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Resources to Help You Raise Strong, Screen-Smart Kids

“The most dangerous place for a child is to be alone in their room with a smart device.”
— FBI Agent via Save the Kids Podcast

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Age-appropriate books to start conversations about sex, boundaries, safety, and raising healthy kids in a digital world.

Apps, filters, and tech solutions to help you protect your kids online and manage their screen time wisely.

Naomi’s personal approach to raising screen-smart teens in a low-tech home, with practical examples.

Templates, tools, and resources for setting family screen rules and helping kids build healthy habits.

Trusted research and book recommendations on how screens impact the brain, mental health, and development.

 Eye-opening videos, TED Talks, and documentaries that reveal the real-world harms of the porn and tech industries.

Top podcast episodes exploring screen addiction, trafficking, porn culture, recovery, and raising resilient kids.

Hopeful, science-backed books, programs, and tools for those navigating porn use and recovery.

Research, expert advice, and screen limits for kids who game — plus tools to spot red flags and addictive behaviour.

Faith-based and secular curriculum, digital wellness programs, and advocacy tools to protect kids in schools.

What parents need to know about the rising threat of OF, its false promises, and real-life consequences for boys and girls.

Legislation, action campaigns, and organizations working to protect children online in Canada and the USA.

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Prevention & Parenting Books


These conversations might make you cringe, but that’s often because our parents never had them with us. Let’s do better for our kids.
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Parental Controls & Monitoring Tools

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Tech Use in Our Home

"Delay. Limit. Build a low-tech home.” – Naomi
  • At 17-year-old our one child had an iPhone, but with no harmful apps — . no social media! She had an IG account on my phone, and often forgot it was there!
  • At 13-year-old our boy had no personal device, no gaming console, no smart TV, and no unsupervised internet access. At 14, we got a Pinwheel and have been very pleased with it. Here's our 2 month review.
  • Recommended social media documentaries: The Social Dilemma, Childhood 2.0, Can't Look Away and Screenager.
 
This might sound extreme, but it works. And it’s a huge source of peace for everyone. They also never struggled with sleep, lack of friends, anxiety, or low self esteem. If you'd like to brainstorm how to raise low-tech, high-functioning kiddos book a consultation with me today. 
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Tech Contracts & Screen Guidance

  • How to Set Up Parental Controls – Protect Young Eyes
  • Phone & Social Media Contract – Culture Reframed
  • Is My Child Ready for a Smartphone? Answer this first parents: are you ready for your child to see pornography? That is the truth of it. 
  • The Glass Between Us – Book on tech, family, and reclaiming connection. I recommend this for mature teens. 
  • 18@18 Challenge – no social media on your phone until 18 and on your 18th birthday parents pay $1800! We did it with our daughter, it was highly successful. We're doing it now with our son, he upped the game, added no video games in the house and we agreed on $2500 at 18 for both! WORTH EVERY PENNY! 
Recommended therapist for parents, couples:
Faren Zayda https://www.farenzayda.com/

Screen Science, Brain Health & Research

Naomi’s Recommended Reading List – Every parent should read these
Recommended Therapist for parents raising a child on the autism spectrum: Leah Kinnear, https://counsellingwithleah.ca/

Documentaries & Video Resources

Naomi’s Top Picks – These are powerful, disturbing, and necessary. NOT for children.
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Podcast Recommendations

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Pornography Support & Recovery

Fight the New Drug – Brain science, stories, and healing tools
The Sex Talk You Never Got – Sam Jolman (especially for Dads)
UNWANTED – Jay Stringer

“Unwanted sexual behaviors are a roadmap to healing, not a life sentence.” – Dr. Stringer
🧭 Take the Self-Assessment
 
Other excellent resources:
 
Books:
Recommended Therapist for those with compulsive sexual behaviours:
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Video Games

GameQuitters.com – Has the BEST resources for parents and gamers!
Take the test, are you addicted? GAMER / PARENT 
Advice from Dr. Leonard Sax:
  • No gaming on school nights
  • 45–60 min/day max on weekends
  • No headsets. Know what they hear.
  • Never in bedrooms or behind closed doors
  • Rule-enforcing games > rule-breaking
  • Read reviews on Protect Young Eyes or Plugged In
  • Watch for warning signs: gaming > real life = addiction
📘 Read: Boys Adrift – Dr. Leonard Sax
Teen Psychologist

OnlyFans Awareness: What Parents Need to Know

“OF is softly influencing a generation to idealize becoming sex workers.” – Victoria Sinis, former recruiter*

What is OnlyFans (OF)?
It’s a pornographic platform that glamorizes DIY porn creation. OF promotes a fun, empowering, lucrative lifestyle while minimizing the dark reality:
  • 4.6 million content creators competing for the eyes and wallets of the 300 million plus subscribers
  • Only 300 of the 4.6 million content creators made more than $1 Million in a year, that's 0.0001$ 
  • The remaining majority average ~$150-180 USD/month (this is for working 10 - 12 hour days, making and promoting content)
  • With fierce competition and a desire to be successful, content creators are gently pushed to produce more extreme content. This can include "collabs" which is a nice way of saying sex on camera. 
  • Viewers cannot tell if the person behind the camera is a victim of sex trafficking or domestic violence, being forced to perform for money. 
  • OF porn producers all have strong social media presence, glamourizing this lifestyle and normalizing sex work. The more girls see this, the more they believe selling their body is a viable, empowering income source.  The more boys see this, the more they will believe they have the right to access any female they want and they are entitled to tell her what to do - for his satisfaction or sadism. 

🔊 Must-hear testimonies:
 

That content lives online forever. Let’s teach our daughters they are worth more than this and our boys that intimacy cannot be purchased. 
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