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Parents everywhere are wrestling with the same impossible question:
How do you protect your kids from online harm without raising them in a bubble?
In this episode, Nicki is joined by Titania Jordan, CMO of Bark Technologies, to take on one of the most common—and most misunderstood—parenting mindsets: “We supervise. We talk about safety. We don’t want our kids to be naïve… so we let them use these platforms.”
We read real parent comments about giving kids access to Roblox, YouTube, phones, and social media despite knowing the risks. Together, we break down what this approach gets right—and where it unintentionally opens the door to serious online dangers.
Inside the conversation:
✔️ What these parents are doing WELL
Engagement, supervision, values-building, resilience, awareness.
✔️ Where the hidden risks actually are
Predators, private servers, subtle grooming, algorithmic manipulation, hidden chats, and why supervision alone can’t keep up with billion-dollar systems designed to bypass parents.
✔️ The truth about “exposure builds resilience”
We unpack the difference between guided exposure and dumping kids into algorithmic chaos, and why neuroscience shows kids need developmentally paced access—not early access.
✔️ Protection vs. Exposure: How to hold both
Delay toxic features. Create guardrails. Use kid-safe devices. Co-use. Build digital literacy. Establish boundaries that buy their brains time to grow.
✔️ What Big Tech isn’t telling parents
These platforms are not benign. And parents are playing an unwinnable game until the platforms themselves change. (This is why The Heat Is On.)
✔️ Clear, practical steps every parent can use today
• Delay what’s developmentally inappropriate
• Replace with safer alternatives
• Use monitoring + alert tools like Bark
• Co-use (the #1 protective behavior)
• Talk early, talk often, talk specifically
This episode is for every parent trying to thread the needle between keeping kids safe and letting them live in the world.You are not powerless. You don’t have to choose between protection and exposure—you can do both, intentionally.
The goal isn’t perfection.
The goal is raising kids who can navigate the digital world—
not be consumed by it.
Mentioned in the Episode:
- Bark's Connected Communities Program
- Bark Drive-A-Logue Cards
- Join parents taking action at https://www.scrolling2death.com/heat
This episode is sponsored by Bark Technologies:
- Learn about the Bark Phone.
- Learn about the Bark App for iPhones and Androids. *Use code SCROLLING2DEATH FOR 10% OFF
- Learn about the Bark Watch.
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