Episode Summary Social media is no longer just a distraction — it is shaping identity, behavior, mental health, and safety for an entire generation. In this eye-opening episode, Suzanne Phillips is joined by Nicki Petrossi, a former social media executive turned national advocate for child safety online. Nicki is the founder of Scrolling 2 Death, co-founder of the Tech-Safe Learning Coalition, and a leading voice helping parents understand what is actually happening behind screens. Nicki brings insider knowledge from her time working inside social media platforms — paired with real-world stories, research, and current cases that reveal how algorithms, AI, gaming, and school-issued devices are putting children at risk. This conversation moves beyond fear into clarity — offering parents both warnings and solutions, so they can lead their families with confidence instead of overwhelm. Episode Highlights ✔️ Nicki's journey from social media executive to child safety advocate ✔️ What parents need to understand about Meta trials and fraud allegations ✔️ AI dangers — including Character AI and emotionally manipulative chatbots ✔️ Whether ChatGPT and AI companions are harming vulnerable users ✔️ How Instagram ranks content and why it matters for kids ✔️ The Motion Picture Association's influence on content normalization ✔️ "The Heat Is On" — what it means and why parents should pay attention ✔️ Snapchat and its connection to sex trafficking ✔️ Sextortion schemes using platforms like GroupMe ✔️ UNESCO testing and global digital experimentation ✔️ AI-generated nudes, "Sharenting," and image exploitation ✔️ Video game addiction and dopamine-driven design ✔️ How parents can stay informed without living in fear Featured Resource: Scrolling 2 Death A parent-focused platform providing education, advocacy, and real-time insights into social media risks and digital culture. 👉 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/scrolling2death 👉 Learn more → via Nicki's resources and coalition work Take Action 📲 Connect with Nicki Petrossi: • Instagram → @scrolling2death 📲 Stay Connected with Beacon Parent: • Instagram → @suzannephillips_ • Instagram → @beacon_parent • Website → www.beaconparent.com 📚 Beacon Parent Parent Club Ongoing discipleship, teaching, and community for parents navigating cultural pressure and digital challenges. 👉 Join here → www.beaconparent.com 🏫 Concerned About Screens in Education? Explore tools that help parents create safer learning environments. 👉 Learn more → www.beaconparent.com/podpacket Identity Truth for the Family Children were not designed to be raised by algorithms. Parents who stay informed, engaged, and courageous can interrupt harmful digital patterns and restore real connection, security, and discernment in their homes. Parents, the digital world moves fast — but you are not powerless. If this episode gave you language, clarity, or courage to engage your child's online world more intentionally, share it with another parent who feels overwhelmed or unsure where to start. 🎧 Listen Now

Episode Summary This is one of the most consequential and challenging conversations ever hosted on The InFormed Parent Podcast. In this episode, Suzanne Phillips is joined by Del Bigtree — journalist, filmmaker, former Emmy-winning producer, and one of the most influential voices calling for transparency in public health and medical science today. Del is the founder and CEO of Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN), host of The HighWire, and Executive Producer of the documentary An Inconvenient Study. This episode centers on a never-published vaccinated-versus-unvaccinated study conducted within the Henry Ford Health System — a study Del challenged the institution to run in 2016, with a simple condition: publish the results no matter what they show. The study was completed. It was never submitted for publication. Through legal action, FOIA requests, investigative journalism, and now film, Del walks parents through what the study revealed, why it matters, and why asking questions in medicine has become controversial — even dangerous — for those inside the system. This is not an episode telling parents what to think. It is an episode that insists parents must be allowed to ask questions, see data, and make informed decisions for their families. Episode Highlights ✔️ Del Bigtree's background — from mainstream media to investigative journalism

