Josh Thurman

It doesn't work. It doesn't work. Straight up doesn't work because they'll find a friend.

It doesn't work. It doesn't work. Straight up doesn't work because they'll find a friend.

It doesn't work. It doesn't work. Straight up doesn't work because they'll find a friend.

It's having, you know, my kids, my oldest now is 21 and then 19 and then 16. We're getting ready to go into birthday season. So they're all going to level up one It's the biggest lie we tell our kids is stranger danger. But parents have been doing that for years. It's more the stats are resoundingly back that it's more often than not going to be somebody that, you know.

It's having, you know, my kids, my oldest now is 21 and then 19 and then 16. We're getting ready to go into birthday season. So they're all going to level up one It's the biggest lie we tell our kids is stranger danger. But parents have been doing that for years. It's more the stats are resoundingly back that it's more often than not going to be somebody that, you know.

It's having, you know, my kids, my oldest now is 21 and then 19 and then 16. We're getting ready to go into birthday season. So they're all going to level up one It's the biggest lie we tell our kids is stranger danger. But parents have been doing that for years. It's more the stats are resoundingly back that it's more often than not going to be somebody that, you know.

But I don't think that applies necessarily anymore to devices like this.

But I don't think that applies necessarily anymore to devices like this.

But I don't think that applies necessarily anymore to devices like this.

So we had there needs to be stranger danger is, you know, you're going to end up on a milk carton. Right. People, my kids, if I were to say that to them, they might even actually be like, what's a milk carton? And why would it have pictures on it? Because the milk cartons are actually different now. But I remember growing up, and that was the thing. Avoid dangerous people. Avoid scary people.

So we had there needs to be stranger danger is, you know, you're going to end up on a milk carton. Right. People, my kids, if I were to say that to them, they might even actually be like, what's a milk carton? And why would it have pictures on it? Because the milk cartons are actually different now. But I remember growing up, and that was the thing. Avoid dangerous people. Avoid scary people.

So we had there needs to be stranger danger is, you know, you're going to end up on a milk carton. Right. People, my kids, if I were to say that to them, they might even actually be like, what's a milk carton? And why would it have pictures on it? Because the milk cartons are actually different now. But I remember growing up, and that was the thing. Avoid dangerous people. Avoid scary people.

Don't get into a fucking van down by the river for an ice cream cone. Stuff like that. Made sense, even though most of the time it's going to be an extended family member or somebody in the proximal social circle that you have. whether the mantra was accurate or not, it's stuck.

Don't get into a fucking van down by the river for an ice cream cone. Stuff like that. Made sense, even though most of the time it's going to be an extended family member or somebody in the proximal social circle that you have. whether the mantra was accurate or not, it's stuck.

Don't get into a fucking van down by the river for an ice cream cone. Stuff like that. Made sense, even though most of the time it's going to be an extended family member or somebody in the proximal social circle that you have. whether the mantra was accurate or not, it's stuck.

You got to figure out a way where the mantra for one, hopefully it can be more accurate, but two, that it sticks as well.

You got to figure out a way where the mantra for one, hopefully it can be more accurate, but two, that it sticks as well.

You got to figure out a way where the mantra for one, hopefully it can be more accurate, but two, that it sticks as well.

I feel like the mental health struggle you're talking about, it's 100% real. And any parent out there that has kids, I'm gonna say in the early teens to late teens, just sit back and watch the consumption or the attachment For sure. With the inability to put it down. There's another part of it too, you know, growing up, you could get away from the person that could potentially be bullying you.

I feel like the mental health struggle you're talking about, it's 100% real. And any parent out there that has kids, I'm gonna say in the early teens to late teens, just sit back and watch the consumption or the attachment For sure. With the inability to put it down. There's another part of it too, you know, growing up, you could get away from the person that could potentially be bullying you.