Teaching household wallet rules without causing panic
A short framework for families who share devices or want a common language for suspicious messages.
Households often mix curiosity with caution. One person sets up a wallet; another receives a phishing text the following week. Without a shared vocabulary, the first reaction can be either dismissal or panic.
Agree three household rules in plain English: never share seed phrases; never approve a prompt you did not start yourself; and call a named person before following any “urgent support” link. Write the rules on paper near the shared desk if that helps.
Practice with safe examples. During a Private Scam Awareness Briefing we role-play a suspicious message and rehearse the pause. The exercise takes minutes and removes some of the heat from a real alert later.
Keep the tone practical. Fearful lectures fade quickly. Clear habits, repeated calmly, tend to stick — which is the aim of every session we run from Musselburgh.