Keeping Kids Safe Online: Raising Tech-Ready Kids with Confidence

Keeping kids safe online takes more than setting screen-time limits or turning on parental controls. In this episode, digital safety expert Chris McKenna, founder of Protect Young Eyes and author of "Five Habits of the Tech Ready Family" (https://link.amazon/B07RhqNys), joins us to talk about raising kids who can navigate technology with greater safety, confidence, and judgment. We explore how children’s developing brains interact with persuasive technology, why parents should model healthy digital habits, how to build enough trust that kids will come to us when something goes wrong online, and how to use practical guardrails without making technology feel like a constant battle. For adoptive, foster, and kinship families, we also discuss how trauma, disrupted relationships, and a child’s need to maintain important connections can shape decisions about access, supervision, and digital independence. Resources: 5 Habits of the Tech Ready Family - https://www.techreadyfamily.com/ Protect Young Eyes - https://www.protectyoungeyes.com/pare... Managing Technology & Screens - https://creatingafamily.org/managing-... Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content: Weekly podcasts Weekly articles/blog posts Resource pages on all aspects of family building