Parents Uncharted: From The Creator of Mom Uncharted

Parents Uncharted: From The Creator of Mom Uncharted

Parents Uncharted is a new podcast that explores the unprecedented challenges modern parents face navigating the digital landscape and social media pressures. Hosted by Sarah Adams - internationally recognized child advocate and creator of Mom.Uncharted - this podcast dives into the modern realities of parenting Generation Alpha: managing screen time, social media, mental health, and finding hope amid anxiety-inducing headlines. Through expert interviews and candid stories from real parents, Parents Uncharted offers insight, empathy, and actionable advice to help families thrive in today’s complex digital word. Each episode blends heart and research to uncover how technology, culture, and connection are reshaping childhood and how parents can adapt with confidence. If you’ve ever wondered how to raise resilient, grounded, and future-ready kids in an online world, this podcast is your trusted guide. Sarah is on a mission to inspire the conversations that parents need to have, but aren't necessarily ready for. She also looks forward to exploring other topics at the intersection of technology, climate change, and mental health. Because there’s no map for modern parenting, but we can chart it together. About The Host: Sarah Adams is the creator of online communities Mom.Uncharted and Kids Are Not Content. Proudly named in the TIME 100 Creators List, she is passionate about helping parents rethink how to share, protect, and raise kids in an online world.

Episodes

When Your Daughter Wants to Be a Tradwife with Sara Petersen

October 21, 2026 • 37 mins
What happens when the “simpler life” our daughters see online is someone else’s carefully built business? Beautiful kitchens, homemade meals, smiling children and a husband who takes care of everything. Tradwife content sells an appealing version of marriage and motherhood, but what does it leave out? And what should parents understand about the messages reaching young women? In this episode of Parents Uncha...
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How Do We Raise Hopeful Kids with Anya Kamenetz

October 14, 2026 • 38 mins
We hear a lot about what screens are doing to our kids, but what about the world we’re raising them in? Climate change, the cost of living, political division, AI and an uncertain future are pressures that a screen time limit alone can’t solve. In this episode of Parents Uncharted, Sarah Adams, also known as Mom.Uncharted, sits down with journalist, author and former NPR education reporter Anya Kamenetz to explore pa...
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Raising Good Men in the Age of the Manosphere with Johnny Cole

October 7, 2026 • 50 mins
Content note: This episode includes discussion of domestic violence, sexual violence, misogyny, and explicit language. We spend a lot of time talking about the men we don’t want influencing our sons online, but who are we offering them instead? In this episode, Sarah is joined by Johnny Cole, founder of Hey Brother Co., to talk about raising boys who feel connected, supported, and free to decide what kind of men they wa...
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Five Arguments for Posting Kids Online, and Why I Disagree

September 30, 2026 • 28 mins
“I won’t go faceless.” Sarah has been sent a growing number of posts from parents defending the decision to keep showing their children online, even as AI makes it easier to copy and manipulate a child’s image. In this solo episode, she takes on five of their most common arguments, including the claim that keeping children off social media somehow makes them invisible. Sarah explains why audience, frequen...
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Growing Up Online with Youth Advocate Hanna Grover

September 23, 2026 • 48 mins
Adults spend a great deal of time talking about what young people experience online, what they need and how we should protect them. But how often do we stop talking about young people and actually listen to them? In this episode of Parents Uncharted, Sarah speaks with Hanna Grover, a youth advocate, researcher and recent high school graduate from British Columbia. Hanna is also the founder of Poet2Poet, an award-winning nonprofi...
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How to Talk to Kids About Porn with Chris McKenna

September 16, 2026 • 46 mins
Research from Common Sense Media found that nearly three in four teenagers have been exposed to online pornography, with the average first exposure happening around age 12. For many children, however, exposure happens even earlier, sometimes accidentally and through places parents would never expect. So how early should parents begin talking about pornography? What can we say without giving young children information they aren&r...
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Inside Meta’s Landmark Settlement with Nicki Petrossi

September 9, 2026 • 41 mins
Meta has agreed to pay up to $18 billion to settle lawsuits brought by nearly every U.S. state over allegations that Facebook and Instagram were intentionally designed to keep young people engaged while exposing them to serious harm. It’s being called a historic victory, and even Big Tech’s “Big Tobacco moment, “ but Meta admitted no wrongdoing, billions of dollars are conditional, many of the new protect...
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Raising Kids Online: Generative AI & Parental Surveillance with Dr. Devorah Heitner

September 2, 2026 • 45 mins
Technology has changed dramatically in just a few years, but has our approach to parenting kids online kept up? This week on Parents Uncharted, Sarah sits down with Dr. Devorah Heitner, author of Growing Up in Public and Screenwise, for a nuanced conversation about raising kids in an increasingly connected, tracked, and AI-powered world. Devorah explains why the explosion of generative AI has created new challenges for families, ...
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The EdTech Takeover: What Parents Need to Know About Screens in School with Emily Cherkin

August 26, 2026 • 49 mins
How much of your child's school day is actually happening on a screen, and is that technology helping them learn? This week on Parents Uncharted, Sarah sits down with Emily Cherkin, former middle school teacher, author of The Screen Time Solution, founder of The Screen Time Consultant, and writer behind First Fish Chronicles, for a conversation about the rapid expansion of EdTech in schools. Emily explains why giving children mor...
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Back-to-School Hauls, Influencer Culture & the Pressure to Have More