✔️ The fallout from Vaxxed and the professional backlash Del experienced

✔️ The connection between politics, public health agencies, and vaccine policy

✔️ Inside An Inconvenient Study — how the film came to be and why it matters

✔️ What the unpublished vaccinated vs. unvaccinated data reveals

✔️ The dramatic rise in chronic conditions among children

✔️ Questions surrounding infant health, SIDS, and NICU outcomes

✔️ Genetic susceptibility and MTHFR considerations

✔️ Why the study was never submitted for publication

✔️ Dr. Marcus Zervos' on-camera admissions and their implications

✔️ The collapse of open scientific debate — and why it matters for families

✔️ Rebooting the scientific method through transparency and accountability

✔️ ICAN's legal, media, and legislative response to criticism

✔️ How parents can engage, learn more, and take responsibility without fear

🎧 Listen Now Featured Resource: An Inconvenient Study A documentary by Del Bigtree and ICAN examining an unpublished vaccinated-versus-unvaccinated study and the broader implications for public health transparency. 👉 Watch & Learn More → https://www.aninconvenientstudy.com Call-to-Actions (CTAs) 📲 Connect with Del Bigtree & ICAN: • The HighWire → https://thehighwire.com • ICAN → https://icandecide.org • X (Twitter) → https://x.com/delbigtree • Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/delbigtree 📲 Stay Connected with Beacon Parent: • Instagram → @suzannephillips_ • Instagram → @beacon_parent • Website → www.beaconparent.com ✨ Parent Club (Monthly Membership) Ongoing discipleship, teaching, and community for parents navigating complex cultural issues. 👉 Join here →https://community.beaconparent.com/offers/mLSFLoXT/checkout 🏫 Exploring Educational Freedom? The Pod Packet helps parents create small, intentional learning communities with confidence. 👉 Learn more → www.beaconparent.com/podpacket Identity Truth for the Family Informed consent is not rebellion. Asking questions is not disobedience. Parents were entrusted with the responsibility to protect, steward, and advocate for their children — especially when systems grow complex and opaque. Closing CTA Parents, this episode may challenge you — and that's the point. You don't have to agree with every conclusion to recognize the importance of transparency, open debate, and informed decision-making. If this conversation stirred questions, sparked reflection, or helped you feel less alone in asking hard things, share it with another parent who needs space to think critically and courageously. 🎧 Listen Now

Episode Summary Season 6 opens with a powerful solo episode from Suzanne Phillips, founder of Beacon Parent, setting the tone for what lies ahead. In this monologue, Suzanne reflects on the cultural moment parents are navigating right now — one marked by confusion, exhaustion, pressure, and noise. From education and technology to identity, sexuality, and discipleship, parents are being asked to make high-stakes decisions without clarity or support. This episode is both an invitation and a reset. Suzanne explains why this season exists, what has shaped the direction of the conversations ahead, and why being informed is not optional for parents who want to lead with wisdom rather than react from fear. She addresses the subtle ways culture disciples families, the danger of passive parenting, and the urgent need for parents to reclaim their role as leaders, protectors, and disciplers in their homes. Season 6 is about discernment — learning to recognize what is shaping our children, understanding where ideas come from, and choosing intentional formation over cultural default. If you've felt overwhelmed, behind, unsure, or simply tired — this episode will remind you that you are not alone, and that clarity is possible. Episode Highlights ✔️ Why Season 6 was created and what prompted its focus ✔️ The difference between reacting to culture and discerning it ✔️ How parents are being discipled — often without realizing it ✔️ Why "busy" is one of the enemy's most effective tools ✔️ The cost of passive parenting in a high-pressure culture ✔️ Why informed parents make different decisions ✔️ What listeners can expect from Season 6 conversation ✔️ An invitation to slow down, listen, and lead with clarity 🎧 Listen Now Featured Resource: Beacon Parent Beacon Parent exists to equip parents to parent with purpose, disciple with direction, and lead their families with clarity and conviction in an increasingly confusing world. This season, Beacon Parent resources are designed to help you: • understand cultural influence • strengthen identity formation • disciple intentionally at home • make informed decisions for your family 👉 Learn more → www.beaconparent.com Call-to-Actions (CTAs) 📲 Stay Connected with Suzanne & Beacon Parent • Instagram: @suzannephillips_ • Instagram: @beacon_parent • Website: www.beaconparent.com 📚 Beacon Parent Free Resource Hub Practical tools, teaching guides, and identity-building resources for parents. 👉 Access free resources → https://community.beaconparent.com/offers/7dFPbYXY/checkout/ ✨ Parent Club (Monthly Membership) Ongoing discipleship, community, teaching, and support for parents who want to lead well — not alone. 👉 Join the Parent Club →https://community.beaconparent.com/offers/mLSFLoXT/checkout/ 🏫 Exploring Education Alternatives? From pods to hybrids, The Pod Packet helps families take intentional next steps. 👉 Learn more → www.thepodpacket.com Identity Truth for the Family Parents were never meant to follow culture — they were called to lead their children. Discernment is not fear. Being informed is not reactionary. Intentional parenting is an act of love. Closing CTA Season 6 is an invitation to slow down, open your eyes, and lead with wisdom. If this episode resonated with you, share it with another parent who feels the weight of these decisions — a friend, a small group, or someone who needs encouragement to step out of autopilot and into intentional leadership. 🎧 Listen Now →

