Originally Posted by
bisous
At my kid's school, they do a project in 6th grade called "The Garden of the Gods". It is adjacent to their study of Ancient Greek history and literature. They are assigned to dress up as one of the gods and have to research a speech about what they do, any stories about them, etc. and then the school is invited to come up to them where they have to tell their story.
Anyway. The project is so fraught with awkward search results on the school ipads that the teachers have enacted a protocol for what to do if/when you run into something weird. You're supposed to turn your screen over, raise your hand, and say "teacher, teacher". That way your teacher can help clear your screen and can let you know to talk to your parent if you're worried about anything you see.
I express this for two reasons. First, because I thought it was interesting that it was so expected to find strange results! Even at school and with their safety features enabled. And second because it was the first time my DS1 ever encountered naked images and it really bothered him. I wish I had had a better discussion with him about it first so he didn't feel so bad or like he had done anything wrong. I feel like images are really easy to encounter even when you aren't trying to at all.
OP, one thing DH has taught the kids with image searches is not to look beyond the "fold" of the page. Like once you get past the first page of image results things start getting weird. That is our counsel to them, but of course they decide to follow it when they aren't being supervised by us. I do make the kids do image searches on our desktop with a big monitor (my work computer) but I will say I do not supervise at all once they are in high school.