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Family IT Guy Podcast, 88 episodes.

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My 11-Year-Old Builds Video Games With AI. These Are My Rules.

2

Should Kids Use AI? Where I Draw the Line

3

Best First Phone for Kids: The Four Options

4

A Phone for a Social Tween: Start With Nothing, Add Back Slowly

5

A Federal Agent on How Kids Get Targeted Online, and What Parents Can Do

6

What I’m Building at Family IT Guy, October 2026

7

Accidental Kids Games: Why Many Games Kids Play Weren’t Built for Them

8

Adult Ads in Kids’ Mobile Games: What a Lawsuit Alleges and What to Check

9

Is Perplexity Safe for Kids? Common Sense Media Rates It Unacceptable Risk

10

A Screen for the School Bus? A Book or an Old Nintendo DS Instead

11

My 11-Year-Old Asked to Text His Friend. I Said No.

12

Teach Kids About Tech and Set Limits: Why I Recommend Both

13

When Your Child Says Everyone Else Has It

14

iOS 27 Parental Controls - Make Your Kid’s iPhone Boring

15

When Your Child Is in Trouble Online, How You React Matters

16

Roblox Is an Adult Platform Marketed to Kids

17

School Requires an iPad. What Can Parents Control?

18

Meta’s Child Safety Settlement Leaves the Main Risks in Place

19

Keep Your Kids Safe Online - Weekly Q&A - Sep 2 2026

20

How to Report an Online Predator: Two Ways to Get Help

21

Keep Your Kids Safe Online - Weekly Q&A - Aug 19 2026

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Keep Your Kids Safe Online - Weekly Q&A - Aug 12 2026

23

You’re the Product, Not the Customer (The Paid, Private Internet)

24

How to Make Video Games Safe and Actually Good for Your Kids

25

Should You Accept or Reject Cookies? What the Pop-Up Does

26

The Cloud Is Someone Else’s Computer (Where Your Data Goes)

27

It Started With Bacon: How ”Free” Apps Make Money

28

Bark’s Chief Parenting Officer on Predators, AI, and Keeping Kids Safe Online

29

Porn: The Conversation That Protects Your Kids | Chris McKenna

30

Apple iOS just made kids’ phones safer.

31

The Hidden Risk of Instagram’s New Instants Feature

32

Age Verification Laws Explained: Why They Won’t Protect Kids

33

Your Kids Are Not the Customer. They’re the Product.

34

The Two Biggest Online Threats to Kids Right Now.

35

The Dark Truth About Snapchat Parents Aren’t Being Told

36

If You Use AI for Therapy Watch This

37

Why We Removed Phones From Our Bedrooms (And What Changed Immediately)

38

How to Remove Hidden Data From Your Photos

39

How Predators Went From Playgrounds to Your Kid’s Phone

40

Meta to pay $375 million for knowingly putting children in danger on Facebook and Instagram.

41

Age Verification Laws Won’t Protect Your Kids Online (Here’s What Will)

42

What to Do When Your Kid Is Melting Down Over Screens

43

Is Roblox Safe for Kids? Chris Hansen’s Investigation Explained

44

”Screens Are a Drug.” How to Get Your Family Back with Mike McLeod

45

Social Media on Trial: The Case Against Meta, YouTube, TikTok & Snapchat

46

FBI Psychologist: Your Kid’s Phone Is More Dangerous Than a Gun

47

AI Videos vs Deepfakes: How to Tell What’s Real Online (With Jeremy Carrasco)

48

Why schools are ditching phones!

49

3 AI Rules for Kids, from a cybersecurity expert.

50

Grok exposes the risk of posting kids online.

51

Protecting Kids Online: Missing Children, AI Scams, and Digital Exploitation with Shawnna Hoffman

52

764 Update: The Online Network Targeting Kids Is Getting Worse

53

The Antidote to Internet Chaos

54

Inside the Mind of Predators: Forensic Psychologist Dr. Leslie Dobson on Child Predators & Risk

55

How One Parent Took on Smartphones in Elementary School — and Changed a Community

56

AI Toys for Kids - My Thoughts

57

Bark Phone Review: What Works, What Doesn’t, How to Set It Up

58

Facial Scans & IDs for Kids—Think Before You Agree

59

Is It Really ADHD? How Devices Are Rewiring Our Kids’ Brains with Dr. Carrie Mackensen

60

Dear Tim Cook: Make Parental Controls as Easy as Apple Pay

61

Sora: Why This New AI App Is a Predator’s Dream - What Parents Need to Know

62

Device Addiction in Kids: The Parenting Mistake Everyone Makes

63

Sora AI Lets Kids Deepfake Themselves - Parents Need to Know This”

64

Getting Hired in Cybersecurity: What Hiring Managers Actually Look For (with Orlando Padilla)

65

Roblox CEO on Fox News: ’400 AI Systems’ - I Tested It and Found Sexual Content

66

Mom Uncharted: The Truth About Sharing Kids Online

67

No Phones in Bedrooms: The One Family Rule That Eliminates Most Online Harm

68

The Internet Your Kids Use Is Not Like the One You Grew Up With

69

Instagram’s PG-13 Lie: What Meta’s Own Research Says About Teen Mental Health

70

Roblox Is Rated 12+ But Partners With Barbie and SpongeBob - Here’s What Parents Need to Know

71

Kids Trading Sex For Cell Phone Time: School Resource Officer Gomez (part 2)

72

Why OpenAI Built Sora Like TikTok: The Truth Parents Need

73

ChatGPT’s New Parental Controls Are Broken By Design

74

2 Red Flags That Cover 90% of Online Threats to Children

75

Why I Never Let My Kids Use AI Alone (ChatGPT Danger)

76

Free 24/7 Family IT Consultant: Ask Anything About Kids & Technology

77

Simple Fix for YouTube Kids Dangers - Cybersecurity Expert Shows How

78

Why Meta’s Own Researchers Are Now Testifying Against the Company

79

To David Baszucki (Roblox CEO): The One Safety Fix Parents Need

80

ChatGPT and Teen Suicide: What Every Parent Needs to Know

81

The 764 Group Killed His Daughter - Here’s What Parents Need to Know

82

Roblox Banned the Guy Who Got 6 Predators Arrested - Here’s What Parents Need to Know

83

Settings Kids Up For Success: When Algorithms Replace Family Conversations (ep4)

84

25 Years Fighting Predators: What Every Parent Needs to Know To Keep Kids Safe | Conrad Woodall ep3

85

We’re Winning Against Child Predators (And They’re Mad About It)

86

Why Your 10-Year-Old Can’t Stop Scrolling (Bottomless Feeds Explained)

87

Strong Moms and how to protect your kids on the internet - with the Family IT Guy team

88

”100% of Boys Will Be Targeted” - Officer Gomez - How Predators Hunt Kids Online (part 1)