Episode Summary: In this powerful and timely episode, Suzanne sits down with two moms who have lived what so many parents are only beginning to consider: you can change your child's educational story — and it doesn't have to be complicated. Today's guests, Lauren Tatum and Brandy Hansen, both stepped out of traditional education pathways to create thriving, faith-filled homeschool pods for their children and communities. From fear and overwhelm to clarity and confidence, their journeys reveal what is possible when parents refuse to believe the cultural lie that there is only one way to educate kids. This conversation explores the cultural pressure surrounding education, the rise of therapeutic and agenda-driven classrooms, and why more families every year are discovering freedom through pods, microschools, hybrid models, and custom learning environments. Suzanne also introduces The Pod Packet, a practical, step-by-step resource created to help parents launch their own simple-but-powerful pod—without needing to build a full school or reinvent the wheel. Whether you're curious, cautious, overwhelmed, or ready to take action, this episode will give you vision, options, and encouragement for the educational future of your family.

Episode Highlights:

✔️ Lauren & Brandy's personal journeys into alternative education

✔️ Public, private, homeschool — and why they chose something different

✔️ The cultural lies that pressure parents into traditional schooling

✔️ Why pods work — and how simple they can be

✔️ The story behind The Pod Packet and how it equips families

✔️ How to structure a pod, build rhythms, and set expectations

✔️ Real results: confidence, community, joy

✔️ How pods grow into hybrids, microschools, or academies

✔️ Encouragement for parents feeling the nudge to make a change

🎧 Listen Now: [Insert Podcast Link]

Featured Resource: The Pod Packet A practical, step-by-step guide to help families create a simple, effective homeschool pod rooted in vision, community, and clarity.

Perfect for:

• parents
• teachers
• churches
• entrepreneurs
• hybrid or microschool starters

👉 Learn More → www.beaconparent.com/podpacket 👉 Instagram → @thepodpacket

Call-to-Actions (CTAs):

📲 Connect with Today's Guests:

• @thepodpacket
• www.beaconparent.com/podpacket

📲 Stay Connected with Beacon Parent:

• Instagram: @suzannephillips_
• Instagram: @beacon_parent
• Website: www.beaconparent.com

📚 Beacon Parent Free Resource Hub: Tools for discipleship, identity, parenting, culture conversations & more. 👉 Download free resources → www.beaconparent.com/thehub ✨ Parent Club (Monthly Membership): Foundational discipleship, community, teaching, and support for parents. 👉 Join the club → www.beaconparent.com/parentclub 🏫 Considering Alternative Education? Explore The Pod Packet — your first step toward building a meaningful, small-scale educational community. 👉 Get the packet → www.beaconparent.com/podpacket

Identity Truth for the Family: You don't have to choose what culture tells you is "normal." Parents have God-given authority, creativity, and freedom to shape an environment where their children can grow in truth, purpose, and joy.

