Children the world over continue to be exposed to numerous online risks as internet penetration rates keep soaring. This increased exposure and vulnerability calls for the intensification of efforts to ensure children are protected. While there are numerous efforts to ensure children continue to use the Internet safely, such efforts are disproportionately distributed between resource-rich and resource-constrained settings due to disparities in funding resources. Thus, children in resource-constrained settings are more vulnerable to online risks. Ensuring child online safety requires understanding their digital landscape, experiences and exposure, which differ significantly between resource-rich and resource-constrained countries. Thus, children’s experiences in resource-rich countries cannot be used as the basis for informing interventions, decisions and policies in resource-constrained countries. The sparse literature on resource-constrained countries calls for more data and studies to understand the child online protection landscape in those countries. Thus, this study sought to explore the child online protection landscape in Lesotho by understanding child online behaviour and practices and the motivations behind them. Findings revealed that children in Lesotho engage in risky behaviour like creating secret social media accounts and connecting with strangers for the sake of seeking account verification, despite the unavailability of social media monetisation in the country, trading online safety for fame and the desire to access content disapproved of by parents. The desire for fame aligns with the cultural norms of social capital. Children are also involved in small businesses, making them connect with strangers in search of clients. The intentional evasion of parental monitoring calls for education and awareness to ensure the children are equipped with skills for self-protection online. The data reported herein were collected through focus groups and interviews.