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Lie hunters

Becoming detectives of the fake: doctored photos, trick headlines, AI-made videos. You play at doubting with method, not with fear — and it hooks you like a riddle.

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How it’s done

Turn misinformation into a detective game. Once a week, everyone brings to the table something they saw going around —a forwarded message, an unbelievable photo, a scandalous headline— and together you interrogate it.

The hunter's questions:

  1. Who's saying it, and how do they know? The first reflex isn't "is it true?" but "where did this come from?" Finding the original source is half the work.
  2. Why am I being sent this? Almost every viral lie wants something: for you to be scared, to be angry, to share. Naming the emotion it's trying to provoke disarms it.
  3. The image test. Odd photos, AI videos: look for the clues —hands with six fingers, impossible shadows, the same image on another site with another date. Have them learn to look twice before believing.

Whoever uncovers the best-hidden trick wins. No scolding: we've all fallen for one at some point.

What it builds — the why

The most important muscle for living on the internet: doubting with method instead of swallowing it whole. Your son learns to trace a source, to smell emotional manipulation, and to recognize a fabricated image — right when AI makes the fake look perfect. But what really gets built is a stance: not the cynic who believes in nothing, but the curious person who verifies before sharing. And doing it with you, without a sermon, he takes away that in this house you think before you forward.

How it changes with age

10–12 Preteens
Start with obvious, funny AI images: dogs with human hands, impossible cities. The eye trains itself by laughing. Then a clickbait headline and the question "what do they want me to feel?"
13–15 Early adolescence
The terrain gets real: rumors in the class group chat, dangerous challenges, edited screenshots. Teach them to find the original source before getting outraged — outrage is the engine of nearly every viral lie.
16–18 Adolescence
Now they're adult conversations: biases, echo chambers, how AI fabricates voices and faces. Let her teach you the latest thing going around — at this age, she can often spot things you didn't even see.

Variations

Quick version: a single forwarded message, debunked in five minutes before dinner. Family version: make a group chat where, before forwarding anything alarming, the rule is to ask "have we verified it yet?" — and let it apply to the adults too.

What to watch for in your child

Mind the edge: the goal is for your son to doubt, not to distrust everything and everyone. If you notice the game turning him cynical or anxious, dial down the tone and remember there's also plenty of truth and honest people on the internet. Notice what kind of lie catches him —the one that scares, the one that angers, the one that promises something— because that's his weak door, and knowing it is protecting him.