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Welcome to Teachers Talk, a series on Scrolling 2 Death featuring candid discussions with teachers. Parents are going to get the real deal on what's happening with screens at school, how tech is affecting students' learning and teachers' jobs. Today's episode features a high school teacher in Chicago named Kara Waddell. This episode is sponsored by Bark Technolog

Sextortion is a parent's worst nightmare. In this interview with cyberintelligence analyst Paul Raffile, parents will learn all about sextortion and how to protect our children. Paul answers important questions about sextortion including: Who is being targeted? Where are the scammers located? What platforms are at risk for sextortion? What should parents tell their childr

Ed Peisner is an accidental advocate. In 2017, his teenage son Jordan was viciously assaulted in West Hills, CA. The attack was filmed and uploaded to social media by an friend of the attacker. Jordan was left with serious and life-long injuries and will never be the same child. Ed has since dedicated his life to the goal of ensuring that no other family has to endure such a ter

This episode is dedicated to the life of Jordan DeMay, cut short way too soon. Jordan was a victim of sextortion, an epidemic that we should all be ready to encounter. This interview is a raw conversation with John DeMay, Jordan's dad. John takes us through what happened to Jordan and what parents need to look out for. If you have encountered a sextortion scheme, please be

The Big Tech Gut Check is a super quick, weekly update on all things social media and Big Tech. The highlights for this week: TikTok sues the U.S. Government in response to new legislation A number of states pass laws to limit minor's use of social media President Biden passed the REPORT Act to fight sextortion Fentanyl-laced pills are sweeping the nation (and being sold on s

I thoroughly enjoyed this wide-spanning conversation with Jessica Elefante. We cover so many topics related to parenting in a digital world. This is one of my favorite conversations so far. Jessica Elefante is an artist, an author, a mother and co-chair for Mothers Against Media Addiction (MAMA). Every mother (and parent) will relate to this very raw conversation where we dig in

Today's episode is about our kid's access to pornography. Kids are getting access to porn earlier and earlier. I wondered, how is the early access to today's boundary-pushing pornography affecting them? So I brought in Kristen A. Jenson of Defend Young Minds. Kristen advises parents when and how to have the conversation about pornography with our kids. One thing I le

The Big Tech Gut Check is a super quick, weekly update on all things social media and Big Tech. The highlights for this week: 🧐 New research from Pew Research Center on social media influence 💰 Issue One releases amount of $$ Big Tech spent lobbying against online safety 📱 NY Times Opinion: Are smartphones driving our teens to depression? ⚖️ Is Big Tech funding biased

Welcome to Teachers Talk, a series on Scrolling 2 Death featuring candid discussions with teachers. Parents get the real deal on what's happening with screens at school. Today's episode features the incredible Reagan Berry, a High School Principal in West Texas. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scrolling2death/support

This episode is all about Snapchat. It's a breakdown of the features that are harmful for minors (there are quite a few). I brought in Titania Jordan for this conversation, who is the Chief Marketing Officer of Bark Technologies. This episode actually took a crazy turn when I find out that Snapchat seems to have lied about turning off their controversial Solar System featur