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The nextTalkParent Podcast with Mandy Majors

The nextTalkParent Podcast with Mandy Majors

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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.

© 2026 The nextTalkParent Podcast with Mandy Majors キリスト教 スピリチュアリティ 人間関係 子育て 社会科学 聖職・福音主義
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  • Is My Child Turning to AI for Connection?

    Is My Child Turning to AI for Connection?
    2026/09/15

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    What should you do if you discover your child has an AI boyfriend or companion?

    In this episode, Mandy Majors sits down with nextTalk Operations Manager Merideth Zingelmann to discuss why children are turning to AI for friendship, affirmation, and romantic connection, and how parents can respond without panic or shame.

    Instead of dismissing a child’s desire for connection, Mandy and Merideth encourage parents to look beneath the technology and get curious about what their child may be seeking. They explain how AI companions mimic human relationships, provide constant validation, and can gradually earn a child’s trust despite lacking lived experience, genuine love, and spiritual discernment.

    Mandy and Merideth also share practical ways to establish healthy boundaries with AI, recognize concerning behavior, and help children understand the difference between artificial validation and authentic relationships.

    Guest Bio:

    Merideth Zingelmann is the Operations Manager at nextTalk, where she has helped keep the organization’s work moving forward since 2023. A registered nurse and mother of three young adult children, Merideth brings both professional experience and years of practical parenting wisdom to conversations about technology, faith, and family relationships. Before joining nextTalk, she helped operate a small business and served in numerous volunteer and leadership roles with schools, churches, nonprofit organizations, and boards. As a longtime friend and trusted “heads-up mom” to Mandy Majors, Merideth offers thoughtful, experience-based encouragement that helps parents prepare for what may be coming next.

    Resources:

    • nextTalk Parent Newsletter Sign-Up: nextTalk
    • Submit a Question to nextTalk: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/6tF2TMSckiBWUXmBqaipig
    • Contact nextTalk: admin@nextTalk.org
    • AI, Deepfakes & Nudes - nextTalk
    • AI and your Kid - nextTalk
    • How To Help Kids Navigate Risky Friendships - nextTalk
    • Build a Safe Place - nextTalk
    • Support nextTalk: https://nexttalk.org/donate/

    Connect with The nextTalk Parent Podcast:

    Website: https://nextTalk.org/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nextTalk

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nextTalkorg/

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nextTalkorg


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    P.O. BOX 160111 San Antonio, TX 78280
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    35 分
  • Why Kids Stop Talking to Their Parents: A Son’s Honest Advice

    Why Kids Stop Talking to Their Parents: A Son’s Honest Advice
    2026/09/08

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    What helps kids keep talking to their parents—even when the subject is awkward, uncomfortable, or potentially alarming?

    Mandy welcomes her son Carter back to the podcast just days before he leaves for college. Carter gives parents an honest look at the digital and cultural pressures young people are facing today, including sports gambling, online gaming, sexualized content, locker room culture, explicit music, and the pressure boys feel to hide their emotions in a world with so many competing definitions of what it means to be “masculine.”

    Together, Mandy and Carter reflect on the choices that helped build trust in their relationship—from introducing gaming privileges in stages to listening calmly when Carter brought them something concerning. They also discuss the importance of teaching children to protect their hearts and minds, helping them find a strong Christian community, and guiding them without trying to control every decision.

    Parents cannot remove every harmful influence their children will encounter, but they can become a safe place where their children process those experiences.

    Connect with The nextTalk Parent Podcast:

    • Website: https://nextTalk.org/
    • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nextTalk
    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nextTalkorg/
    • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nextTalkorg

    Free Guides Here: For Churches & Christian Families - nextTalk

    Additional Episodes:

    • Protect Heart & Mind - nextTalk: https://nexttalk.org/podcast_episode/protect-heart-mind/
    • Teach Red Flag Reporting - nextTalk: https://nexttalk.org/podcast_episode/teach-red-flag-reporting/
    • Online Gambling and Teens: A Parent Conversation - nextTalk: https://nexttalk.org/podcast_episode/online-gambling-teens/
    • Parent Question: I hate my kid’s music. What should I do? - nextTalk: https://nexttalk.org/podcast_episode/parent-question-i-hate-my-kids-music-what-should-i-do/
    • 16 Year Old’s Suicide from Sextortion.How do we protect our kids? - nextTalk: https://nexttalk.org/podcast_episode/16-year-olds-suicide-from-sextortion-how-do-we-protect-our-kids/
    • Sex Abuse: Boys are Victims Too - nextTalk: https://nexttalk.org/podcast_episode/sex-abuse-boys-are-victims-too/
    • Brian Montgomery: A Candid Conversation about Porn - nextTalk: https://nexttalk.org/podcast_episode/brian-montgomery-a-candid-conversation-about-porn/
    • Parent Question: This world is so sexualized. How do I approach these conversations with my son? - nextTalk: https://nexttalk.org/podcast_episode/parent-question-this-world-is-so-sexualized-how-do-i-approach-these-conversations-with-my-son/

    Support the show

    KEEPING KIDS SAFE ONLINE

    Connect with us...
    www.nextTalk.org
    Facebook
    Instagram

    Contact Us...
    admin@nextTalk.org
    P.O. BOX 160111 San Antonio, TX 78280
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    42 分
  • Keeping the Conversation Open

    Keeping the Conversation Open
    2026/09/04

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    Our kids are growing up in a digital world we can’t completely control, but we can build relationships that keep the conversation open. The nextTalk Parent Podcast is here to help parents navigate tech, faith, and culture together.

    #nextTalkParentPodcast #ChristianParenting #DigitalParenting #ParentingTeens #FaithAndFamily

    Connect with The nextTalk Parent Podcast:

    Website: https://nextTalk.org/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nextTalk

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nextTalkorg/

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nextTalkorg

    Support the show

    KEEPING KIDS SAFE ONLINE

    Connect with us...
    www.nextTalk.org
    Facebook
    Instagram

    Contact Us...
    admin@nextTalk.org
    P.O. BOX 160111 San Antonio, TX 78280
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    1 分
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