The nextTalk Parent Podcast with Mandy Majors
The nextTalk Podcast with Mandy Majors helps parents navigate technology, cultural pressures, and difficult conversations with their children. Through practical guidance, honest stories, and faith-centered encouragement, parents learn how to replace fear and reaction with open communication, biblical wisdom, and stronger family relationships.
Join award-winning author Mandy Majors (TALK and Keeping Kids Safe in a Digital World) for honest, practical conversations at the intersection of technology, culture, and faith.
There are plenty of tools to control technology — but at nextTalk, we go deeper. We help parents build the kind of trusting relationship where kids actually come to them when something goes wrong.
nextTalk is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to keeping kids safe by fostering a culture of open communication in families, churches, and schools.
The nextTalk Parent Podcast with Mandy Majors
Latest Episodes
Jamie Mershon LPC: The Rise of Online Self-Diagnosis
Kids are turning to TikTok, AI, and social media to understand their mental health, often identifying with diagnoses and labels before ever speaking with a professional. How should parents respond when their child says, "I think I have this"...
Jonathan Pitts: Still Learning as a Dad - Toddlers to Young Adults
In this episode, Mandy Majors welcomes back pastor and father Jonathan Pitts for an honest conversation about raising children through every age and stage. Drawing from his experiences with grief, blended family life, teenagers, and adult ch...
My Child is Being Influenced. What should I do?
Watching your child be influenced by friends, social media, music, or culture can be scary. When you see their beliefs beginning to shift, the instinct may be to panic, lecture, or try to control what they’re exposed to. But those reactions ...
Beyond the Cornell Headlines: 5 Conversations for Every Family
What are we teaching our kids now that will guide them when we’re not there? In response to the troubling Cornell headlines, Mandy Majors and Merideth discuss five conversations parents can begin long before the teen years, from respecting boun...
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