August 19, 2026 • 29 mins
Back-to-school season used to mean pencils, notebooks and maybe a new pair of shoes. Now, open TikTok or YouTube and you can find kids displaying hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars worth of clothes, makeup, skincare and accessories in elaborate “back-to-school hauls.” But this episode isn't really about one teenager with a pile of shopping bags, it's about the culture we've created around our kids. In this solo...
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Why Strangers Online Feel Like Friends: Dr. Jess Maddox on Parasocial Relationships, Kidfluencers & Social Media

August 12, 2026 • 50 mins
Why can watching someone online begin to feel like knowing them, and when does that attachment become unhealthy? In this episode of Parents Uncharted, Sarah speaks with Dr. Jess Maddox, an associate professor of media studies at the University of Georgia and founding editor-in-chief of Creator and Influencer Studies. Jess explains what parasocial relationships actually are, why they are not inherently harmful and how social media...
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When Motherhood Becomes Content: Momfluencer Culture, Criticism & Kids' Privacy with Renee Reina of The Mom Room

August 5, 2026 • 49 mins
What does it cost to build a platform around motherhood when your identity, marriage and parenting choices are constantly open to public debate? In this episode of Parents Uncharted, Sarah speaks with Renee Reina, creator and host of The Mom Room, about the changing world of motherhood content and what it means to build a community while being publicly perceived. Renee explains how the isolation of 2020 inspired her to begin crea...
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Are Video Games Actually Bad for Kids? What the Research Really Says with Dr. Rachel Kowert & Arana Shapiro

July 29, 2026 • 43 mins
Video games are often treated as one more screen to limit, a source of family conflict or a threat to children’s well-being. But what if parents are asking the wrong questions about gaming? In this episode of Parents Uncharted, Sarah speaks with Dr. Rachel Kowert and Arana Shapiro from Games for Change about how families can approach video games with less fear, more curiosity and better information. Their new white paper, R...
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The Online Wellness Advice Parents Should Question with Mallory DeMille

July 22, 2026 • 50 mins
What happens when the person giving you health advice is also making money from your fear? Wellness influencers often appear relatable, confident and deeply invested in helping their audiences live healthier lives. But behind the personal stories, aspirational routines and seemingly educational content, there may also be affiliate links, unregulated products, exaggerated claims and carefully constructed sales funnels. In this epi...
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Why Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Should Concern Every Parent

July 15, 2026 • 26 mins
Ray-Ban Meta glasses are being sold as stylish, convenient and increasingly inevitable. But when an ordinary-looking pair of glasses can record the people around you, who is responsible for consent, and who carries the risk? In this solo episode of Parents Uncharted, Sarah examines the growing normalization of camera-enabled smart glasses and why parents should be paying attention. Unlike a phone held up to record, smart glasses c...
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Disabled Kids Are Not Content: Advocacy, Privacy & Consent Online with Sarah Todd Hammer

July 8, 2026 • 61 mins
What happens when a child’s disability, diagnosis, medical journey, or private care needs become content online? In this episode of Parents Uncharted, Sarah Adams is joined by author, speaker, content creator, and disability advocate Sarah Todd Hammer for an honest conversation about disability representation, social media visibility, and the ethics of parents sharing their children’s lives online. After acquiring a s...
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The High Cost of Youth Sports: Pressure, Branding & Burnout with Jeremy Alland, MD

July 1, 2026 • 61 mins
Youth sports are supposed to build confidence, resilience, teamwork, and a lifelong love of movement but somewhere between travel teams, year-round training, private coaching, highlight reels, athlete branding, and the pressure to earn a scholarship, many families are asking the same question: Have youth sports become too serious, too soon? This week on Parents Uncharted, Sarah is joined by Dr. Jeremy Alland, a sports medicine ph...
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Raised for Views: Investigative Journalist Kat Tenbarge on the Dark Side of Kidfluencer Fame

June 24, 2026 • 65 mins
What happens when a child is raised as content, and then grows up in front of the same audience that watched her childhood unfold? In this episode, Sarah is joined by investigative journalist Kat Tenbarge, author of Spitfire News, for an important conversation about kidfluencer culture, creator exploitation, parasocial audiences, and the attention economy shaping the next generation. Kat has spent years reporting on internet cult...
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What’s Really Happening with Kids at School with Nate Webb

June 17, 2026 • 59 mins
What are kids actually struggling with today? In this episode of Parents Uncharted, Sarah sits down with school counselor, speaker, and digital safety advocate Nate Webb to discuss what he's seeing firsthand in schools and communities across the country. From anxiety and social media to group chats, pornography, AI chatbots, boredom, resilience, and the growing pressure facing young people, Nate shares practical advice for parent...
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From Lunch Shaming to Looksmaxxing: A Parent's News Roundup

June 10, 2026 • 30 mins
If you've ever felt like the digital world is changing faster than parents can keep up, this episode is for you. In this solo episode of Parents Uncharted, Sarah breaks down some of the headlines that caught her attention recently and explains why they matter for families raising kids in a connected world. From a new form of cyberbullying known as "lunch shaming" to major lawsuits against social media companies, evolving protecti...
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