kid-safe experience
  • Messaging locked to your approved allowlist
  • Moderation and community guidelines behind every post
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Parental controls

You set the rules. Helm enforces them.

Behind every Kids account sits a control panel only you can touch. Set a daily screen-time budget, schedule downtime hours, lock down who can DM, and let the approvals queue catch everything that needs your yes.

  • Screen time and downtime you control from your phone
  • Approvals queue for anything that needs a parent's yes
  • Family-only Live with parent notify and one-tap stop
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Pip's controls
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Today's screen time35 / 90 min
Downtime hours
Blocks posts, follows & DMs
Who can DM
Family onlyFamily + approved
Live: family only
Notify me on go-live
On by default

Every safety feature ships turned on.

You never have to hunt through settings to make Helm safe. A Kids account starts locked down, and only a parent can open anything up.

🛡️ COPPA-safe✉️ Allowlist-only DMs📺 Family-only Live⏰ Screen time + downtime✅ Approvals queue🚫 No ads, no data sales
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How it works

Set up in three steps.

1

A parent signs up free

Create your own Helm account and your family in minutes. You are the captain of every kid account that follows.

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Link your kid, set the rules

Add your child with COPPA-compliant consent, then set screen time, downtime, and exactly who can DM them.

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They explore, you approve

Your kid posts, follows their interests, and earns stars for chores. Anything that needs your yes waits in the approvals queue.

Parent questions

Good to know.

Is Helm a COPPA-safe app for kids?
Yes. Kids accounts on Helm are COPPA-safe and parent-managed. A parent creates and links the account, consent is COPPA-compliant, DMs are locked to a parent-approved allowlist, and there are no ads and no data sales.
What is interest media?
Interest media is Helm's approach to social media: your feed follows the interests you pick from a 37-interest taxonomy instead of an engagement algorithm. For kids, that means a feed shaped by what they love, inside limits a parent sets.
What can my kid actually do on Helm?
Kids can post videos and photos, follow their interests, message approved contacts only, earn stars for chores on the family dashboard, and go Live to family only. Anything that needs a parent's yes waits in your approvals queue.
How do I set up a kids account?
A parent signs up free, creates the family, and links the child. From the parent dashboard you set screen time and downtime, choose who can DM, and review the approvals queue. You can adjust every setting any time.
The whole household

One family, every age.

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Teens

13 to 17. More freedom, with parents still in the loop.

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Families

Chores and stars, meal planner, shared calendar, rewards.

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Give them a safer start.

Set your kid up on safe social media that answers to you, not advertisers. Sign up free, link your child, and keep the helm.

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