Rebecca Levey, Amy Oztan, and Andrea Smith are in the studio talking about how to use tech to organize carpools

We're back! It's almost fall, we're all back from travels and summer fun, school is starting, and we're in the studio.

Rebecca, Andrea & Amy talk to Chirlane McCray about NYC Teen SMS, a program that allows teens to anonymously contact a crisis counselor.

This week Rebecca Levey and Amy Oztan are in the NYC studio with three very special guests, their daughters!

his week Rebecca Levey and Amy Oztan are in the NYC studio with a special guest, Jennie Baird, who wrote an amazing response to the NY Times article about college kids and suicide.

The Imagine Cup

This week we did something special: we recorded an episode in front of a live audience from the Type-A Bootcamp (a mini-conference for bloggers), discussing the power of parents online, and how companies are getting rich off of what middle-aged women share on Facebook. We also fielded some great questions from the audience about various digital parenting issues. On the panel for this special live episode were Amy Oztan, Lance Somerfeld, Nancy Friedman, and Andrea Smith, with Rebecca Levey moderating. https://promosimple.com/ps/7c99

Parenting Bytes is on the road this week, so please enjoy this early episode that you might have missed! This week World's Worst Mom and Free Range Kids founder Lenore Skenazy joins Rebecca, Amy and Andrea to talk about letting kids actually walk to school and play in playgrounds by themselves! We tackle the Illinois law that says school officials have the right to demand your child's social media passwords and our digital dilemma of the week - would you tell on your kids' friends if you saw them engaging in risky behavior online? Plus our Bytes of the week - from a connected baking scale to books featuring free range kids!

Today we're in the studio with Rebecca Levey, Amy Oztan, and Andrea Smith. We're joined by security expert Paul Viollis, who gives us the lowdown on the Ashley Madison hack, online security, and anonymity (and the news isn't good). Then we're joined on the phone by Master Chef contestant Claudia Sandoval to talk about being a contestant on a reality show and cooking for her family. Plus our Bytes of the Week!

Today we have a very special, one-topic episode!