Digital FaMilies Podcast
Leonie Smith & Guests
50 episodes with some of the world's most experienced parenting experts to help your family maintain a healthy and safe balance in the digital world.
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“FROM HIGH SCHOOL FAILURE TO AWARD WINNING AUTHOR”
From High School failure to award winning author. Josh Langley was told he would amount to nothing in life, having failed high school (twice) and being unemployed for several years, but that didn’t stop Josh from becoming a multi award-winning radio copywriter and award-winning children’s author. In this latest episode of the Digital Families Podcast I talk with Author and public speaker Josh Langley about how digital technology can both hinder and help with children's development. Josh also talks about his love of books and how to get children away from the screens and back to books.
How Abuse Survivor/Turned Police Officer Is Helping Kids
In this hard hitting podcast I talk with Kelly about how abusers groom children online, what language do they use. How they connect with children and what can parents do to help them children be more open with them about being contacted by abusers and finally how to prevent such contact or deal with it.
Kids On Social Media With Training Wheels On
In this podcast Claire Orange and I chat about helping primary school children learn to navigate social media safely. Claire developed DiGii Social to help give students in year 5 and 6 an experience of what it is like to be on social media with strict moderation and safety.
Online Gaming Scammers - Targeting Children
In this episode Paul and I talk about the very difficult issue of children being scammed via online game platforms where there is the risk for losing large amounts of money for families via the virtual currency available on games like Fortnite, Roblox, and Minecraft.
"The New Teen Age"
My guest on this weeks Digital Families Podcast is Jo Lamble clinical Psychologist and co Author of the book “The New Teen Age” how to support todays tweens and teens to become healthy happy adults. We talk about sleep overs and the tricky conversations around confiscating phones at sleep overs, how to do it kindly and with safety. I really loved this book. Jo and Ginni's practical down to earth non alarmist approach is refreshing and non parent blaming.
The Beacon App - Child Safety App
My guest today is Bec Nguyen from “Telethon Kids Institute” Project Manager of the “Beacon App” a cyber safety educational app designed to keep parents and carers up to date with trusted, tailored information, to help keep their kids safe online.
What is “Kids Helpline”?
Kids Help Line "Every 69 seconds a young person contacts Kids Helpline" What are they calling about? What happens during a call? What happens next?
Generation Alpha, What Does Their Future Hold?
In this podcast I chat with Mark McCrindle who is a social researcher and futurist. He is internationally recognised as a leader in tracking emerging issues and researching social trends. He coined the term 'Generation Alpha' children born after 2010 who are now 10 years of age and younger. Mark McCrindle is an award- winning social researcher. We talk about how screens are effecting this generations maturity, and what sort of jobs and lifestyle this generation can look forward to. We also discuss the positive future these children may have with emerging technology. Find more information about Generation Alpha and the Book Here:
A Girls & Boys Guide To Puberty with Michelle Mitchell
In todays podcast Parenting expert and Author Michelle Mitchell and I discuss what it is like for children going through puberty today with the impact of the digital world on their development. With so many tweens now joining up to social media like Snapchat and Instagram and TikTok, where are they getting their information on development and sexuality?
How To Resolve Family Disagreements Around Digital Devices
My guest today is Fred Bretthauer. Fred is a senior Family Dispute Mediator with Catholic Care and a committee member of the Family Law Pathways Network in Sydney. He has been resolving family separation disputes for over 10 years, he also runs education seminars for parents who are experiencing ongoing conflict. Family disputes involving the digital world have also been starting to impact the work that he does.