Closing CTA: Parents — you have more options than ever, and more influence than you know. If this episode encouraged you, share it with another family exploring educational alternatives or seeking clarity for next year. 🎧 Listen Now →

Episode Summary: In this heartfelt and deeply practical episode, Suzanne Phillips sits down with Jonathan Pitts—author, speaker, ministry executive, father of five, and President of For Girls Like You, a ministry serving tween girls and their parents. Jonathan has spent nearly two decades in Christian leadership, including serving as Executive Director of Dr. Tony Evans' ministry (The Urban Alternative), managing recording artist Anthony Evans, Jr., and now serving in pastoral leadership at Church of the City in Franklin, TN. As a father of four daughters and a newly welcomed baby boy, Jonathan brings real-life wisdom, raw honesty, and a deeply redemptive story following the loss of his late wife, Wynter Pitts. This episode is essential for any parent raising girls in a culture that is rapidly shifting and increasingly confusing. From identity and confidence to cultural pressures and discipleship at home, Jonathan offers encouragement, clarity, and tools to help parents raise secure daughters who stand firm in truth.

Episode Highlights:

✔️ Why Pop Culture Parenting is dangerous—especially for girls

✔️ The rise of cultural insecurity, comparison, and identity distortion

✔️ Why For Girls Like You focuses on tweens — and how it helps parents

✔️ The father–daughter dynamic and how dads impact girls' identity

✔️ Raising a boy now — what's different, what's the same

✔️ Encouragement for parents raising girls who need grounding in truth

Featured Resource: For Girls Like You A Christ-centered ministry equipping parents of tween girls with resources that build identity, confidence, and discipleship at home.

👉 Website → www.forgirlslikeyou.com

👉 Instagram → @forgirlslikeyou

👉 Jonathan's Instagram → @pittsjr26

👉 Books → She Is Yours & My Wynter Season

💸 Use Code: BEACON20 for 20% off

Call-to-Actions (CTAs):

📲 Connect with Jonathan Pitts:

• Instagram (Personal): @pittsjr26
• Ministry: @forgirlslikeyou
• Website: www.forgirlslikeyou.com

📲 Stay Connected with Beacon Parent:

• Instagram: @suzannephillips_
• Instagram: @beacon_parent
• Website: www.beaconparent.com

📚 Beacon Parent Free Resource Hub:

Your place for discipleship tools, identity-building worksheets, and family formation resources.

👉 Download resources →

✨ Parent Club (Monthly Membership):

Ongoing discipleship, teaching, support, and community for moms & dads.

👉 Join now →

📥 Thinking About Homeschooling or Hybrid Learning? The Pod Packet walks you step-by-step through creating your own homeschool pod.

👉 Get The Pod Packet → www.beaconparent.com/podpacket

Identity Truth for the Family: Girls become secure when they hear truth from the people they trust most. Parents who affirm identity before culture tries to distort it lay foundations for strong, confident, Christ-centered women.

Closing CTA: Parents, your voice matters. Your presence matters. The world is loud — but truth is louder when it's lived out in your home. If this episode encouraged you or gave you language for raising girls in today's culture, share it with a friend, your small group, or another parent who needs this hope.

🎧 Listen Now →

In today's episode of The InFormed Parent Podcast, Suzanne Phillips sits down with Andrew Chambers, the Head of Campus Life at Excel College, one of the most innovative and biblically grounded higher education models in the country. With many parents questioning traditional college pathways — rising costs, secular influence, lack of discipleship, cultural pressure — this conversation opens the door to a revolutionary alternative designed to help students become wise, mature, productive adults who live purposeful and fulfilling lives. Andrew shares how Excel College is rethinking higher education by prioritizing mentorship, community, real-world skills, spiritual formation, and integrated learning — all through a distinctly Christian worldview. Whether your child plans to attend college or pursue another path, this episode will inspire and equip you to think differently about what higher education can look like.

✔️ How Excel College is redefining Christian higher education ✔️ Why so many families are rethinking traditional college pathways ✔️ The hesitations many parents have — and the truths that ease those fears ✔️ Why a biblical worldview is essential in higher education today ✔️ How parents can guide teens through major decisions with confidence ✔️ A hopeful vision for raising the next generation of kingdom leaders 🎧 Listen Now

An innovative, Christ-centered college dedicated to forming wise, mature, purposeful adults through community, mentorship, and integrated education.

