Parents vs. The Internet

In this episode Liz and Esther speak to Esther's late daughter Brianna's best friend Emily Holden. Emily shares her experiences of smartphone and social media addiction and mental health pressures, and why many kids themselves would actually welcome more help and regulation of the space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode Liz and Esther talk to Ruth Moss, the mother of Sophie Moss who took her own life aged 14 after viewing suicide-related content on social media. Ruth shares her story, what action parents can immediately take to protect their children and what further help is desperately needed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode Liz and Esther talk to Carolyn Bunting, joint CEO of Internet Matters - a not for profit organisation set up by leading internet providers like BT, Sky, Talk Talk and Virgin to better protect children online. Carolyn shares what she believes are the blind spots in the new Online Safety Act, what more needs to be done and why schools are the key battleground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Liz and Esther speak with Clare Fernyhough, founder of Smartphone Free Childhood. Clare shares her thoughts about why smartphones should be banned until the age of 14 and how her campaign has taken off, with parents from all over the country flocking to get onboard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Liz and Esther talk to Jamie's Farm co-founder Tish Fielden about the extraordinary work she is doing to get children off their smartphones.  After suffering a family tragedy herself, Tish and her son set up Jamie's Farm to bring kids from London to their estate, where smartphones and the internet are strictly banned during their stay. Tish shares the incredible impact this has had on the thousands of children who've been to the farm and what more needs to be done to protect their mental health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode Liz and Esther talk to Ofcom's policy director for child safety Almudena Lara. Together they unpack the new Online Safety Act, how they hope it will make a material difference to policing big tech content and what more needs to be done to keep our children safe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Esther and Liz chat to Mat Sears, the director of corporate affairs for EE. They discuss what mobile phone companies are doing to provide internet-safe phones for children, how social media forms need to tighten up age verification to stop kids accessing harmful content underage, and what Mat would ask the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, to make a priority if he met with hm at Number 10. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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In this episode of Parents vs. The Internet, Esther Ghey and the Mail’s Liz Hull are joined by Jaxon Feeley, an activist, who transitioned in 2021 – while serving as a prison officer. Jaxon has featured on a number of TV programmes, including Channel 4's BAFTA nominated Banged Up, and more recently won the latest season of Hunted. He believes school children should be taught mental resilience and to ignore trolls.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Parents vs. The Internet, Esther Ghey and the Mail’s Liz Hull are joined by Tanya Goodin, author of The Teenage Guide to Digital Wellbeing, campaigner on tech ethics, and founder of the digital detox movement Timg to Log Off.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Parents vs. The Internet, Esther Ghey and Liz Hull are joined by Russell Treasure, a mindfulness coach.  Treasure is a former businessman, who – after losing everything and declaring bankruptcy after the 2008 financial crash – discovered mindfulness, which, he says, transformed his life. Liz, Esther, and Russell discuss how Esther used mindfulness as a tool to cope in the immediate aftermath of Brianna’s murder; why Russell and Esther believe that mindfulness should be taught to children in primary school; and, how the practise of mindfulness has the potential to transform the next generation of young people for the better. Hosts: Esther Ghey and Liz Hull  Producer: Max Bower  Editor: Silas Gray  Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini  Executive Producer: Bella Soames  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of Parents vs. The Internet, Esther Ghey and the Mail’s Liz Hull are joined by Hannah Oertel, the founder of Delay Smartphones.  Hannah, Esther and Liz discuss how smartphones prevent children from learning to socialise properly and from being emotionally equipped to deal with the world around them; why parents should be more worried about ‘stranger danger’ online than in the real world; and, why Hannah has told her children they won’t be getting a smartphone until they’re 21… Hosts: Esther Ghey and Liz Hull  Producer: Max Bower  Editor: Silas Gray  Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini  Executive Producer: Bella Soames Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the inaugural episode of Parents vs. The Internet, Esther Ghey and the Mail’s Liz Hull are joined by Emma Mills.  Emma Mills is the headteacher at Birchwood Community High School.  Brianna Ghey, Esther’s daughter, attended Birchwood, until she tragically lost her life in a crime that was planned using the internet.  Emma, Esther, and Liz discuss the challenges schools face in controlling smartphone and social media use among pupils, and what more needs to be done to protect children from online harm, including grooming and violent content.  Esther also discusses Brianna’s own mental health struggles prior to her death, and the impact that her use of social media had on her and those around her. Hosts: Esther Ghey and Liz Hull Producer: Max Bower Editor: Silas Gray Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini Executive Producer: Bella Soames Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our children's mental health is under attack. From the age of 11, they're bombarded with information and messages via the smartphones in their pockets. Parents are struggling to protect them from the dangers of the digital world. Parents vs. The Internet is the Daily Mail's unmissable podcast, which asks what we can do to keep our young people safe and better protect their mental health. Hosted by the Daily Mail's Liz Hull and Esther Ghey, whose daughter Brianna Ghey tragically lost her life in an incident that was planned using the internet, this 10-part series explores what caregivers; teachers; and policymakers can do to support young people in leveraging technology for good, and to safeguard them from the bad. Launching September 30. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices