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Motherhood Meets Medicine
Episode 162: Protecting Children Online with Fareedah Shaheed
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Episode 162: Protecting Children Online with Fareedah Shaheed

Protecting our children online is so important. We all know that we need to teach our kids not to share their personal information with strangers online, but what else is there? How can we approach this monumental task with grace and understanding? 

Here to share her thoughts is Fareedah Shaheed.

Fareedah is an award winning Internet safety expert and a Forbes 30 under 30 honoree. She uses her background in cybersecurity and online gaming to help parents protect their kids online. Her work has been featured in CNN, The Wall Street Journal, NASA, Fox, Yahoo, and many more for Rita offers a course on how to protect your children on their phone, and it will be linked in the show notes below. She's also currently working on a Roblox safety webinar launch and additional free webinars throughout this year.

This was a brilliant conversation that provided really important insights on ways to have conversations with your children at all ages and stages and why you might need to look internally before discussing with your kids.

In this episode, we discuss: 

How Freedah came to be an internet safety expert.
How the landscape of internet safety has changed over the years.
Sextortion and how to talk to your children about it.
Thoughts on parental control and monitoring software.

Resources: 

Dr. Nicole Le Pera: The Holistic Psychologist


Train Live with Marisa Peer

Connect with Fareedah:

The Hidden Threat: Protecting Your Child On Their Phone
PKO Ambassador
My free Protect Kids Online (PKO) Resource

Discussion about this podcast

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Motherhood Meets Medicine
The Motherhood Meets Medicine Podcast is a space that brings all women together. It's for those who hope to be a mom one day, those who are already mothers, and mothers of mothers. This podcast will give you candid, informal interviews on motherhood topics that you can listen to while you're driving to work, folding laundry or whatever else your busy day may bring. Each week, Your host, Lynzy Coughlin, will be focusing on topics ranging from postpartum issues to feeding babies to managing toddler tantrums. She's bringing in experts with formal training to cover everything motherhood! So grab your coffee and join us for a weekly chat on your time. All are welcome! Lynzy is a Physician Assistant in the Emergency Department where she has practiced medicine for the last 12 years. You can connect with Lynzy on her Motherhood Life & Style Instagram account, @lynzyandco. This is where you'll have the chance to submit questions for guest experts.