👉 Website → theexcelcollege.com

👉 Instagram → @theexcelcollege

👉 Facebook → facebook.com/theexcelcollege

👉 X (Twitter) → x.com/TheExcelCollege

• Instagram: @theexcelcollege

• Website: theexcelcollege.com

• Instagram: @suzannephillips_

• Instagram: @beacon_parent

• Website: www.beaconparent.com

Free tools for discipleship, identity formation, family culture, and parenting with biblical wisdom. 👉 Download free resources → https://community.beaconparent.com/offers/7dFPbYXY/checkout/

Parenting support, community, teaching, coaching, and discipleship for moms and dads who want to lead with confidence and without the overwhelm. 👉 Join now → https://community.beaconparent.com/offers/mLSFLoXT/checkout/ 📥 Starting a Homeschool Pod? The Pod Packet is a step-by-step guide to help you build, launch, and lead your own alternative education option with confidence and clarity.

👉 Download The Pod Packet → www.beaconparent.com/podpacket

Education is more than academics — it's discipleship. Parents who guide their children with wisdom, truth, and courage prepare them to walk in purpose, freedom, and maturity.

Parents, you don't have to settle for the cultural default. Higher education can be purposeful, biblical, personal, and transformative. Explore, ask questions, and lead with confidence as you help your children discern their next steps. If this episode gave you insight or opened your eyes to new possibilities, share it with another parent, pastor, or teen who's navigating the college conversation.

Episode Summary: In this energizing and visionary episode of The InFormed Parent Podcast, Suzanne Phillips is joined by Justin MacDonald, award-winning educator, coach, entrepreneur, global executive, and founder of The Academy at District Church. Justin brings a bold, fresh perspective on what education could be — and what's possible when the Church, families, and innovative thinkers reclaim learning for the next generation With a model that blends individualized learning, entrepreneurship, leadership development, and Christ-centered formation, The Academy is proving that children thrive when they are known, challenged, equipped, and expected to lead. Parents, pastors, educators, innovators — this conversation will inspire you, stretch your imagination, and call you to action. The education system may be broken, but solutions already exist — and Justin is living out one of the most compelling models today.

Episode Highlights: ✔️ The story of how a local church stepped out to lead and provide solutions for education in its community. ✔️ Why the next generation of leaders must be trained with a biblical worldview and an entrepreneurial spirit. ✔️ How students learn through 6-week sprints, real projects, and leadership ✔️ Why pastors and parents must reclaim education as discipleship ✔️ Encouragement for parents who feel powerless in today's educational climate 🎧 Listen Now!

Featured Resource: The Academy at District Church A bold, Christ-centered K–12 leadership academy helping raise confident, joyful, purpose-driven students. 🔗 Visit → www.districtchristianacademy.com 🔗 Follow → @theacademyatdistrict

Call-to-Actions (CTAs): 📲 Follow Justin MacDonald & The Academy at District Church: • Instagram: / jmacleads / theacademyatdistrict • Website: https://www.theacademyatdistrict.com/

📲 Stay Connected with Beacon Parent: • / suzannephillips_ • / beacon_parent • Website: https://www.beaconparent.com

📚 Free Resource Hub: Download guides, conversation starters, and digital wellness tools → The Hub: https://community.beaconparent.com/offers/7dFPbYXY/checkout/

✨ Join the Parent Club (Monthly Membership):

Access Christ-centered coaching, community, and exclusive resources for parents → The Parent Club: https://community.beaconparent.com/offers/7dFPbYXY/checkout/

📥 Thinking About Homeschooling or Hybrid Models?

Download The Pod Packet—a complete guide to starting and managing your own homeschool pod with confidence → https://www.beaconparent.com/podpacket/

Identity Truth for the Family: "Leaders aren't born—they're discipled." Families who build a culture of responsibility, curiosity, and biblical identity prepare children to lead with wisdom and courage.

Closing CTA: Parents, pastors, and leaders — the future belongs to those willing to build it. Education is not neutral. It's discipleship.

If this episode gave you vision or stirred something in you, share it with a pastor, parent, or educator who needs to hear what's possible.

