Growing Up In Public with Devorah Heitner

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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These days, it feels like every fleeting thought, mistake, or awkward phase can be captured and shared online. So how are kids supposed to grow up in a world like that? Sharon sits down with Dr. Devorah Heitner, author of Growing Up in Public, to talk about how parents, teachers, and mentors can support kids as they navigate the digital world, with plenty of empathy along the way. Credits: Host and Executive Producer: Sharon McMahon Supervising Producer: Melanie Buck Parks Audio Producer: Craig Thompson To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.2	your credit. Terms and conditions apply. Hey friends, welcome. Delighted to have you with me today. And today's topic is one that I know
0:40.3	so many of you struggle with myself included. How do you raise children who are prepared to face the
0:49.0	future, which is digital, but are also protected from all of the garbage that's on the internet. My guest is Dr.
0:58.1	Devorah Heitner, and we are talking about coming of age in a digital world, how to help kids
1:04.2	thrive and survive. So let's dive in. I'm Sharon McVam. And here's where it gets interesting.
1:13.5	I am very excited to be joined by DeVora Heitner today, who has written a very interesting book about raising kids in the digital age, growing up in public.
1:24.0	And even if you don't have young children, even if you don't have kids that are
1:28.0	approaching the age or currently have cell phones or access to the internet, this is still
1:33.4	a topic that impacts the culture at large because what kids are doing online actually matters
1:40.9	to the entire country. And we're going to get into why that is. But I think this is a very,
1:46.9	very timely and important conversation to have. So thank you so much for being here today.
1:51.4	I'm so excited to talk with you. First of all, can you tell us a little bit more about your background,
1:56.4	how you are interested in this topic? What made you feel like I need to write a book about what it
2:02.5	means to grow up online today? So I was a professor for years of media studies and I taught
2:08.1	18 to 22 year olds right as social media was becoming a thing. So I taught the first MySpace generation
2:13.7	into when Facebook came out on campuses. And I was really mentored and taught about
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