Kate Winslet stood up and said what so many of us feel but rarely say out loud: we don't want social media to harm our kids.
And here's the thing, the world is finally listening.
Australia just became the first major country to ban social media for kids under 16. Norway is close behind. States across the U.S. are passing laws. And here I am in my living room thinking, why did it take so long for the rest of the world to catch up to what parents have been screaming about for years?
In this episode, I'm talking about the global movement to protect our kids from tech companies that have billions of dollars working against our parental intuition. Jonathan Haidt showed us the data: youth mental health fell off a cliff between 2010 and 2012, right when smartphones hit every pocket.
You'll walk away knowing why being the "bad mom" who sets boundaries is actually being a badass guardian of your child's nervous system.
🌱 KEY TAKEAWAYS:
Why Kate Winslet's speech about her daughter hit every parent right in the gut (and what she knows that most parents are afraid to say)
The one thing that happened between 2010 and 2012 that destroyed a generation's mental health
What my 23-year-old son says he hated most and appreciated most about the boundaries we set
The prayer that has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with surviving the digital parenting wars
Why Scott Galloway's brutal truth about who's raising our kids should wake us all up
What Australia figured out that American parents are still negotiating in their living rooms
The exact moment you become the villain (and why that's exactly when you're doing it right)
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