Episode Summary: In this heartfelt and wisdom-filled episode, Suzanne Phillips sits down with her own pastor, Chuck Ramsey, Lead Pastor of Restoration Church, for a conversation on building strong families through biblical parenting and discipleship. As a father of seven and grandfather of five, Pastor Chuck shares both personal and pastoral insights on what it means to raise children with a "vertical" mindset—anchored in God's Word, guided by His Spirit, and grounded in eternal truth. Together, they discuss the power of a Vertical Church, how its principles build strong families at home, and why now more than ever parents must return to Scripture as their foundation for leadership and love. Whether you're raising little ones or leading grown children, this episode will refresh your faith and refocus your parenting around the One who holds it all together.

Episode Highlights:

✔️ What it means to build and lead a Vertical Church ✔️ How the same principles of a vertical church apply to parenting at home ✔️ The 5 pillars that strengthen families and churches alike ✔️ Why parents must root their family life in Scripture—not social media trends ✔️ The importance of discipleship and honoring spiritual fathers and mothers ✔️ Why prayer, community, and men's ministry are vital in today's culture ✔️ How Restoration Church's growth reflects God's hand and healthy leadership ✔️ Encouragement for parents who want to raise their children to follow Christ ✔️ A powerful prayer Pastor Chuck prayed over his children growing up

📖 Featured Resource: Restoration Church Discover the heart behind a Vertical Church—one built on truth, prayer, and discipleship that leads people to Jesus. 👉 Visit: www.restorationchurch.faith 👉 Follow: @restorationchurch.faith

📣 Call-to-Actions (CTAs): 📲 Follow Pastor Chuck Ramsey & Restoration Church:

• Instagram: @restorationchurch.faith
• Website: www.restorationchurch.faith

📲 Stay Connected with Beacon Parent:

• @suzannephillips_
• @beacon_parent
• Website: www.beaconparent.com

📚 Free Resource Hub: Download guides, conversation starters, and digital wellness tools → The Hub ✨ Join the Parent Club (Monthly Membership): Access Christ-centered coaching, community, and exclusive resources for parents → The Parent Club 📥 Thinking About Homeschooling or Hybrid Models? Download The Pod Packet—a complete guide to starting and managing your own homeschool pod with confidence → www.beaconparent.com/podpacket

📖 Identity Truth for the Family: ✅ Families who look vertically to God find peace, purpose, and power to lead with conviction. ✅ A vertical home reflects a vertical heart—rooted in prayer and truth, producing legacy and fruit.

🔔 Closing Call-to-Action (CTA): Culture changes, but God's design for family does not. Parents, you are called to lead from the Word—not the world. Build vertically, lead intentionally, and pray fervently over your children. If this episode encouraged or challenged you, share it with another parent, small group, or pastor who's passionate about raising strong families in faith.

Episode Summary: In this eye-opening and deeply practical episode of The InFormed Parent Podcast, Suzanne Phillips is joined by Chris McKenna, founder of Protect Young Eyes—a leading organization helping families, schools, and churches navigate the complex world of technology, internet safety, and digital wellness. Chris's work has reached hundreds of thousands of students and families nationwide and even led him to conversations at the White House about the dangers of AI and child safety online. This episode equips parents to take actionable steps toward creating safer digital environments at home and in schools. From the most dangerous apps to the latest AI threats, this conversation empowers you to protect your children without fear—through awareness, wisdom, and boundaries rooted in truth. ⸻ Episode Highlights: ✔️ How Protect Young Eyes began and the mission behind it ✔️ Why tech is one of the most critical parenting conversations today ✔️ Chris's "10 Before 10" rule and other practical safety habits ✔️ The most dangerous apps parents need to know about—and why ✔️ The truth about Gemini AI, KIK, and other high-risk platforms ✔️ Understanding sextortion and how to protect your children ✔️ The importance of parental involvement in tech at school ✔️ Encouragement for parents feeling overwhelmed by technology ✔️ Hope and confidence for families navigating the digital age ⸻ 💡 Featured Resource: Protect Young Eyes Founded by Chris McKenna, Protect Young Eyes provides families, schools, and churches with the most up-to-date tools and strategies for digital safety and wellness. 👉 Visit → www.ProtectYoungEyes.com 👉 Follow → @protectyoungeyes ⸻ 📣 Call-to-Actions (CTAs): 📲 Follow Chris McKenna & Protect Young Eyes:

