You're listening to NBR's Life Kit. This is a special bonus episode of our

Screen Time Guide for Parents. But, not parents will hear something helpful too, I think.

We answer some of the most pressing questions parents have on everything from getting

that first phone to cyberbullying. I'm Anya Kamenuts, a reporter for NPR and the author of a book

for parents called The Art of Screen Time. And I'm joined today by Anna Humoyan. She's an

education consultant in Silicon Valley and the author of several books including Social Media

and she's here with me today to be your virtual village. I always say it takes a village to

raise children, it takes an online village to help keep them safe. And so as parents if we can

work to build a community of other adults that we trust that their kids feel comfortable

turning to, we're creating this environment of safety that's multiplied and amplified for all

of our kids. So earlier in this guide we talked about the positive benefits of screens and how to

be a media mentor. We talked about the darker side and what we as parents can do differently.

For this episode, Anna and I sat down to answer some of the questions that we didn't get to yet,

including one of the most awkward topics for parents to bring up online porn. But don't worry,

we'll easy into it. That question is out there and I don't want to get people to listen to your

podcasts and just being like, whoa. Hi, is this Anna? Hi, how are you? I'm good, how are you?

I am great. Thanks for having me. Thanks for joining us for this. You know, in our initial call out,

we heard from almost 200 families that were struggling with different issues relating to technology.

And we pulled out some of the most common and I think tough questions that we get. So are you ready

to tackle these? Yes, sounds good. Okay, so first we're going to hear from Jill Kelsey. She is a

mother in Greenville, South Carolina and she has an 11 year old boy and an eight year old girl.

As they get older, my son, who's 11 is about to start middle school. He doesn't have a cell phone yet.

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