Parenting Great Kids with Dr. Meg Meeker – Détails, épisodes et analyse

July has been all about parenting in the digital age, and today we take a hard look at the dark side of school devices, emojis, and disappearing apps—with Titania Jordan, Chief Parenting Officer at Bark Technologies and a nationally recognized expert in online safety.

In this episode, Dr. Meg Meeker dives into the hidden vulnerabilities that come with your child’s screen time—from unfiltered school-issued devices to the coded emoji language kids use to hide online behavior.

This conversation goes beyond app limits—it's about understanding how tech is shaping your child’s emotional, social, and mental world, and how to stay one step ahead as a parent.

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Episode Breakdown:

00:00 – Introduction: Digital parenting in today’s tech-driven world

00:12 – The dangers of Snapchat and social media

00:43 – Meet Titania Jordan: Chief Parenting Officer at Bark Technologies

01:42 – Tech overload after the holidays: How to reset your home

02:36 – How to set and stick to healthy screen time limits

05:05 – The darker side of social platforms: Predators, mental health, and more

09:39 – Titania’s personal experiences raising a digital native

11:44 – Why school-issued devices aren’t always safe

16:54 – The hidden meanings behind emojis and text codes

18:40 – How Bark Technologies helps families monitor and protect kids online

About Titania Jordan

Titania Jordan is the Chief Parenting Officer at Bark Technologies and co-author of Parental Control: A Parent’s Guide to Keeping Kids Safe Online. As a nationally recognized tech safety expert, she’s been featured on CNN, TODAY, and Good Morning America, and works tirelessly to make digital spaces safer for kids and families.

Resources & Links:

• Learn more about Bark Technologies: https://www.bark.us
• Read Parental Control by Titania Jordan: Parental Control | Titania Jordan
• Parenting coaching and resources from Dr. Meg Meeker: https://meekerparenting.com

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Is your response to your teen’s emotions helping—or hurting—the situation? In this eye-opening episode, Dr. Meg Meeker sits down with Sheri Gazitt, teen life coach and founder of Teen Wise, to explore how parents unintentionally contribute to the emotional “drama” of adolescence—and what to do instead.

Together, they unpack the real reasons teens act out, how parents can shift from reacting to responding, and why connection—not control—is the foundation of a healthy parent-teen relationship.

In this episode, we cover:

• Are you reacting or responding? How to tell the difference
• Why emotional regulation starts with you, not your teen
• The impact of post-COVID loneliness on teen behavior
• Friendship drama and social conflict—why it’s normal and how to guide without rescuing
• How to talk about social media without making your teen defensive
• Rebuilding trust after big blow-ups or boundary-crossing
• Small daily practices to ease tension and build emotional safety

About Sheri Gazitt

Sheri Gazitt is a certified teen life coach, parenting educator, and founder of Teen Wise, an organization dedicated to empowering teens and supporting parents through the challenges of adolescence. With a background in psychology and counseling, Sheri specializes in emotional resilience, social confidence, and helping families navigate the often turbulent teen years with compassion and clarity. She also hosts workshops and speaks nationally on teen mental health, friendship dynamics, and parent-teen communication.

Resources & Links:

• Learn more about Sheri Gazitt and Teen Wise → https://www.teenwiseseattle.com
• Coaching and parenting tools with Dr. Meg Meeker → https://meekerparenting.com
• Join Dr. Meg’s community → https://linktr.ee/meekerparenting

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What’s the real key to college admissions success? It might not be what you think. In this empowering episode of Parenting Great Kids, Dr. Meg Meeker is joined by Dr. Pamela Ellis, also known as The Education Doctor. With experience guiding over 30,000 families and helping students earn an average of $75,000 in scholarships, Dr. Ellis shares invaluable insights that every parent needs to hear.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why finding the right college fit matters more than just getting into a "top" school.
• How to debunk common college admissions myths and focus on what truly works.
• The crucial role parents play—without micromanaging.
• Tips for empowering your teen to lead their own admissions journey with confidence.
• How gratitude practices can support emotional health during the stressful admissions process.

Whether you're just beginning to think about college or already knee-deep in applications, this episode offers actionable strategies and deep wisdom to help you and your child navigate the college admissions process with purpose and peace of mind.

00:00 – Introduction: Why college admissions is stressful for families

00:21 – Meet Dr. Pamela Ellis: The Education Doctor’s approach to college planning

01:34 – Common myths about admissions and scholarships

04:22 – How to find the “right college fit” for your teen

11:13 – The role of parents: guiding without controlling

17:19 – Helping teens take ownership of the process

22:01 – Gratitude practices and their impact on students

26:06 – When college isn’t the obvious next step

28:21 – Building confidence through applications

34:16 – Supportive parenting strategies that work

38:55 – Final thoughts and next steps for families

Dr. Pamela Ellis, MBA, Ph.D., is the founder of Compass Education Strategies and author of What to Know Before They Go. Known nationally as The Education Doctor, she helps families navigate college admissions with a focus on holistic student success—academically, socially, financially, vocationally, and culturally.

Learn more about Dr. Pamela Ellis and her work → https://compasscollegeadvisory.com/

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Some topics covered:

 • Care Net is the largest evangelical network of pregnancy centers.

 • Jesus birth is an example of how an unplanned pregnancy brought a family together.

 • Provide workshops for fathers called, Dr. Dad – Infant and Toddler Health and Safety. Well child, sick child, safe    

   child and injured child.

 • There are 400,000+ churches in the US.  There are 3500 pregnancy centers nationwide.  If 1% of them viewed life  

   issues as discipleship issues, we would have 

   more people coming alongside the pregnancy centers, and they would multiply. 

 • Missing a support system leads more people towards abortion.

