It's 5:34am and I could not sleep. Just had to get this off my chest. 
If I, as part of the human race, don't do anything and everything I personally can do to slow the spread of a virus, so kids will be able to be back in school and doing online school at home, alone, on a laptop with access to the internet, where pedophiles and sexual predators are hunting them, then shame on me. I wear a mask for those kids. 

PS Hayes is my 10yr old nephew, that part cut off :) 

#savethekids 

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One of the biggest mental health disasters created when we gave our kids access to social media was the onslaught of cyber-bullying. And when parents ask me, "Why are kids so mean to each other today?" I quickly point out "Kids? Have you been on adult Facebook lately?" We can't expect our kids to be kind, understanding, empathetic humans when that isn't be modeled for them by adults online and off. But dealing with bullies is both an art and science and my guest today started a mission to eradicate bullying by empowering the bullied so the bullies lose their power. Nate Webb is a high school counselor who like many of us was bullied growing up pre-Snapchat days, now working on a high school campus, who decided to better understand why bullying exists and made it his mission to help kids rise above. 

As we see what happens to an entire generation learning to communicate with other humans from behind the safety of a screen and a fake Instagram account, robbing kids of learning empathy, just another reason to delay giving your kids access to social media as long as possible. 

Follow him on Instagram @bulliesbe.gone 

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If your kid has a smart phone/device/X-box/PS4 any device that can access apps like Snapchat, Instagram, Tiktok or games like Minecraft, Roblox, and Fortnite, you need to listen to this episode. If your kids hang out at friend's/cousin's houses where those kids have smart devices/gaming consoles, you need to listen to this. I don't hold back the insight and info you need to know about how kids are being exposed, groomed, and then sextorted by sexual predators, what apps to be aware of, how to keep them safe, and more importantly, how to talk to your kids about it before and after they become victims. Also, how to talk to the other adults in your village/tribe so they're on the same page as you or out of your circle. Save the Kids.

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Today's episode I'm talking with a dad named Chad and his 16yr-old daughter McKinley down in Orange County California. Chad runs a very successful/busy financial firm Pacific Capital while also being the city treasurer, and still somehow manages to be an engaging and present father to his 5 kids. McKinley, a bright and successful soon-to-be-Junior who at 16 is thriving in academics, sports, and with friends, all while being smart-phone & social media free. I asked them both to come chat about how they've created this awesome relationship when so many other dads/daughters at this stage struggle. In a culture where the non-stop work grind to exhaustion is a symbol of affluence, the accumulation of more wealth, status, and stuff at the expense of our family relationships is suffocating our society, too many kids' emotional needs are being shoved aside for all the wrong reasons. This episode offers advice for parents who feel they've fallen into these traps and how to reprioritize and reconnect with the people who really matter. 

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