Should You Give Your Kid a Phone? Easy Guide with 3 Great Options: Relay,...
We agonize over when to give our kids their first phone, but what kind of cell phone to give them is becoming just as big of a question. Retailers are swooping in with phones directed at this new...
View ArticleWhat 10 Parents Learned When Their Child Was Caught in the Porn Trap [Part 2]
In this 3-part series, follow along as 10 parents describe when they discovered their child looking at inappropriate things and their journey of helping a child overcome the addictive pull of...
View Article3 Scary Things Haunting Your Kids Online
Parent Alert: 3 Scary Things Haunting Your Kids OnlineHalloween is just around the corner, which means that you may be carving pumpkins, getting costumes ready, buying candy, and thinking about how to...
View ArticleHelping the Kid Who Doesn’t Want Help
The Power StruggleNothing has caused me to feel more powerless than my little toddler. You’ve had those situations, right? Like the car seat. It’s time to buckle in and she planks. A full-grown man...
View ArticleParent Alert: Worried about Alexa? 4 Tips to Protect Your Kids
Every couple of months, I see a new article being shared around my social networks about the possible dangers of voice assistants, like Amazon’s Alexa. But many of these articles contain a lot of...
View ArticleHoliday Tech Guide: Video Game Gift Decisions Made Easy in 4 Quick Steps
With the holiday gift-giving season right around the corner, chances are that the kid in your life is asking for a video game. Kids hear about games and apps from their friends or advertisements and...
View ArticleDon’t Let Devices Ruin Your Holiday! 12 Tech Tips for Parents
The Christmas Tech Safety Countdown is On! In just a few weeks, the kids are going to toss their backpacks and school books aside for a well-earned break. This also means that they will be looking for...
View ArticleWhat 10 Parents Learned When Their Child Was Caught in a Porn Trap [Part 3]
What 10 Parents Learned When Their Child Was Caught in the Porn Trap [Part 3]In this 3-part series, 10 parents give their unique perspective on helping a child overcome the addictive pull of...
View ArticleLDS Living Article: Why It’s Time to Talk to Your Preschooler About Pornography
Click here to read “Why It’s Time to Talk to Your Preschooler About Pornography” by Kristen Jenson at LDS Living.… Read More The post LDS Living Article: Why It’s Time to Talk to Your Preschooler...
View ArticleThe Good Dad Project: How to Talk to Your Kids About Pornography
Click here to listen to Kristen’s interview on The Good Dad Project.… Read More The post The Good Dad Project: How to Talk to Your Kids About Pornography appeared first on Protect Young Minds.
View Article2019 Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Summit
Kristen’s Plenary Presentation at the 2019 Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Summit in Washington DC. Hosted by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation.… Read More The post 2019 Coalition to End...
View Article10 Ways Porn Culture Will Target Your Kids in 2020 (Be Prepared, Not Scared!)
It’s not difficult to look around and surmise that porn culture targets kids. We meet and hear from parents all the time who are full of fear over this. And for good reason. With the ease of access to...
View ArticleBooty Shaking & Sexy Costumes in Children’s Dance: How to Find Healthy...
This guest post was written by Mary Bawden of DA:NCE (Dance Awareness: No Child Exploited). Is there anything more innocent than a child joyfully dancing? Every spring I’m over the moon with excitement...
View ArticleIs YouTube (Finally) Protecting Children?
We love sharing good news! Here’s some good news about the new YouTube changes! After a $170 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), YouTube is finally making some changes in an...
View ArticleHealthy Sex vs. Porn Sex: 7 Crucial Comparisons to Teach Your Kid (Before XXX...
Today’s parents are competing with the porn industry for the hearts and minds of their children. Tragically, pornography is manipulating the way children think and feel about sex. That’s why kids need...
View ArticleBest Phones for Kids: Parents Give Honest Reviews on Gabb Wireless
Last fall Gabb Wireless launched a new phone designed especially for preteens. It generated a lot of attention from parents seeking the best phones for their kids. Tech sites called it the “world’s...
View ArticleI Blew Up At My Kid!!! 5 Steps to Heal Your Relationship When You React Badly
We’ve all been there: our child does something inappropriate, but how we respond is also not so great. When we discover our child is using pornography it can be particularly difficult not to react in...
View ArticleCOVID-19 School Closures: Our Best Tips for Digital Safety, Emotional...
Has your school announced a closure? Are you worried? Your first question might be, “What am I going to do with these kids?!” Already an estimated 22,000 schools have closed or are scheduled to close...
View ArticleCoronavirus Has Your Family Overwhelmed and Exhausted? Slow Down and Do These...
I don’t know about you, but the Protect Young Minds team is feeling it. The communal panic is palpable. Parents are scrambling. Children are disoriented. New COVID-19 schedules are flying around the...
View ArticleMiranda Sings: YouTuber Promotes Raunchy Content Like Incest but Dodges...
We’re grateful one of our readers warned us about a YouTuber who is popular with kids who now has her own Netflix show. The child-like main character, Miranda, is played by an adult and the episodes...
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