Parents Uncharted: From The Creator of Mom Uncharted

About Parents Uncharted: From The Creator of Mom Uncharted

Parents Uncharted is a new podcast that explores the unprecedented challenges modern parents face navigating the digital landscape and social media pressures. Hosted by Sarah Adams - internationally recognized child advocate and creator of Mom.Uncharted - this podcast dives into the modern realities of parenting Generation Alpha: managing screen time, social media, mental health, and finding hope amid anxiety-inducing headlines. Through expert interviews and candid stories from real parents, Parents Uncharted offers insight, empathy, and actionable advice to help families thrive in today’s complex digital word. Each episode blends heart and research to uncover how technology, culture, and connection are reshaping childhood and how parents can adapt with confidence. If you’ve ever wondered how to raise resilient, grounded, and future-ready kids in an online world, this podcast is your trusted guide. Sarah is on a mission to inspire the conversations that parents need to have, but aren't necessarily ready for. She also looks forward to exploring other topics at the intersection of technology, climate change, and mental health. Because there’s no map for modern parenting, but we can chart it together. About The Host: Sarah Adams is the creator of online communities Mom.Uncharted and Kids Are Not Content. Proudly named in the TIME 100 Creators List, she is passionate about helping parents rethink how to share, protect, and raise kids in an online world.

Publisher

Sarah Adams (Mom Uncharted)

Category

health & fitness · kids & family · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Jan 2026

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

38 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Raising Good Men in the Age of the Manosphere with Johnny Cole

   Content note: This episode includes discussion of domestic violence, sexual violence, misogyny, and explicit language. We spend a lot of time talking about the men we don’t want influencing our sons online, but who are we offering them instead? In this episode, Sarah is joined by Johnny Cole, founder of Hey Brother Co., to talk about raising boys who feel connected, supported, and free to decide what kind of men they want to become. Drawing on his experience growing up in a home with domestic violence and his work mentoring teenage boys, Johnny shares how healthier role models helped him rethink what he had learned about masculinity. Together, they explore what boys may be looking for in manosphere content, why dismissing their interests can shut down important conversations, and how Johnny’s “Brothercore” content and the Hey Brother House initiative are offering different stories about manhood, friendship, and belonging. For parents wondering where to start, Johnny offers practical ways to build connection: notice and affirm kindness, keep making room for affection, read fiction together, and ask thoughtful questions about the messages boys encounter online. The conversation closes with a reminder that raising a kind, accountable son also means giving him space to make mistakes, and trusting that he can come to you when he does. If you’re raising boys, or helping shape the world they’re growing up in, share this conversation with someone who wants to offer them more than a list of people not to follow. Because there’s no map for modern parenting, but together we can chart a better path. Chapters (00:00) Who are our sons supposed to look up to? (01:18) Johnny’s story and finding different role models (07:43) Men’s work, Brothercore, and healthier brotherhood (15:03) Understanding the manosphere and its appeal (23:26) What boys need beyond “don’t follow him” (29:37) Changing the language and modelling something different (33:13) Inside the Hey Brother House initiative (37:29) What parents may be missing about boys (40:40) Reading fiction and questioning online messages (44:04) Hope, accountability, and room to make mistakes About Johnny Cole Johnny Cole is a young man that supports men and boys in escaping the “Man Box” ideals of masculinity. He is the founder of Hey Brother Co., a men’s work organization focused on shifting the narrative on masculinity through emotional skill-building, brotherhood, and accountability. As a survivor of childhood domestic violence at the hands of his father, a South African special forces veteran, Johnny intimately understands the consequences that patriarchal masculinity and unaddressed mental health issues have for our world. Johnny creates spaces, online, in the gym, in schools, in men’s groups, and on retreats, where men and boys can unlearn patriarchal conditioning and build healthier relationships with themselves and others. He has worked with schoolboys across the United States, South Africa, and the Galápagos Islands, and his mentorship with high school boys in Oberlin, Ohio was featured in CBS Reports’ documentary Boys to Men: Why America’s Sons Are Struggling. Connect with Johnny Cole Hey Brother Co. Website Johnny Cole Instagram Hey Brother Co. Instagram Connect with Sarah Adams ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://momuncharted.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/mom.uncharted/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@mom.uncharted⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://parentsuncharted.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/parents.uncharted/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@parents.uncharted Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Five Arguments for Posting Kids Online, and Why I Disagree