Find out more about Roland Warren at:

www.care-net.org

www.makinglifedisciples.com

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Milestones to Manhood is a way for fathers to help connect with their sons through a Christian right of passage.  The book is a blueprint that specifically instructs a dad in how to do this for their 13-year-old sons.  The idea is for the boy to look back at that point in time where he became a man.  The book outlines the steps to take and how to do the specific events and can also be modified for any family.

The book outlines specific steps that help make a father and son relationship stronger as well as giving the son other men in the family or mentors to look up to.  There is a beautiful element of surprise for the son in this right of passage that will take him out of his comfort zone. This can be done for sons of single moms as well by trusted mentors and men in the church.  It’s important that these sons also have mentors to look up to and go to for advice.  There are 4 ways that separate men from women. 1. Physical Strength 2. Authority Figure 3. Men are called to be natural leaders, the head of household 4. Provider and Protector.

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Dr. Ross Greene sits down with Dr. Meeker to discuss his book, The Explosive Child and the approach called

Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS). Dr. Greene discusses the problems and frustrations that make a child

explosive or implosive. He explains that concerning behaviors are caused by unsolved problems and expectations and

if those problems are never solved, the behaviors are going to still exist until we find a solution. Medical diagnosis like

Autism Spectrum Disorder do not tell us everything we need to know about a child. Each child is unique in the way they

process unsolved problems or expectations.

Some topics covered:

• The collaborative and proactive solutions model is just as applicable to impulsive kids as it is to the explosive kids.

• Concerning behaviors are simply the means, by which the kid is communicating that there is an expectation they are

having trouble meeting.

• Finding solutions to the unsolved problems.

• Identify certain expectations causing the unsolved problem(s).

• Engage kids in the process of solving problems in a way that they’re heard, the caregiver is heard, and we are

coming up with solutions that must address the concerns of both parties.

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Books: The Explosive Child, Lost At School, Lost and Found

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Being raised in abject poverty, Dr. Carol Swain pressed on, worked hard, and eventually received five degrees,

becoming a professor in prestigious universities across the nation, whose work has been cited by the United States

Supreme Court. Her story is one that portrays the true American spirit and dream. In this episode, Dr. Swain

engages with Dr. Meg in an eye-opening discussion between two professionals, an African American and a

Caucasian, whose conversation shines a fresh perspective on many important topics that our nation is facing today.

Some topics covered:

• How the Civil Rights Movement wasn’t just for black people, it was for everyone

• Why CRT is divisive, demeaning to blacks, and a violation of the Civil Rights Act

• What is the birthdate of CRT? What does it argue? What are the effects on our children?

• The importance of good role models (who don’t always look like you)

• How the government is trying to create a dangerous, destructive artificial equality system

• The emphasis on indoctrinated social engineering in schools, rather than on reading, writing,

math, history, science

• The differences that Dr. Swain saw in university students after 2012

• Gender dysphoria and sex education in our schools: Critical Queer Theory / Diversity,

Equity, Inclusion Training

• Shaming and bullying kids who don’t go along with the narrative / Created friction and

grievances that kids must endure

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DR. MEG MEEKER with guests JON ACUFF

Name something you want to do and then write down your first thoughts… Are they positive and encouraging? Or negative and self-critical? How we speak to and about ourselves is vitally important – not only to ourselves, but also to future generations. Our teenagers are watching us, listening to us – What we do, what we say, what we believe, how we act. A parent’s view of anything, and how we speak about it, can instill either positivity or negativity in our teens. The good news is that we get to choose our thoughts, and our words! We can choose to think and speak positively about ourselves, overcoming self-defeating thoughts, and we can teach our teenagers to do the same. 

Don’t miss this encouraging episode, where Jon Acuff discusses:

• Watching out for absolutes (Asking yourself 3 questions about what you’re telling yourself)
• Disbelieving lies and embracing truth
• Being brave enough to be “bad” at something new
• Performance & Teens: Reinforcing character strengths over performance
• Individual and Family “Soundtracks”
• How speaking the truth about yourself will help you speak the truth about others
• Learning to be the best version of yourself – Don’t tell your teen that they can be anything they want to be.. Kids are smarter than we think and they know that’s not really true. Instead, tell them, “You can be the best You that there is.. Be the very best version of yourself!”

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DR. MEG MEEKER with guests ALYSSA BLASK CAMPBELL

“Emotional Intelligence” has become somewhat of a buzzword in today’s culture. In this episode, Alyssa breaks things down to describe how emotional intelligence is based on five components: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy and social skills. “In terms of raising emotionally intelligent humans: We’re not talking about changing who kids are, but shifting how adults experience kids’ emotions.”

Topics discussed in this episode include:

·   Finding a pause between reaction and response

·   Learning to regulate and choose words and actions wisely

·   Intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation: What is driving us?

·   Why are the birth-to-age 5 years so important?

·   Why our nervous system is like a battery; it drains throughout the day & needs to be recharged

·   And more!

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DR. MEG MEEKER with guests TOVARES & SAFA GREY

With humor and empathy, Tovares & Safa Grey share examples from their own dating experiences, in an effort to help guide young Christians into developing godly, authentic and healthy dating relationships prior to marriage. “We want to reassure this generation that you are not weird and your standards are not too high simply because you choose to obey the Bible. You can date in a way that pleases God, and we are the proof that God wants to do great things in your life, and in your relationship, without you having to compromise or follow in society’s footsteps.”

Some topics covered in this episode include:

·   What is godly dating? Is dating even biblical?

·   Navigating the current “hook-up culture” / “friends with benefits” types of relationships

·   Maintaining integrity and boundaries in a dating relationship

·   Dealing with pervasive peer pressure -- both in person and on social media

·   The Non-Negotiable List & The Preference List

·   Red-flags that parents (and kids) should be on the look out for in dating relationships

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