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Browse the latest posts for step-by-step strategies, scripts you can actually use, and clarity on the digital dilemmas you’re dealing with right now. Because screen time doesn’t have to be a constant fight. And you don’t have to figure it all out alone.

 

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How and When to Talk about Pornography
How and When to Talk about Pornography

With 12 years old being the average age that kids are exposed to pornography parents can’t afford to sit this one out. Here are my favorite resources to support you in having the porn talk with your kids as well as my favorite books to give kids accurate and healthy knowledge about sex.

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How to Stop Reaching for Your Phone: Why Replacement Beats Willpower
How to Stop Reaching for Your Phone: Why Replacement Beats Willpower

Relying on willpower and app blocking alone to keep ourselves or our kids off of devices is bound to fail. Instead, let’s look at some simple strategies that actually work to help kick the mindless scrolling habit and help us walk away from the pull of the screen.

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When Reality Bends: What Parents Need to Know About Sora and Meta’s New AI Apps
When Reality Bends: What Parents Need to Know About Sora and Meta’s New AI Apps

Lately, it feels like every day we wake up to another “groundbreaking” AI tool being released. As a mom and digital wellness educator, I’ve learned to pay close attention to these new technologies for how they might impact our children's developing sense of reality and trust. Two recent releases in particular have me concerned: OpenAI’s new Sora app and Meta’s latest AI-powered tools.


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The Red Flags Every Child Needs to Know to Spot an Online Predator
The Red Flags Every Child Needs to Know to Spot an Online Predator

Kids are spending way more time online in the past year and for many this means time in multiplayer games, online chat forums or social media platforms where strangers and friends mingle. If your child is spending time in Roblox, Minecraft, Discord, TikTok or any other social platform, they need to learn how to spot a potential child predator early.

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