EPISODE · Apr 22, 2025 · 30 MIN
The Wild World of the Web: Now & Then
from The Mom Salon · host Melissa & Leah
We’re back from spring break & kicking this week off with an episode we recorded at the content studio that we will be hosting a live show from in May and the ultimate moms night out! Sharing all the details soon.In this episode, we are throwing it way back — to the days of dial-up internet, AIM away messages, and when your biggest online risk was accidentally chatting with a 40-year-old man in a Blink-182 chat room. 😳Remember your AIM screen name? Because we do… and it was probably something like x0xBabiiGrl4Evax0x. (No regrets, just vibes.)This week we’re talking about how the internet used to be — late ‘90s/early 2000s-style — and how it’s wildly different (and way more dangerous) for our kids today.From the innocence of the early internet to the minefield of Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok — we’re unpacking how the online world has changed big time and what that means for our kids' mental health and development. (Spoiler: it’s not great for their still-developing brains. 🧠⚠️)If you’re a mom who remembers the struggle of waiting for someone to get off the phone so you could log on — and now you’re navigating raising kids in an always-online world — this episode is for you.✨ It’s funny, eye-opening, and just the start of the conversations our generation of parents NEED to be having to see the changes we so desperately want for our children!
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We’re back from spring break & kicking this week off with an episode we recorded at the content studio that we will be hosting a live show from in May and the ultimate moms night out! Sharing all the details soon. In this episode, we are throwing it way back — to the days of dial-up internet, AIM away messages, and when your biggest online risk was accidentally chatting with a 40-year-old man in a Blink-182 chat room. 😳 Remember your AIM screen name? Because we do… and it was probably som...
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