You can actually stake safely, some wallets provide staking features such as Ledger, Trust Wallet, Exodus, and Atomic wallet. they use a third party that is directly monitored by the wallet. but if you want staking at the door, then try to choose coins that use the Proof of Stake consensus. only requires a lot of capital. you are like a miner
Many wallet to choose to stake coins, Op should research if what coins to stake that can offer good profit. In trust wallet indeed need of third party link to use on staking and in atomic wallet they have directly staking platform. There are many ways on how to stake coins and op should know the risks since in every platform it have different offer of profit daily.