This chapter critically reflects on eight years of the Headstart Kernow Digital Resilience Project and its attempt to shift online safety practice away from fear-driven prohibition and towards trauma-informed, harm reduction approaches. It illustrates how moral panics-such as the Momo scare, concerns over “dangerous” children’s books, and current calls for smartphone bans-continue to shape public and professional responses, even where evidence is weak or contradictory. Through case studies, conference reflections, and analysis of practitioner and political behaviour, the chapter explores why prohibitionist impulses persist: fear generates legitimacy, media attention, and a sense of control for adults overwhelmed by digital change. At the same time, young people’s needs—trust, relational support, and proportionate safeguarding—are marginalised. The chapter argues that meaningful culture change is achievable but must begin within the microsystems that surround young people: schools, youth services, families, and frontline professionals. These are the environments where confidence can replace anxiety, where disclosure can be met with compassion, and where digital resilience can grow through connection rather than control. Ultimately, the Headstart experience demonstrates that progress is incremental but real—bottom-up shifts in mindset can gradually reshape an ecosystem sustained by fear.