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Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Protecting Your Child from Online Dangers

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Relationships, Society & Culture, Parenting

4.84.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Between school, social media, gaming, and streaming movies and shows, kids are glued to screens with dangers lurking everywhere. So what can you do to protect them? Mandy Majors explains the different online threats your children may be up against and equips you with ways to keep them safe. With open communication being the key to stronger, healthier relationships, Mandy prepares you to lead your kids in their digital world.

 

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0:00.0

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0:23.6

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0:26.6

That's truthrising.com.

0:29.6

You know, if your snapstreaks die tomorrow, are you going to have a meltdown?

0:41.2

That should be a red flag in your teenager's mind that it's becoming an idol.

0:43.7

You know, we talk about that a lot in our home.

0:52.6

And those core things about the bedrooms, the bathrooms, at meal time, when you're with grandparents that you see for two minutes, are you on your screen?

0:54.2

Are you talking to your grandparents?

1:00.0

You know, core things like that, maintaining that healthy balance, I think, is so important.

1:05.0

Well, that's Mandy Majors, and she's with us today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly,

1:12.3

offering insights and guidance for how to manage technology and screen habits with your family. Thanks for joining us. I'm John Fuller. You know John it's not an overstatement. We hear from parents on this topic

1:17.3

of screen screen management every day. Parents are calling us by the hundreds saying

1:23.2

what can we do to better manage our kids screen time time? And there are some great ideas. And I've said this many times. You know, one of the experts that we had here said delay phones as long as you can. And so I remember the boys would say, you know, dad, when do we get a phone? I said, oh, let me talk to mom. And six months later, did you talk to mom yet? Oh, and I need to talk to mom and we'll see. Well, we delayed that for years. I think Trent was 17 and Troy was 15. And they were good with it. They kind of caught on after a while that we were going to wait until they needed them for driving, things like that. But this is a big issue, and parents are desperate to

2:02.6

say, help us with managing this. And I'm looking forward to talking today with Mandy Majors

2:08.4

about how to manage this area of our kids' development, and frankly, our own, if we're honest

2:15.1

about it. How do we manage this for the family?

2:18.1

Yeah, we're all affected by the screen. And so to that end, I think we parents will get some

2:23.8

tips along the way as well.

2:24.8

Yeah, that's good. Mandy Majors has two young adult children and is the founder of Next

2:30.2

Talk, a nonprofit organization to help kids stay safe online by creating a culture of

2:35.9

conversation within families and churches and schools. And she's written a terrific book

2:41.3

called Keeping Kids Safe in a Digital World, a solution that works, and 10 practical ideas for

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