In this day and age, it’s almost impossible to keep our children away from the online world. But what we can do is help them navigate it and put measures in place to protect them from its darker side. Today’s guest, Titania Jordan, is the Chief Parenting Officer at Bark Technologies, a company that uses AI to analyze children’s activity online and alert parents or caregivers of any red flags (e.g. a predator sending them inappropriate messages). In this episode, Titania highlights the potential dangers of online spaces and explains the importance of having honest conversations about them with your children from a young age as well as modeling appropriate social media use. Children are exposed to a lot more today than we were during our childhood and this conversation will help you feel better equipped to deal with the challenges of parenting in a tech-centered world!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Titania explains the mission of Bark Technologies.
- Why parenting today is so different from parenting in the past.
- Insight into the dangers of social media.
- The second leading cause of death of children in the United States.
- How parents can help their children to navigate the online world.
- A valuable resource that will help you have discussions with your children about pornography.
- Advice for talking to your children about mental health issues.
- Red flags to make your children aware of in the online world.
- A parenting mistake Titania made and how she corrected it.
- The importance of giving yourself grace as a parent and finding a community to lean on.
- Examples of how to model appropriate online behavior for your children.
- Tools you can use to protect your children from the darker sides of technology.
- A summary of the key elements that will set your children up for success in the online world.
- Why “delay is the way.”
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