   “I won’t go faceless.” Sarah has been sent a growing number of posts from parents defending the decision to keep showing their children online, even as AI makes it easier to copy and manipulate a child’s image. In this solo episode, she takes on five of their most common arguments, including the claim that keeping children off social media somehow makes them invisible. Sarah explains why audience, frequency, identifying details, and monetization matter, and why a child’s right to privacy deserves more weight as AI makes images easier to misuse. She also examines the incentives that reward parents for turning intimate moments into content, offers five questions to ask before posting, and makes the case for normalizing a more private childhood. If someone sends you a post arguing that children are being “erased” when parents stop sharing them online, send them this episode. It’s a way to start a thoughtful conversation without giving the original post more engagement and if this episode helped you rethink what belongs online, share it with another parent who might be asking the same questions. Chapters (01:45) — The “I Won’t Go Faceless” Posts. (05:00) — “The offender is responsible, so parents shouldn’t have to change” (09:05) — “The internet isn’t the only place children can be harmed” (12:28) — “Not posting children makes them invisible” (17:00) — “You’re judging parents for a normal family photo” (21:00) — “You can’t eliminate every risk, so why change anything?” Connect with Sarah Adams: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://momuncharted.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/mom.uncharted/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@mom.uncharted⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://parentsuncharted.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/parents.uncharted/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@parents.uncharted Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3. 

   23 Sept 2026

   Growing Up Online with Youth Advocate Hanna Grover

   Adults spend a great deal of time talking about what young people experience online, what they need and how we should protect them. But how often do we stop talking about young people and actually listen to them? In this episode of Parents Uncharted, Sarah speaks with Hanna Grover, a youth advocate, researcher and recent high school graduate from British Columbia. Hanna is also the founder of Poet2Poet, an award-winning nonprofit that provides young poets with a safe space to share their writing, connect with one another and support their emotional well-being. Hanna offers something especially valuable to the conversation about children and technology: lived experience. She shares what it was like to enter high school during the pandemic, feel behind as friends received smartphones and watch social media become central to her generation’s friendships and identities. She also takes parents inside parts of the digital world they may not see, from relentless group chats and social pressure to graphic algorithmic content, online exploitation and the growing use of AI chatbots for companionship and mental health support. Sarah and Hanna discuss why conversations about online safety need to move beyond screen-time limits and address what children are actually encountering on their screens. Hanna also reflects on British Columbia’s school cellphone restrictions, explaining how putting phones away created more meaningful conversations and helped students become more present during the school day. Finally, they examine Canada’s proposed approach to restricting social media for children under 16. Hanna explains why many young people recognize that platforms can be harmful but remain wary of blanket bans, and why safer design, corporate accountability and meaningful youth participation must be part of the solution. If adults want to build a healthier digital world for young people, we need to stop speaking only about them and start including them in the conversation. More about Hannah Hanna Grover, is a youth advocate, researcher, and public speaker driven by a commitment to health and wellbeing equity, children’s rights, and youth empowerment. Her journey began with a simple belief: that young people deserve a seat at every table where decisions about their wellbeing are made. Today, that belief shapes everything she does, from founding Poet2Poet, a youth-focused organization that merges poetry with mental health, to working with national health organizations to create more equitable healthcare systems. Through Poet2Poet, Hanna has helped thousands of youth across 70+ countries use writing as a tool for healing, connection, and advocacy. Alongside her many personal initiatives, she serves and collaborates with a range of organizations, advisory councils, academic teams, and advocacy platforms on projects that center youth voices for systems-level change. She has had the privilege of speaking at national conferences and panels, often serving as the youngest voice in rooms filled with fellow policymakers, researchers, and professionals with a hope to empower others like her. Her advocacy has been recognized through awards like Canada’s Top 10 Under 18 Changemakers, British Columbia's Medal of Good Citizenship, and Surrey’s Top 25 Under 25. Connect with Hanna Poet2Poet: https://www.poet2poet.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hanna.grover_/ Connect with Sarah Adams: Website Instagram TikTok Podcast Podcast Instagram Podcast TikTok Chapters (00:00) Why adults need to listen to young people (01:27) Growing up online during the pandemic (05:36) Social media, screen-time rules and feeling left behind (10:54) What parents would see inside a teenager’s phone (13:49) Group chats, bullying and the pressure to stay connected (18:40) Graphic content, algorithms and desensitization (22:36) What parents should discuss beyond screen time (25:15) How teenagers are using AI and chatbots (28:42) Hanna’s experience with school cellphone restrictions (30:57) What policymakers are missing about social media bans (41:07) What young people need from their parents Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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