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You're listening to NPR's Life Kit.

This is a special bonus episode of our screen time guide for parents.

But non-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 Kamenetz, 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 Humoyen.

She's an education consultant in Silicon Valley

and the author of several books, including social media wellness. 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 ease you into it.

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