Online radicalization and manosphere content exploit youth online. Education, open dialogue, and digital literacy are key to keeping teens safe and informed.

Social media sells teen attention and data to advertisers—teaching digital literacy helps youth protect privacy and spot manipulation, not just scroll blindly.

Laws mean little without enforcement. To truly protect youth online, we need real accountability—and financial penalties—for negligent tech platforms.

Reports of teens flooding 911 over a TikTok outage were false—sensational headlines fed stereotypes, not facts. No verified surge in calls occurred.

Biden warns of a tech oligarchy. While politicians debate TikTok, parents must stay vigilant to protect kids from online risks and corporate influence.

Teens becoming brand ambassadors face legal, tax, and scam risks. Parents should guide them in contracts, earnings, and safety in digital side hustles.

History shows abstinence-only approaches fail. For teens & tech, harm reduction, digital literacy, and guidance work better than bans or delays.

Teens view tech with balance. To support them, we must listen, collaborate on rules, and empower them, not control them, with digital literacy and trust.

Evidence shows school phone bans don't improve well-being. Balanced policies, not outright bans, better support student safety, learning, and mental health.

Teens are downloading other Chinese apps in protest of a potential TikTok ban, highlighting flaws in performative policy and demanding broader digital reform.

Minimalist phones like Wisephone help parents avoid “whack-a-mole” battles by offering kids safe, age-appropriate tech without web or social media access.

In 2025, two key risks for youth: the rise of the manosphere targeting boys, and tech-driven radicalization—both demand urgent, informed adult guidance.

Online sextortion, often targeting teen boys, uses tactics like threats, grooming, deepfakes, and AI to extort nudes or money—urgent awareness is vital.

Focus on screen activity, not screen time; use the “Power of Three” (creative, social, physical) to build balanced, healthy digital habits in youth.

Mediated parenting, not fear or free rein, helps youth build digital literacy, safety, trust, and responsibility in today’s “onlife” world.

Keep tech out of bedrooms—improves sleep, safety, and mental health; reduces risks of predation, distraction, and late-night device overuse.

Teens love social media for entertainment, connection, and self-expression. It's not good or bad—like a hammer, it's all in how it's used. Balance is key.

Most teens use tech for good—creating, learning, and connecting. But parents should stay alert for behavior shifts that may signal online risks.

The internet offers great benefits, but parents must stay aware of risks like cyberbullying, exploitation, hate speech, dark patterns, and online shaming.

Parents need evidence-based guidance, not fear. Tech use isn’t ruining kids—panic and misinformation are. It’s about balance, not blame.