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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!

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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