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Practical guidance, expert perspectives, parent stories, videos, and podcasts—organized so you can quickly choose what to read, watch, or hear.
Featured stories
Public leadership, expert analysis, and lived family experience—each with a dedicated story page.
Written guidance
Each item gives you the central idea without burying the practical takeaway.
AI companions can feel private, patient, and emotionally convincing. Begin with curiosity, explain that the system is designed to keep a conversation going, and make a plan for what should always be brought to a trusted person.
Connected toys can collect a child’s voice, habits, and personal details while imitating friendship. Review privacy settings, test the toy together, and choose products that make recording and deletion policies clear.
Children need a repeatable way to pause before trusting an image. Look for the source, compare coverage, reverse-search when possible, and talk about why a convincing image might have been made.
Families do not have to adopt every new tool immediately. Slowing down creates room to ask what the technology replaces, what information it collects, and whether it supports the child’s actual needs.
Video library
Longer stories and short focused clips are grouped by series, so families can choose what fits the moment.
Digital VanguardSenator Jon Husted: Protecting Kids in the Digital AgeEight concise videos connect parenting, platform accountability, and public policy.Open the series →
Digital VanguardDr. Zeke Emanuel: The Public-Health Case for Digital Age LimitsA public-health perspective on age limits, platform responsibility, and why families need structural support.Watch the conversation →
Digital VanguardKristin Bride: A Parent’s Call for Platform AccountabilityA parent advocate connects lived experience with the urgent need for safer platforms and meaningful accountability.Open the series →
Digital VanguardAdam Billen: What Technology Policy Must ConfrontEight focused clips examine opaque systems, known harms, transparency, whistleblowers, and public consensus for change.Open the series →
Digital VanguardAva Smithing: Building Youth Voice and PowerA young leader discusses attention, student voice, and the importance of giving young people a role in shaping change.Open the series →
Digital VanguardLennon Torres: A Young Person’s PerspectiveA candid full-length interview brings a young person’s experience and judgment into the digital-safety conversation.Open the interview →
Parent filmParenting in the Age of TikTok: Regret and HopeA mother’s firsthand story of phone addiction, intervention, and gradual recovery.Watch the story →
Teen TalkAdvice From Young PeopleSeven candid conversations about boundaries, grooming, oversharing, authenticity, and digital permanence.Browse 7 videos →Podcast conversations
Two conversations with Christine Vineis about children’s online safety, practical family boundaries, and the power of collective action.
Chris Vineis discusses how social media and AI can affect children, why families need practical boundaries, and how collective advocacy can create safer digital spaces.
Listen on Apple Podcasts ↗Christine Vineis explains why she began organizing families against social media addiction and how parents can respond to cyberbullying and online harm together.
Listen on Spotify ↗Recent updates
Short, timely briefings connect current reporting with practical guidance families can continue to use.
New classroom tools raise practical questions about student data, human judgment, educational value, and whether technology is replacing work that depends on relationships.
July 2026Read the update →Recent update · Shared school boundariesNew Hampshire educators describe more classroom focus and fewer distractions after schools introduced shared cellphone restrictions.
July 2026Read the update →Recent update · PrivacyWearable cameras can capture children without the obvious signal of a raised phone, while AI makes the collection and reuse of those images more consequential.
July 21, 2026Read the update →Information is most powerful when families can use it together.
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