The White Hatter - Parenting In An Online World
“Parenting In An Online World Podcast” presented by The White Hatter, and hosted by Darren Laur, a multi-award-winning social media safety and digital literacy advocate. We strive to provide parents, caregivers, educators, and law enforcement with a more holistic approach to online safety in an enlightening and not frightening way, based on facts and not fear. We will provide listeners with real-world examples, experiences, and evidence-based research that will help to keep our kids safer when they are navigating today’s online world.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 17 minutes
- Episodes
- 30
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
10. Social Comparison, Body Image, & Social Media
In this podcast episode, we are going to be talking about Social Comparison, Body Image, and Social Media. An important topic especially for teen girls, but also an issue for teen boys as well when i…
9. Back-To-School Tech Preparation
Now that summer holidays are coming to an end, parents and caregivers need to start thinking about preparing our kids for their return back to school - a part of that preparation is their past, prese…
8. Reporting A Cybercrime To Police & What To Expect
In this episode, we are going to be talking about how to report a cybercrime to police and what to initially expect from the attending uniform officer. Not only are we going to discuss what to do and…
7. Parental Monitoring - What Is It, & Should We Be Using It?
This episode is all about shining a light on what the research shows, and what we have seen to be the "best practices" when it comes to parental monitoring. We are going to be discussing what parenta…
6. Online Parenting Best Practices
This episode is not about telling you how to parent your child, because you are the parent, not us. This episode is all about shining a light on what the research shows, and what we have seen to be t…
5. Is My Child Ready For A Cellphone?
In this episode we are going to be talking about the who, what, where, when, how, and why of Cellphones. We will be discussing age appropriateness, cellphone recommendations, setting cellphone bounda…
4. Online Pornography, Hypersexualization, & Our Kids
In this episode, we are going to be talking about online pornography, hypersexualization, and our kids. We will be speaking to how the porn industry is capturing our kids, and the less than desirable…
3. Technology, Bedrooms, Sleep & Reducing Harm
In this episode, we are going to be talking about why sleep is important to our kids, how technology can affect sleep, and what parents and caregivers can do to reduce the challenges when it comes t…
2. Sextortion & Youth
In this podcast, we are going to be discussing the crime of sextortion and youth vulnerability to this real online threat – Not only are we going to define what sextortion is, we are also going to di…
1. Summer Screen Activity vs Screen Time
In this podcast, we are going to be talking about screen activity and what parents can do to create a balanced and blended use of technology not only during the summer break but also all year round. …