• Instagram: @protectyoungeyes
• Website: www.ProtectYoungEyes.com

📲 Stay Connected with Beacon Parent:

• @suzannephillips_
• @beacon_parent
• Website: www.beaconparent.com

📚 Free Resource Hub: Download guides, conversation starters, and digital wellness tools → The Hub ✨ Join the Parent Club (Monthly Membership): Access Christ-centered coaching, community, and exclusive resources for parents → The Parent Club 📥 Starting a Homeschool Pod? Grab The Pod Packet—a step-by-step guide to building and managing your own pod with confidence → www.beaconparent.com/podpacket ⸻ 📖 Identity Truth for the Family: ✅ Wisdom, not fear, leads families to peace in the digital age. ✅ Parents are the gatekeepers of influence—digital wellness begins with discipleship.

⸻ 🔔 Closing Call-to-Action (CTA): Technology is powerful—but so is your voice as a parent. Don't hand the digital steering wheel to the world. Be intentional, stay informed, and lead your family with conviction and grace. If this episode equipped or encouraged you, share it with another parent, teacher, or youth leader who's navigating these same challenges.

Episode Summary:

In this powerful and redemptive episode of The InFormed Parent Podcast, Suzanne Phillips sits down with Joshua Broome—a bestselling author, speaker, and former adult film star whose life has been radically transformed by the love and truth of Jesus. Now serving as the Executive Director of Walk Worthy, a division of the American Association of Christian Counselors, Joshua uses his story to educate and inspire families to confront the dangers of pornography, protect their children online, and live out a biblically grounded vision of sexuality and purpose. This conversation dives deep into the realities of hyper-sexualization in our culture, the impact of pornography on children and families, and the hope of redemption and healing that is available through Christ. Episode Highlights: ✔️ Joshua's remarkable story of redemption and transformation ✔️ How he found freedom and purpose through Christ ✔️ The harsh realities and dangers of pornography in our culture ✔️ What parents need to know about how early and easily children are exposed ✔️ How to talk with your kids about pornography in age-appropriate, truth-filled ways ✔️ The connection between pornography, identity, and broken family dynamics ✔️ Encouragement for families navigating hard conversations with grace and hope ✔️ What the Church and Christian counselors are doing to bring healing and restoration

📖 Featured Resource: 7 Lies That Will Ruin Your Life (Book)In his bestselling book, Joshua Broome exposes the seven lies that keep people trapped in shame and brokenness—and reveals how to find freedom, identity, and purpose in Christ. 👉 Get your copy → www.JoshuaBroome.me 📣 Call-to-Actions (CTAs): 📲 Follow Joshua Broome:

• Instagram: @iamjoshuabroome
• Website: www.JoshuaBroome.me
• Book: 7 Lies That Will Ruin Your Life
• Organization: Walk Worthy – A Division of AACC

📲 Stay Connected with Beacon Parent:

• @suzannephillips_
• @beacon_parent
• Website: www.beaconparent.com

📚 Free Resource Hub: Download faith-based parenting tools, identity guides, and discipleship resources → The Hub ✨ Join the Parent Club (Monthly Membership): Access community, coaching, and exclusive resources for intentional parenting → The Parent Club 📥 Starting a Homeschool Pod? Download The Pod Packet—your free step-by-step guide to building a homeschool pod with confidence → www.beaconparent.com/podpacket 📖 Identity Truth for the Family:

✅ Freedom is found in truth. When families bring darkness into the light, healing begins. ✅ God's design for sexuality and purity isn't restrictive—it's redemptive. 🔔 Closing Call-to-Action (CTA):Pornography is one of the most powerful weapons the enemy uses against families—but it's not stronger than redemption. Parents, your awareness and your willingness to talk about hard things can break generational cycles of shame and deception. If Joshua's story inspired you, share this episode with another parent, youth pastor, or friend who needs encouragement and truth today.