Using critical conversation to empower and protect children online with WhiteRibbonWeek.org founder Deanna Lambson

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🗓️ 4 January 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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There has never been a time when media literacy is more important than in today’s media-saturated world. One way of being alert and vigilant is preparing and protecting homes and children from the aggressive assault of pornography through establishing a pattern of open conversations. This episode of the Church News podcast features Deanna Lambson, a Latter-day Saint educator and founder of WhiteRibbonWeek.org. She discusses a gospel-centered approach to starting age-appropriate conversations about digital citizenship and internet safety and tackling less-comfortable subjects. Lambson also offers a road map for becoming trusted adults who facilitate conversations and listen with love and attention.

This podcast continues the previous Church News podcast conversation with Dr. Jill Manning, a licensed marriage and family therapist who offered 5 action points or characteristics for protecting families from pornography.

The Church News Podcast is a weekly podcast that invites listeners to make a journey of connection with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the globe. Host Sarah Jane Weaver, reporter and editor for The Church News for a quarter-century, shares a unique view of the stories, events, and most important people who form this international faith. With each episode, listeners are asked to embark on a journey to learn from one another and ponder, “What do I know now?” because of the experience. Produced by KellieAnn Halvorsen.

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0:00.0	When we are working with children, we tell them if anything ever happens to them that doesn't seem right or doesn't seem safe, whether it's on TV or on the Internet or even in their classroom or whatever, you want them to tell a trusted adult.
0:22.3	Well, sometimes we have to stop and say, if someone were to ask my kids, who is their trusted
0:27.8	adult, would they choose me? Of course, we all want to be that trusted person, but we really have
0:34.2	to earn that place. It doesn't automatically happen because you're a parent or a
0:38.1	grandparent. You earn it through many safe, supportive conversations.
0:51.8	I'm Sarah Jane Weaver, editor of the Church News, and welcome to the Church News podcast.
0:57.0	We are taking you on a journey of connection as we discuss news and events of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
1:03.0	We live in a world saturated by media, and it is our responsibility to be media-savvy citizens.
1:19.0	An important part of this is preparing and protecting our homes and children from the aggressive assault of pornography.
1:25.6	Today on the Church News podcast, we are joined by Sister
1:28.6	Deanna Lamson, a Latter-day Saint educator and founder of white ribbonweek.org. We plan to discuss
1:35.2	a gospel center approach to starting age-appropriate conversations in our homes. Deanna,
1:41.0	welcome to the Church News podcast. I'm so excited to talk to you about the power of conversations.
1:45.8	Thank you, Sarah. I'm delighted to be here. And before we start, I should probably give a disclaimer here. Deanna is my long-time friend, and we have actually worked together with some media literacy efforts in elementary schools in our neighborhoods and communities.
2:01.8	And what a delight to work together. You have such a passion for protecting kids and so do
2:06.8	many of our listeners. So we're excited to talk about this.
2:09.7	Diana, let's start today and have you tell us just a little bit about yourself. And how did you come
2:15.1	to a place in your life where you actually are talking about preventing
2:19.6	pornography addiction and where you're talking about helping protect children?
2:24.9	Thank you, Sarah.
2:26.4	Well, I think every one of us over time has an experience where someone has gone through some pain because of pornography. And really,
2:37.2	that's what started it for me. Someone that I loved was struggling. And I'm a mother of five boys and
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