Episode 30: 

Is your kid using a google drive for virtual learning? If so, your kid(s) may have a direct and unfiltered path for predators to send them sexually explicit material. This is not a new issue and apparently there is no way to prevent this or remove it once it has been sent. Listen in for a few options to help you navigate this threat!! 

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Already have a smart phone or ready to give them one? Protect your child (and your sanity) in the digital world with BARK! Use code BETHATMOM for 20% off for life! https://www.bark.us

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Other options if you are considering a first phone (or need to backtrack on this deci...

Episode 29: 

We all think it won't happen to us or we have more time. Unfortunately, the threat is there, just one click away, and it isn't IF but WHEN it will reach our kids.

Listen in to hear more about my friend and fellow podcaster, Ashley Carroll from the So She Grows Podcast, as she interviews me for her podcast after she had a way too close encounter with a potential predator, just one click away, as her 10 year old innocently played a game in between her virtual classes. 

It is the sad reality of raising kids in this digital age, but with tools, a community, and a proactive awareness and plan, we can navigate this to keep our kids safe!You can check out Ashley's podcast, So She Grows, on Itunes HERE. 

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Episode 28

If you are wondering if Netflix is promoting pedophilia and hyper-sexualization of our kids with this Cuties movie, hold the remote and listen to this first!! 

As a background, this is an excerpt from a September 15, 2020, Washington Post Op-Ed by Maïmouna Doucouré, the writer and director of the movie “Cuties.”

Episode 27:

Would your kid know how to recognize a text message scam? Would they give out personal info without a second thought?  This episode is an account of an incident that happened to my family, and the implications we all need to know, when giving our kids a phone, even if just simply with the capability to call and text. 

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Help ensure the safety and normal childhood development of your child by grabbing the newest version of the GABB Wireless phone at THIS LINK or go to https://www.gabbwireless.com/promo/bethatmom and use code BETHATMOM for $10 off!! 

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Already have a smart phone or ready to give them one? Protect your child (and your sanity) in the digital world with BARK! Use code BETHATMOM for 20% off for life! https://www.bark.us

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Other options if you are considering a first phone (or need to backtrack on this decision):

• Relay go device can be found HERE
• Gizmo Watch can be found HERE

(A few of the above links are affiliate links that I may receive...

Episode 26

This episode highlights an ever-growing problem with the disconnect our kids feel in our digital world. We chat about trends and how to make sure your child is being seen and heard.

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Episode 25

Is your kiddo an easy target on this platform? This episode discusses what you need to know to keep your kiddo safe in this online digital playground that many say is an online predator's dream.  Learn where and how to set it up to keep your kid safe! 

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Help ensure the safety and normal childhood development of your child by grabbing the newest version of the GABB Wireless phone at THIS LINK or go to https://www.gabbwireless.com/promo/bethatmom and use code BETHATMOM for $10 off!! 

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Already have a smart phone or ready to give them one? Protect your child (and your sanity) in the digital world with BARK! Use code BETHATMOM for 20% off for life! https://www.bark.us

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Other options if you are considering a first phone (or need to backtrack on this decision):

• Relay go device can be found HERE
• Gizmo Watch can be found HERE

(A few of the above links are affiliate links that I may receive commission from at no extra cost to you! Your support is greatly ap...

Episode 24

This episode dives into the common struggle of spending extended and uninterrupted time on digital devices. How much time should be allowed at one time? What strategies work best without causing tension between you and your kiddo? What is best for them and their brain development? What warning signs do you need to know if your efforts don't seem to be working? Listen in to learn this and more! 

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FREE downloadable: Balance the Digital Binge Activity Sheet

Help ensure the safety and normal childhood development of your child by grabbing the newest version of the GABB Wireless phone at THIS LINK or go to https://www.gabbwireless.com/promo/bethatmom and use code BETHATMOM for $10 off!! 

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Already have a smart phone or ready to give them one? Protect your child (and your sanity) in the digital world with BARK! Use code BETHATMOM for 20% off for life! https://www.bark.us

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Other options if you are considering a first phone (or need to backtrack on this decision...

Episode 23

Virtual learning is one thing most of us are facing right now. Listen in to this episode for a few tips on how to set up your child for a success and to also help keep this safe and sane, and maybe you as well. Lol. 

As mentioned in this episode, check out Bark Home (soon to be released)!!

Have I got GREAT NEWS for YOU! As a complement to Bark's monitoring service and as an extension of the parental controls for mobile devices, we are thrilled to share *BARK HOME* is scheduled to be released SOON!

 

Just like our screen time and web filtering tool- Bark Home will allow you to set a bedtime, instantly pause network traffic, and filter up to 17 categories and/or individual web sites and web-based apps/activity; as well as enforce SafeSearch / YouTube Restricted mode on devices using the network in your home (even devices directly wired using your network).

 

More on our parental controls:

https://help.bark.us/en/articles/3815681-what-is-bark-s-screen-time-web-...

Episode 22

Has your child been contacted and groomed online? Do you know what that is? I didn't and it is frightening to realize my kids at some point have been contacted by someone attempting to groom them. 

I think of it like a stranger trying to give a child candy or a gift of some kind to coerce them to trust them and go with them, except on a global and much more methodical and dangerous level.

It is even more frightening to think we are inviting these strangers into our homes and even into our kids' bedrooms!! Yikes!! 

Listen in to this episode for tips to help you navigate this new form of stranger danger, and then get signed up for BARK today!! 

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Help ensure the safety and normal childhood development of your child by grabbing the newest version of the GABB Wireless phone on or after 8/8/20 at THIS LINK or go to https://www.gabbwireless.com/promo/bethatmom and use code BETHATMOM for $10 off!! 

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Episode 20

Simplify your life in the land of raising kids in this digital world by grabbing the newest version of the dumb smart phone! I have to shout this from the rooftops because this IS the answer so many of us need or needed when giving our kids a phone. Putting a smart phone in the hands of our children comes with so many risks, and the influences of that one decision, can have lifelong and profound effects on our children. 

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This phone is like putting training wheels on a bike, or floaties on our child when learning to swim, or having them take driver's ed before letting them drive a car. We don't put them in those risky situations without some guidance, so it is time we wake up to the many risks a smart phone can bring, if given too young or without safeguards and guidance. 

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Help ensure the safety and normal childhood development of your child by grabbing the newest version of the GABB Wireless phone on or after 8/8/20 at THIS LINK or go to https://www.gabbwireless....