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Protect Our Kids with Kristi Bush Hi! I'm a national speaker, parent educator, author, and mom who has spent more than 15 years helping families navigate the challenges of childhood, adolescence, tech and connection. What started as a mission to help keep kids safe online has grown into a deeper conversation about raising resilient....

Someone told me last week, "Kids today should just figure it out. We did back then. And we all made it."
Here's the problem. The childhood many of us experienced is not the childhood our kids are experiencing today.
Playing Pac-Man in 1986 is not the same as carrying a device with unlimited access to the entire world in your pocket 24 hours a day. In this week's podcast, I share something I've taught for years called the Digital Trauma Cycle and why I believe it's one of the most important conversations parents need to be having right now.
If you've ever wondered:
• Why kids seem desensitized to things that would have shocked us
• Why protecting kids online feels so overwhelming
• Why connection matters more than ever
I hope you'll listen.
Listen here or on any of your favorite platforms....

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0d2HXTQu7x0u7HmqyEXmXv?si=T5PAeo9VRMK3DkZVQ1lJoQ

The Digital Trauma Cycle: Why Kids Become Desensitized Online...And Why It Matters Protect Our Kids With Kristi Bush · Episode

Ever feel like your kids are emotionally numb? I recently realized how social media acts like emotional anesthesia. You scroll for hours and come away feeling... what? Nothing.

This "numbing" is affecting our kids' ability to empathize and process emotions. When they pick up their devices, they're not just escaping reality; they’re missing out on essential emotional development.

Listen to the conversation below or on any of your favorite platforms…

Emotional anesthesia:How Social Media and AI Are Numbing Our Kids by Protect Our Kids With Kristi Bush In today's digital age, many of us have experienced that strange phenomenon of losing track of time while scrolling through social media. Have you ever found yourself deep in TikTok or Instagram, only to realize that hours have passed without you remembering what you even looked at? This feeling of....