A 17 year old young man named Jordan was a popular athlete at his high school. He loved his family. He got good grades. The night before he and his family were headed on a 2 week vacation to Florida he got a text from a “young woman” who supposedly knew some of his friends. They started talking and quickly it progressed into sharing pictures with each other. Listen as Jordan's father, John, tells the tragic outcome of what was actually a case of sextortion. John has devoted his life to helping parents avoid what he has so painfully had to experience.

Dr. Tim Rarick is a professor and the program director of Marriage and Family Studies at Brigham Young University-Idaho. He has worked with several organizations to promote and protect the family through public policy, research, and public scholarship, and has presented to a wide variety of audiences about fatherhood, family policy, pornography, sexual exploitation, technology, and many other family-related topics. In this episode he shares powerful research about the irreplaceable role of fathers.

Jenet Erickson is an associate professor at BYU whose research has focused on maternal and child well-being in the context of work and family life, as well as the distinct contributions of mothers and fathers in children's development. She is a research fellow of both the Wheatley Institution and the Institute for Family Studies. In this episode she talks about the beautifully distinct role of moms in helping kids thrive online.

At Project STAND, our mission is to empower parents, youth, and communities to use technology in healthy ways. This podcast is just another resource we have created to fulfill that mission. We believe that because of technology, today’s youth have the power to do more good, or more harm, than any previous generation; It all depends on where they STAND. As parents, we are uniquely positioned to prepare our kids to thrive online!

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