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His 17-Year-Old Son Died by Suicide After a Sextortion Scam. Now He's Changing the Law.
Financial sextortion is targeting teenage boys at an alarming rate — and most families have never heard of it until it's too late. In 2022, 17-year-old Gavin Guffey fell victim to an online blackmail…
Diane Tarantini on Sibling Sexual Abuse, Teaching Kids About Grooming, and Breaking the Silence
Diane Tarantini is a survivor, author, and body safety educator whose work is bringing one of the most underreported forms of child sexual abuse into the open. In this episode, she shares the story…
Jen Davidson on Keep Talking, Life Lesson Lunches, and Staying Connected When Kids Pull Away
Jen Davidson spent years raising two kids with a simple but powerful ritual — intentional conversations she called Life Lesson Lunches — and her grown children loved it so much they asked her to…
We Were the Kids You Monitored. Here's What Actually Helped.
What does it actually feel like to be the kid on the other side of all that well-intentioned parenting technology? Audra and Savanna grew up navigating learning challenges with tools, apps, and…
Tim Tebow: What He's Seen on the Front Lines of Child Exploitation
Heisman Trophy winner and Tim Tebow Foundation founder Tim Tebow has spent years on the front lines of fighting child sexual exploitation — and what he's seen should be on every parent's radar. In…
How to Break Your Kid's Phone Addiction Without a Fight
Catherine Price is an award-winning health and science journalist, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and founder of Screen/Life Balance — and she's here to cut through the overwhelm parents feel…
Tech for Kids with Disabilities: What Helps and What Doesn't
Nicole Guysi is a Family Transition Navigator at Encircle Families — Arizona's federally funded Parent Training and Information Center — but she's also a parent who has lived the reality of raising a…
She Traced the Teen Mental Health Collapse Back to Smartphones
Dr. Alison Yeung is a family physician and mom of two who built a community of 125,000+ followers after spending a decade watching adolescent mental health visits climb in her practice — and…
The $6M Verdict Against Meta and YouTube — What It Really Means
Laura Marquez-Garrett left a two-decade Big Law career to become one of the most powerful legal voices fighting for kids harmed by social media — and in March 2026, they helped make history. As…
The Tech Gap: What Families Raising Kids with Disabilities Aren't Told
Chris Tiffany brings a rare dual perspective to his role as Executive Director of Encircle Families — he's both a former special education teacher and a parent of a child with autism. In this…
What Cops See on the Front Lines of Online Child Exploitation
James Billig is Chief Compliance Officer at U-ACT (United Against Child Trafficking), a nonprofit equipping law enforcement and communities to fight online exploitation. He shares what officers are…
Why Your Kid Can't Put Down Their Phone — It's Brain Science
Dr. Carrie Mackensen is a clinical psychologist, parent coach, and founder of Successful Parent. With 25 years of experience and two boys of her own, she blends neuroscience and attachment theory to…
60% of Teen Girls Are Persistently Sad. She Built an App to Change That.
Juliette Blake, founder and CEO of Moxies, has been building for girls since she was 16. Now, as a millennial mom of three, she's created a safe-by-design social platform exclusively for tween girls…
What Are Teen Takeovers? The Dangerous Trend Parents Need to Know
Large gatherings of hundreds of teens are popping up in cities across the country — organized almost entirely through social media — and they're raising serious concerns for parents and communities…
She Was a Senior Director at Meta. She Walked Away from Millions.
Kelly Stonelake spent nearly 15 years at Meta — rising to Director of Product Marketing and a senior role on Horizon Worlds — before becoming one of the most prominent whistleblowers in the fight for…
Is Roblox Safe for Kids? A State Attorney General Shares What He Found
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has made child safety a cornerstone of his work—from creating the state's first Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit, which has rescued over 200 children, to…
We Analyzed 11 Billion Kids' Online Activities. Here's What We Found.
Bark's 2025 Annual Report analyzed a record 11.1 billion online activities—and the findings reveal a troubling paradox. While predator alerts in monitored spaces dropped 60%, national sextortion…
Smartphones Are Causing a Teen Mental Health Crisis — ft. Dr. Jean Twenge
Dr. Jean Twenge, psychologist and author of 10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World, has spent decades studying how technology is reshaping childhood. Her research provided some of the…
One Mom's Viral Post Forced Google to Reverse a Parental Controls Policy
Melissa McKay, president of the Digital Childhood Institute, made headlines when her viral post forced Google to reverse its policy of emailing kids instructions to remove parental controls at age…
Selma Blair on Raising a Teen in the Age of Social Media
Selma Blair gets candid about parenting her 14-year-old son in an always-connected world. She shares how she's navigated tech and social media as both a public figure and a mom, the conversations…
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